Origin History of Erau

There are different from the city of Tenggarong 14 -22 December 2008, which is a different make of Trenggalek, which is not what it is that events Erau its annual party palace Kutai Kartanegara, if the history of Erau first tijak ceremony held on the land and to bath edge when Aji Batara Agung Dewa Sakti aged 5 years. After adults and appointed King Kutai Kartanegara the first (1300-1325), also held a ceremony Erau. Since it is held every Erau always going replacement or penobatan Kings Kutai Kartanegara.
In its development, other than as a ceremonial ritual Erau King, also for the degree from the King to the leaders or community leaders who are considered to render the Kingdom.
The implementation of the ceremonies performed by relatives Erau palace / Palace invite all community leaders to serve the kingdom. They come from all corners of the kingdom with the provision of food, livestock, fruits, and also the artists. In Erau this ceremony, Sultan palace and other relatives to give to regale people with the services provided as well as possible as a sign of thanks on the dedication Sultan people.
After the end of the Kingdom of Kutai Kartanegara in 1960, one of the autonomous region of Kutai regency. Erau tradition and still kept as the party of the people and culture festival, which is the routine agenda Kutai District Government in order to commemorate the anniversary of the city Tenggarong, the central government since the Kingdom of Kutai Kartanegara year 1782.

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Various Tourism in East Kalimantan, Sengatta (The Crocodille City)

SENGATA. East Kutai has a variety of tourism needs to get serious attention for optimized so that the benefit to the people.. Including tourism in the area of Kutai National Park (TNK), which used to be tourism because there are a variety of flora and fauna to grow and live there. However, for now, the area's TNK, which is the lungs of the world lived the story. Land TNK some residents have been made to farm, planted rice and other economic crops. What may be 198,629 hectares area TNK that function can be restored to normal?.
In addition to TNK, East Kutai also have potential in the tourism sector, such as marine tourism in the districts Sengata South, namely lombok Bay, and Bay is quite interesting because the French scenery in the atmosphere it is still looks natural. Farther distance only takes as much land 30 minutes drive from the city Sengata, capital of East Kutai regency. At the time of day holiday Bay beach Teluk Lombok already visited many residents to recreation and foreign citizens also often visited there. Along the Gulf coast of Lombok lips green and shady trees with a cool wind gust.
In the Gulf of lombok tourism can also be done under the sea with beautiful sea biota that are not pulling with less sea tourism in the region that there are others. Water teluk lombok still not clear because. That is an interesting each visitor often want to vacation there.
In addition, Sengatta also have tourism Birah-birahan district, located in the back. Although the distance from the city Sengata takes about 2.5 hours drive ashore. However, tourism is a visitor does not feel loss when taking the time to enjoy the natural scenery of glamor and imposing it. Continental's New Village, district Sangkulirang to Birahan-Birah using speedboats, in the trip looks so beautiful, because the majority of the lips coastal mangrove trees and coconut trees also appear to grow high-pitched. The beach is wide and directly facing the strait with the white sand slightly yellowish. "You do not indemnify themselves when visiting there,", Head Office Parawisata Kutai Timur.
Mentioned, in the island-Birah that birahan known as the green turtle and migration of white birds in the season when the sea south wind, ie August to December. The area was also having the potential for coral reefs and marine fauna with depth to create a beach waves broken between 50 to 100 meters towards the sea offshore.
East Kutai Timur also have tourism as natural cave Ampanas in Pengadan, and cave Mardua in the district Sangkulirang. Tourism is quite interesting because it has about 100 cave and save the beautiful historical value. It is said, a unique cave Ampanas for the river that there is a hole in the cave, even in front of the mouth of the cave, there is the water thats feel hot when in touch
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Cave watchman Kombeng

