Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Any Trained Body Emerges Above a Wonder.

Indonesia is a country very rich in culture, various kinds of art found there, such as dance, masks, puppets, to the artistry that relies on strength of body and a bit of magic like the whistle and reog ponorogo.
Debus is a martial art from Banten. This art was created in the 16th century, in the reign of Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin (1532-1570).
Debus, an art which demonstrates the remarkable human ability, immune to sharp weapons, fire resistant, hard drinking water, insert objects into a whole coconut, fry an egg on the head and others.

Reog is a traditional Indonesian dance form. There are many types of Reogs in Indonesia, but the most famous one is Reog Ponorogo. reog players should be able to lift the mask reog weighing up to 50kg using only his teeth. and the other players are required to escort dancer performing acrobatics as reog.
Two art should only be done by the players who are trained, because a very large risk to be covered if something goes wrong. this is what is meant by Any Trained Body Emerges Above a Wonder.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park)

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) or "Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park" (literal translation) is a recreational area for culture in East Jakarta, Indonesia. It covers about 250 hectares. The park is a summary of the Indonesian culture, with nearly all aspects of daily life in Indonesia, 26 (1975) provinces in separate pavilions with the collections of architecture, clothing, dances and traditions represented encapsulated all working fine.
Apart from that, there is a miniature lake with an island in the middle, the cable cars, museums, theater called Theater "My Homeland (Tanah Airku theater) and other recreational facilities that the TMII One of the most popular tourist destinations in the city.

Since every Indonesian province has its own culture and distinct, shelter, clothing and dialects TMII a model built from every house in the provinces of Indonesia. TMII not simply an attempt to rebuild houses in different provinces, but it is a realistic model of the environment and protect the diversity of people in Indonesia. The room to located the large lake in a similar manner on several islands of the Indonesian archipelago, are thematically divided into six zones in relation to the main islands of Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands Moluccas, and Papua.
From 1975 to 2000, is the original design TMII a model home of the 27 provinces of Indonesia, East Timor. But after the secession of East Timor from Indonesia in 2002, the flag of East Timor's status to the Museum of East Timor has to be changed. From Indonesia now consist of 33 provinces, now Bangka Belitung province relocate the flag, Banten, West Sulawesi, North Maluku, Gorontalo and West Papua under construction in the northern part of Park

Following the recognition of Chinese culture in Indonesia as part of the culture of Indonesia in 2000, the new Indonesian flag and a Chinese Confucius Temple is built in the park.
The religious buildings of different faiths agent should show tolerance between religions and religious harmony in Indonesia. Religious buildings are:

    * Pangeran Diponegoro Mosque
    * Santa Catharina Catholic Church
    * Halelu Evangelical Church
    * Penataran Kertabhumi Hindu Temple Bali Agung
    * Arya Buddhist temple Dwipa Arama
    * Sasana Nyawo Samber Adirasa Pangeran
    * Temple of Confucius (under construction)

There are about ten gardens within TMII complex distributed, but most are mainly in the north and northeast of the main lake:

    * Orchid Garden
    * Herbs Vegetables
    * Cactus Garden
    * Garden of jasmine
    * Keong EMAS (Golden Snail) Flower Garden
    * Freshwater Aquarium
    * Bekisar (a type of valve) Services
    * Bird Park
    * Taman Ria Park Atmaja, theater and music
    * Taman Budaya Tionghoa Indonesia, an Indonesian Chinese Cultural Park (under construction)

Fourteen museums in TMII:

    * Museum of Indonesia
    * Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum
    * Soldier's Museum
    * Museum of Indonesia Stamps
    * Pusaka (inheritance) Museum
    * Museum of Transport
    * Museum of Electricity and Energy New
    * Telecommunications Museum
    * Penerangan Museum
    * Sports Museum
    * Asmat Museum
    * Zoological Museum and Reptile Park Komodo
    * Insect Museum
    * Research Center for technology and computer science
    * Oil & Gas Museum
    * The Museum for East Timor (former flag of the province of East Timor)

And many other Vanua Keong more space than the big theaters, attractions, leisure facilities and a replica of the Indonesian traditional house.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Wallacea Fauna

The Wallacea biogeographical zone represents the transition between the Sundaland in the west and the Australasian region to the east. This area includes approximately 338 494 square kilometers, divided into several small islands in total. Because of its geography, diverse and from this region include many endemic species and unique flora and fauna in a number of different ecological regions, mountains and plains of Sulawesi, North Maluku, divided Buru Seram in the Moluccas and the Sunda Islands (Sumba an ecoregion in his own right), Timor and the islands in the Banda Sea.


