Legend Story of Danau Toba (Lake Toba)

LAKE TOBA STORY LEGEND

Lake Toba is the largest lake in Indonesia precisely located on the island of Sumatra, but do you know about the legend of Lake Toba? This was the story of the legend of the Lake Toba.

Told Back By Dicky Ferdian

Lake Toba Story Legend

Once upon a time there was a young man named Toba who no longer have families and their parents or orphaned, his profession was a farmer.

at one point he was fishing alone in a small lake, then hook of inducement caught on something, he is very happy because getting the fish and then he drew in tightly inducement, how shocked when he lift the bait gold fish looks very large and beautiful, the colors are beautiful and very dazzle.

when he will release the hook in the fish's mouth that he was surprised that the gold fish that suddenly could talk.

LAKE TOBA

• Goldfish: Please release me.
• Toba: What the hell are you why you can talk?
• Goldfish: Touch me then you'll see my true form.
• Toba: Okay.

To the astonishment of Toba when touching the fish immediately turns into a beautiful girl, it turns out the fish is a girl who was condemned for violating prohibitions, and will turn into a creature that first touch, because Toba man he turned into a human being, because of her beauty Toba unknowingly asks the girl to be his wife, because he felt indebted to the girl even then approve it.

LAKE TOBA

• Toba: I am a young man orphaned and living alone will you marry me so that I was not alone anymore.
• The Girl: Okay, on one condition you do not ever say about the origin of my suggestion as a fish.
• Toba: Well I swear.

After 1 year of their married blessed with a boy, was born her son has a bad habit that is never satiated.

At one point he asked his mother to deliver food to his father who was working the fields.

• Mother: Son, please deliver the food to your father in the fields, but do not play directly go to the fields.
• Children: Yes Mother

But his road to meet with friends and peers play to forget the time, when His finished playing he was exhausted and eating his father food.After coming to his father's field that has been starved very surprised because the food runs out by his son he scolded his son :

• Dad: Your Basic juveniles, children do not know themselves

Her son ran home and reported his father to the mother, the mother was crying and he sent his son to go to the top of the mountain because it would be a disaster, and his son ran to the top of the mountain, after his father got home.

LAKE TOBA

• Mom: Your father has violated that oath, there will be a big disaster and I would go back into a fish.
• Father: forgive me I inadvertently.
• Mother: it was too late for your forgiveness is meaningless.

Then came the flood of mountain slopes where the boy was hiding Toba sank because of his own actions, it is said every night of the full moon and the carp into the girl crying for her child and husband.

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Story of Timun Emas (Golden Cucumber)



THE STORY OF THE "TIMUN EMAS"

"Timun Emas" is the name of a very pretty girl who lives with her parents, who works as a farmer in the small village.

Told Back By Dicky Ferdian 

The story of the "Timun Emas"

In ancient times there was a pair of husband and wife who lived in the small village & profession as farmers, already decades they married but don't yet have children every day they don't get tired to pray to God but is not also in the hope of success.
At a time when they are praying there inadvertently evil giant who hears their prayers.
The Giants approached their hut, they surprise hear the voice of the step the giant vibrating his foothold in the soil, they initially thought it was the sound of the earthquake but then heard loud noises painful ear and says.

• Giants: I have heard the prayers of you I can help you guys to have a child, come out and meet me then I will give you guys a child.
• This husband and wife are getting scared and her husband ventured replied from inside the huts.
• Husband: who's out there? (while shaking)
• Giants: come out then you will know who I am. 
• Husband: well, we are going out but please don't hurt us. 
• Giants: I'm not going to hurt you guys I will help.

Then with feeling happy so he will have children mingled fear they ventured out huts, and their surprise saw the horrible green-skinned beings, have enormous fangs and even exceeded their shacks higher.

• Wife: Please don't eat us (while fall limp) 
• Giants: I'm not lusting to eat the old Wrinkly as you guys. 
• Husband: where the child you have promised to us?
• Then the Giants give a grain seed cucumber to the husband so that him planted in the fields and cared for properly.
• Giants: but before you take this cucumber seeds I have terms i.e. after your child is born and has grown up to be a 17-year-old girl I would take it back to being a special food that has never been I ate earlier.

Because it's too happy then they agree to the terms of the Giants, and the Giants would likewise provide seed cucumber and go happily. Overnight these couple farmers can't sleep because impatient waiting for morning to immediately plant the seeds of that cucumber, having heard a rooster crowing they rushed getting ready to go into the fields with gusto. Arriving at their fields to plant the seeds of the cucumber, every day their care with affection until the time came to fruition, but the cucumber tree oddity cucumber trees start appearing only fruiting one only, and not his normal size much larger than the size of the normal cucumber, especially when seen his color any much different from normal cucumber, the fruit is have a bright gold colored and very entertaining.
After Felt already matured enough they pluck the cucumber to bring back to the hut, in the way of his wife said to her husband:

• Wife: Why not the children that we got? Thus the Golden cucumber, I just want a child not of wealth.
• Husband: be patient, God knows the best for us.

After arriving at the shack her husband took the knife and then splitting the Golden cucumber, how his shocked her husband when viewing the contents of cucumber, it is a beautiful baby girl.They are both very excited to finally have a child, So they give that baby girl name "Timun Emas" or "Golden Cucumber".

From an early age the Timun Emas educates about social sciences and science of religion is good, he maintained & lovingly blew by her parents no wonder Golden cucumber also became a good child, virtuous, bubbly & gorgeous.
Long story short Timun Emas has a 16-year-old, his parents began to worry because they would part with they daughter to be taken by an evil giant in less than 1 year longer, and they were never told about their agreement with giant to Timun Emas.

Every day Timun Emas parents praying to God in order to save their daughter, one day while Timun Emas running in the middle of woods and looking for fruits he met a mysterious granny who were starving, then Timun Emas approached him and asking:

• Timun Emas: Grandma were here alone? 
• Granny: Granny are starving already 2 days of not eating, Grandma live alone here. 
• Timun Emas: Follow with me I'll be cooking for you grandma. 
• Granny:  ok thank you very much, you are a very good girl.

Timun Emas lend a hand to help the granny standing while exposing her sweet smiling face. Arriving at huts belonging to the parents of Timun Emas the Granny didn't want to go in and just sit on the bench that outside the House.

• Granny: let Granny waiting here
• Timun Emas: well I'll get cooking for Grandma
• Granny: thank you very much

After the food is cooked and then Timun Emas direct food to a starving granny, but timun emas forgot to get drink she went back to get a drink.

When Timun Emas inside the hut the parents home from the fields, they don't wonder see foreigners was eating in front of the House, must have people who are rescued by their daughter but they confused the grandmother suddenly give a bag of strange objects:

• Granny: your daughter very well keep this magical objects, your daughter will need it someday.

When timun emas mother looking at the magical object mysterious granny disappeared in the blink of an eye. When Timun Emas out of  carries the drinks he was surprised that Granny had already disappeared without a trace, she ask her mother but her mother also baffled and shocked. A few months passed Timun Emas finally 17 years old his parents getting worried, sure enough the giants come to collect pledges.

• Giants: Hey old fart I've come to collect your promise, give your daughter to me.
• parents: Please excuse our cucumber gold are in the fields come again tomorrow.
• Giants: good tomorrow I'll be back (while go)

Overnight timun emas parents confusion could not sleep, all the while kissing his daughter asleep they apologized. The next morning the giant came back: 

• Giants: Old farts I come back where my meals?
• parents: give us 2 days longer to say goodbyes to our daughter.
• Timun Emas: Who this a horrible huge green creature mother? (while surprised)
• Giants: ha ha ha so this my meals really lovely and smooth, I'll enjoy it.I will passion for 2 day but don't messing with me or u will know.