Mammals
The Wallacea has a total of 223 species of native mammals. 126 of them are endemic to this region. An astonishing 124 species of bats in this area. Sulawesi, the largest island in this area has the largest number of mammals. 136 species to be exact, including 82 species and a quarter of the genera are endemic. notable species such as anoa babirusa and live on this island. At least seven species of monkeys, and at least five species of tarsier are also unique to this island.

Birds
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650 bird species can be found in Wallacea, including 265 species are endemic. Among the 235 species represented, 26 of them endemic. 16 genera are restricted to Sulawesi and surrounding islands. Approximately 356 species including 96 endemic bird species live on the island of Sulawesi. The first is the Maleo, a bird now threatened, as are full in the Wallacea.

Reptiles and Amphibians
With 222 species, of which 99 are endemic to Wallacea has a high diversity of reptiles. These include 118 species of lizards, of which 60 are endemic, 98 species of snakes, of which 37 are endemic, and five species of turtles, two of which are endemic, and a kind of crocodile, alligator Pacific Indus. Three genera endemic snake found only in this region: Calamorhabdium and Rabdion Cyclotyphlops. One of the most famous reptile Wallacea is probably the Komodo dragon, which is known only from the islands of Komodo, Padar, Rinca and the western tip of Flores.

58 native amphibian species in Wallacea, of which 32 are endemic. They are a fascinating blend of Indo-Malaya and Australasia frog tag.

Fish
There are about 310 species of fish in rivers and lakes Wallacea recorded, 75 species are endemic. Although little is known about the fish in the Moluccas and the Sunda Islands, 6 species are recorded as endemic. In Sulawesi, there are 69 known species of which 53 are endemic. Malili lakes in the south of Sulawesi, with its complex telmatherinid deep lakes, streams and rivers, at least 15 endemic fish, what two of them endemic genera, three endemic latipes, endemic two laces and seven endemic gobies.

Invertebrates
There are about 82 species of butterfly wings of a bird in Wallacea included are 44 of them endemic. 109 species of beetles Tigers also recorded in this region, 79 are endemic. One of the most striking is probably the largest in the world of bees in North Maluku, an error, in which women reach up to four inches long. This species nests of bees inhabited community in the termite in the trees in lowland forests.

About 50 endemic mollusks, three species of endemic crayfish, and a number of endemic species of shrimp are also known in the Wallacea.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Sundaland Fauna

These include Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the surrounding smaller islands, they share similar characteristics to the Asian fauna. During the ice age, Laurasia after the break, the main Asian continent has brought to the Indonesian archipelago name.
On the other hand, a decrease in sea level in Asia has allowed animals to migrate Sundaland. Consequently, there are larger species such as tigers, rhinos, orang-utans, elephants and leopards in this region, although some species are considered endangered. The Makassar Strait between Borneo and Sulawesi and Lombok Strait between Bali and Lombok, which is the line separator Wallace, marks the end of the Sundaland region.

Mammals
Sundaland has a total of 381 species of mammals. 173 of them are endemic to this region. Most of these species are threatened with extinction. Two species of orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus are (orangutan of Borneo) and Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan) listed in the IUCN Red List. Other mammals such as the proboscis monkeys of Borneo, Sumatra and Java rhinoceros rhinoceros are known to extinction.

Birds
According to Conservation International, a total of 771 bird species regularly in Sundaland. 146 of them are endemic to this region. Java and Bali, at least 20 endemic species such as the Star of Bali and Java plover.

Reptiles and Amphibians
An astonishing 449 species in 125 kinds of reptiles is estimated to live in Sundaland. 24 genera and 249 species are endemic. Three families of reptiles are endemic to this region: Anomochilidae and Xenophidiidae Lanthanotidae, the latter of the Borneo earless monitor, a very rare and little known lizard represented. About 242 species in 41 genera of amphibians live in this region. 172 species of them, including six endemic genera Ceciliano.

Fish
Nearly 200 new species are discovered in the last ten years in this region. About 1,000 species of fish are known to live in rivers, lakes and swamps Sundaland. Borneo has about 430 species, 164 of them endemic. Sumatra has 270 species, of which 42 are endemic. The known gold arowana is one of the best examples of fish in this region.
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