2 day pass timun emas parent already tell everything and apologized to his daughter, Timun Emas forgive and not upset at all she hugged her parents and said "I Love you so much mother father" and his mother remembered giving of mysterious granny :

• mother: my daughter, flee as far as possible bring this magical objects with you.
• father: let us old farts replaced you became evil giant dishes.

Timun emas ran through the back door, then a giant evil come and wait in front of the hut.

• Giants: Hey old fart came out and bring my meals.
• Dad: Hey evil giant eat we as a substitute for our daughter is missing.

The Giants feel lied to because he had just kissed a timun emas scented, then he got angry and destroyed huts belonging to the parents of Timun Emas then ran the chasing Timun Emas, in just an instant he can see Timun Emas and began approaching.

Timun Emas panic and open a bag of magic items given her mother she was surprised because magically only SAC the contents of salt, onion, shrimp paste and cucumber seeds.

without thinking she took salt and throw back suddenly became a vast ocean, yet the Giants apparently can swim easily and begin approaching it again.

then he took the onion and throw again toward the Giants suddenly, onions turned into dense forest with branches & twigs spiked sharply, but the Giants could still get through even though his body was full of wounds.

the Giants have been very near Timun Emas throw magical third i.e. seed cucumber soon grew cucumbers forest the giant stop and eat the cucumber to satiety and asleep, Timun Emas fatigue and rest,the giant woke up not long back and chasing a Timun Emas again. Timun Emas fear because he only had one last magical items, when the Giants had nearly caught a Timun Emas, she throws the shrimp paste and not long the giant fall into mud suction and the sink until it finally killed absorbed into sludge suction.

Timun Emas relieved and returned safely to the village, then built their hut are back, in the end they live peacefully without being shrouded in fear, every day they never cease to give thanks to God Almighty.

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GINGER as traditional medicine

GINGER

Currently the Indonesian government is trying cultivating empower the ginger plant in Indonesia that Indonesia became the world no.1 producer of ginger, is not secret anymore if ginger has countless benefits to human health, Indonesia is one that has felt the benefits of ginger since centuries duration, in addition to healing ginger can also be as prevention of disease and endurance.

GINGER JUICE

Here is a small part of the benefits of ginger that you need to know :

MILK TEA GINGER

• Treat a headache especially migraine : Prostalgadin is the main reason the cause of headaches and Ginger can stop prostalgadin.

• Prevent strokes and heart attacks : Ginger helps the body to launch the blood circulation in the body when we consume on a regular basis.

• Treat a cough with fever : Ginger has content which is called gingerol which serves to treat coughs, fevers even in addition content of gingerol in ginger can neutralize a chemical content on drugs that often you consume.

• Treat sore gums and toothache : Ginger has antibacterial and antifungal properties of it when you got a toothache can be treated by using ginger juice.

• Create a menstrual cycle in women be organised : for women that her irregular menstrual cycle can attempt to consume ginger tea, and other functions are reduce pain and stomach cramps while menstruating.

• Treating acne: once researched consume ginger regularly can also treat acne, this is proven once researched by the University of maryland medical center.

• Ward off free radicals : free radicals can damage our body's antioxidant content of ginger has enough to ward off free radicals.

• Detox toxins: toxin can be removed from the body through sweat by using ginger that is brewed with warm water.

So those is just a little the many benefits of ginger to the human body interesting?

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"EGRANG" Indonesia Traditional Games

EGRANG OR JANGKUNGAN

EGRANG or Jajangkungan (West Java) is one of the many traditional games that are owned by the people, This game uses two straight lengths of bamboo whose size is not too largein order to be easily gripped by hands, Users would look much higher when using the egrang. 

In Indonesian society egrang or jajangkungan already exists since hundreds of years ago, where the erstwhile egrang is not a game but rather as an additional tool to skip certain fields, for example as a means of crossing the street or road, muddy water prevents the foot does not become dirty due to the exposed mud, or pass through the field like a broken ground etc.

BAMBOO EGRANG

It takes a level of concentration and body balance to be able to play this game, stilts will also train the agility you when choosing the roads of the field you want to departure.

Egrang or jajangkungan are often held in indonesia at the time of the party or child circumcision most commonly held on race day as large as the Indonesian independence day August 17, the objective is clear, namely that the younger generation of indonesia so as not to forget the games belonged to the peoples themselves, in an modern age of sophisticated, governments are introducing the incessant cultural wealth owned by the nation and certainly also participate in defending it and preserve.
so now these egrang is. already switching function is not just become a tool but also was considered to be a traditional game of indonesia.

If you want to try a game of egrang you can make it at home because it makes the egrang is quite easy.

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"TEMPEH" Indonesian Traditional Food

"TEMPE" Indonesian Traditional Food

Tempeh or Tempe (Java) is a traditional food Indonesia produced from fermented soy beans, this food has existed since many centuries ago is not clear when the actual food tempe was first made, but until now the people of Indonesia are still many consuming tempe, not only the people of Indonesia even the European community and other countries are now participating consuming tempe, tempe Japanese example is a second meal after the fish, tempeh even had the nickname "magic food" outside Indonesia.

Making Tempe

Indonesian tempe original consists of multiple processes :

1. Boiling : This process makes soybean seeds in addition to software and functions as well as the process of hydration, hydration is intended soybean roots can absorb the water with a maximum, in conditions of soft soy beans can more easily absorb the acid in the process the soaking and pickling later.
2. Paring : The stripping step is a step in which the mycelium of fungi that can easily absorb into soy, without any obstacles from the skin of soybean, stripping the skin's way of soybeans there are various kinds of hand, trampled and machinery.
3. Soaking and Pickling : The next step is finding the right acidity by soaking soybeans and allow for fermentation occurs fungal growth resulting lactic acid.
4. Washing : This is the last washing step to remove bacteria or impurities that exist in soy because it will slow even inhibit the growth of fungi.
5. Inoculation With Yeast : called inoculation is the addition of inoculum example laru / yeast tempeh, In Indonesian itself using traditional materials present, but outside of Indonesia mostly use cultured R. oligosporus pure.
6. Packing : This packing step depends on the maker in Indonesia themselves mostly banana leaves, but not a few who use plastic, perhaps most importantly adalan same oxygen can still enter, because one of the conditions that can develop tempeh mold is to be exposed to oxygen.
7. Fermentation : To make good tempeh after completion wrapped fermented soy beans last for 18-36 hours At temperatures between 20 ° C to 37 ° C, in this way will produce tempeh with better quality for natural walking, other things that use a lot inokulun plus high temperatures, is much faster, but the results are not too good.

Fermentation Soy Beans

The Nutrition Ingredients Found In Tempe

Tempe is known to contain many nutrients that some of them are :

Unsaturated fatty acids

• oleic acid
• linoleic acid

Vitamin

• Vitamin B Complex (water-soluble)
• B1(thiamine), B2(riboflavin), Pantothenic acid, Nicotinic Acid(niacin), Vitamin B6(pyridoxine) and B12(cyanocobalamin)
• Vitamin A, D, E, and K (fat-soluble)

The only plant-based foods that have vitamin B12.

Mineral/100mg Tempe

• Iron : 9,39
• Copper : 2,87
• Zinc : 8,05
• Calcium
• Magnesium

Antioxidants

• Isoflavones

Some type Tempe Typical Indonesian cuisine :

• Tempe Goreng (Fried tempe)

Tempe Goreng (Fried tempe)

• Tempe Goreng Tepung (Fried tempe with flour)

Tempe Goreng Tepung (Fried tempe with flour)

• Sambal Goreng Tempe Kering (Fried Tempe With Fried Sausage)

Sambal Goreng Tempe Kering (Fried Tempe With Fried Sausage)

• Tempe Bacem (Wet Tempe Herbs and Spices With Ketchup Dominant)

Tempe Bacem

And there are many other types of tempeh dishes, if you want to try maybe you can find Indonesian food in the country you are.

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Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppets)

WAYANG KULIT

Originally The Word of Wayang

There are two versions of trust by public Indonesia, especially Center/East of Java about the origins of the word wayang:

1. Some people consider the word puppet comes from the word "Ma Hyang" which means heading to god, the almighty, god, supernatural spirits or some sort of ritual to communicate with the supernatural.
2. Some other people consider "Wayang" is derived from the word "Bayang" or "Bayangan" (shadows), because this art is played out from behind a screen made of white cloth with a shot of light and when viewed from the front of the screen is visible only a shadow.

yes everyone should have their own opinion, but how to play remains the same and the value of his art will not be reduced because of disagreements.

Groups of players Wayang

puppet players divided into sections :

Groups Wayang

1. Dalang : Dalang is a narrator of all dialog wayang characters he has played, one person with expertise converts sound into the sound of each wayang character he was playing, and every character puppet has a characteristic sound that is different and the dalang must not forget the sound of the puppet specific figures.
2. Nayaga : Nayaga is a bunch of people who accompany dalang and sinden with playing musical instruments like gamelan etc.
3. Sinden : Sinden is the women who accompany the wayang show, with their beautiful and melodious sound.

History of Wayang Kulit

One of the figures who contributed to the art of puppetry called Sunan Kalijaga.

Sunan Kalijaga also known as humanists and artists (sound art, sculpture and fashion). He created a variety of wayang story that Themed Islamic. Sunan Kalijaga introduce forms of wayang made of goat skin (wayang kulit), because at that time a kind of wayang popular painted on paper width (wayang beber).

Dalang Wayang Kulit

Wayang Kulit Storyline

The storyline of wayang kulit usually between the Mahabharata and Ramayana, but this does not become a benchmark only standard story, everything is back to the dalang of exploring the ability to build an interesting story, there is no limit point to explore the storyline all free with the record does not change the figure character already available.

If you are interested in learning wayang kulit, you can try to buy it via online shop in Indonesia thank you for reading.

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Komodo National Park

KOMODO NATIONAL PARK

Location of Komodo Island

Komodo Island is located in East Nusa Tenggara islands and the island is an island habitat for native animals komodo(dragons), which the island is managed though the central government into a komodo national park.
location of this island is the deadline of the island of East Nusa Tenggara is to say the Komodo island located between the islands of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara, precisely in the District of Komodo, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

Map of Komodo Island

Proliferation of Komodo Island

Number of animals dragons amounted to quite a lot thanks to developments propagate the good and the handling of the patient from the central government, the breeding of dragons in 2009 alone reached 1300 on Komodo Island itself, not to mention when coupled to the island around like Rinca and Gili Montang Island numbers 2500 could reach an, not including 100 dragons are in the nature reserve wae Wuul.

Komodo (Dragons)

New Seven Wonders Nature

Komodo island, including one of the winners of the "New Seven Wonders of Nature" which was crowned in the year 2010, through online voting at www.N7W.com on November 11, 2011.
Even been rumored that the Komodo island to get the most votes.

Komodo National Park

Komodo Island History

Name of the Komodo island by the Dutch in 1910, a dutch army named Steyn van Hens Broek received reports of troops dutch see large animals and wild-bodied like a dragon, then the man a lieutenant is proving went to the location where his men saw the animal, then shot 1 dragons to be taken and examined to Museum and Botanical Garden is located in bogor west Java.

The Beautiful Komodo National Park

Komodo Island Travel Tips

If you are planning a trip to the island of Komodo following things you need to look carefully:

1. Never Make sudden movements when you are close to dragon because dragons have a quick response when seeing the movement suddenly, in fear will directly attack the shock, however komodo lizard belonging to the giant carnivorous.
2. When you're wounded and bleeding body part or for women who are menstruating immediately talk with a ranger who was on duty that you have been given more attention by the ranger, because dragons can smell blood in a radius of hundreds of meters.
3. Never run in the existing area of dragons because it would draw their attention and was annoyed, however dragons can run much faster than humans.

hopefully useful and can refer you to try a vacation to the Komodo Island thanks.

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