Regale stories this time, about travel journalism through the gully to the Mahakam river to the interior of mystical flavor. Achmad Masdari more familiar with the RRI station announcer Please visit www.wsws.org Peterborough also journalists pulpit Society, the chairman of SKM Arbain NS BS Jaya, Anne H. Anang Photographer and owner of Studio Mahakam, Johansyah Balham (Chief Representative magazine sec Jakarta) and H Marwansyah Idris (SKM Pimred Wisma News). Plus 4 people who bring energy, so the overall speedboat totaling ten people.
Long stop in and have some district areas, we finally get to Wahau district.. Here our group greeted by the manager and staff of Camp PT Kiani Lestari, which operates in the area. By the company and assisted entourage were treated to lodging facilities and others.
Time is our main target other than the view from near the PT Kiani Lestari, we also intend to review the Cave of Mount Kombeng. The company supports the intention of these facilities with the help of vehicles to the region Kombeng.
But a vehicle that can carry only lead group at the edge of the road transport axis logging. As about seven kilometers we must walk. Our group of six people begin to explore paths toward the mountains Kombeng.
One hour journey we began to feel weary. But because not so much the spirit Since we had to continue our journey. Hot sting that makes us feel thirsty and hungry. Mr. Hefny as the group leaders invited to relax while we do lunch because time has shown through twelve o'clock. We all then sat down in a shady tree ready to open the stock each.
However, we are opening a new backpack for supplies, arrived arrived from the direction of footpaths that we pass a man look a little old wear clothes without running towards us. Among us there are stories of parents and ask them want to go? The old man said that he would return to the shanty houses not far from where we rested. The old man invite us stop and rest in the place of stay.
We accept this invitation with pleasure. True not far from where we seen a rest house is slightly higher with the old stairs up to a house made of a wood talisman (a ladder Behe = home interior stairs), which at the end of the pole down the stairs there is.
With happy we all rise to the house where there is a face on the court or open without a roof terrace large enough bamboo so very comfortable. Moreover, the terrace is dinaungi by a leafy tree, which is also old.
The hungry, without shame or hesitate to open our past and our talent melahapnya. So we are cool, out of the house two girls have a certain high lanky with long hair to limit the waist. Both girls are very beautiful ciliated olive skin clean and a certain kind of face is very similar to one and other. That distinguish between them, only one of them small flies in the chin right. A very interesting person from the second ball their eyes a little bit blue eye. Both of them carries on a water jug, along with several cups made of zinc (zinc cup).
Suddenly we all stopped being so greedy to see things that we do not think. We then another perspective and feel amazed to see that the second girl after placing pitcher of water and sit on the side of the parents who invites us stop being. We are here only meeting. Both girls are .. Their parents are in the area of Muara Kaman. So this is the second that accompany I live here. People in the village called down there with Mr. Old, "explained the parents.
"Why would Mr. live in forest quiet and a far from the settlement? Why not just live with the father of the child in Muara Kaman there? "Ask one of us.
“No, I do not want to go any where”. I have been promised for life to live here. I am indeed down by villagers as the watchman of Mount Kombeng this. So this is only the second cucuku that often accompany and dirik. "He said provide an explanation.
In that opportunity - especially with the beautiful view of women - all we ask that this meeting diabadikan together with the photo. The old man agree, and in turn we take photos from the camera that we each take. Of course our main target is the second girl. The old man are in fact only bersipat politeness.
When I ask Slick with the second girl, half-whisper my name both. They also said half the number provides the name they call. But to me, they ask that the name should not be notified to anyone with a good friend and traveler with relatives and family. "Call it the name even though we where we would hear." Indeed they request Bizarre. However, it undertakes and uses.
Once completed, we then ask permission to continue the journey climb the peak of Mount Kombeng that is not also how high. When trying to leave the house, Masdari commend jackets and hang them on poles stump up the stairs with said later received a jacket was taken back.
Arriving at the top we find an altar three times the size of about three meters is located right in front of the door cave Kombeng. Are part of the left side of the bamboo trees, there is a pit the size of the water is clear enough. In the cave we found some stone statues of the statue of Siva, Statue of Ganesa, and others even though the part is already damaged.
We then take some photos for documentation with the plan as a report on the Kutai Regent in Tenggarong that at the time Kutai has not been divided into four areas, namely, West Kutai, East Kutai, the City and Bontang Kutai Kartanegara.
Days when it entered the three-hour lunch and the weather a little bit cloudy. By the leadership group decided to go home immediately before the bad weather increases the possibility of rain could fall. we then depart down the mountain along the road home. After some time we follow the road to our house but the old man with plans to thank you and farewell also want to take a jacket abandoned by Masdari.
However, we become confused because the house that we had no purpose. "Maybe we wrong way," said Mr. Haji Anang Anne. "No one's way. That my jacket there on the stump of wood, "said Masdari while pointing towards jacket that depends on a wooden pole.
"Here's the place was mounting rung up pack of Old age homes," he said.. We all justify it, but confusing building a house where the Old man.
Finally, we decided to continue running toward the road while bearing each street what has been experienced together. Arriving at the road we pivot has been the vehicle by the company and bring us back to Camp where we were.
Evening together and then we go to the villages near the camp with the company. Pulitzer there are coffee shops, and stop while we search for information and recount the experience that we have experienced. By some residents and shop owners who heard the story we do not like surprise or astonishment. They say what is our natural right, and we have met the watchman Kombeng the mountain forest. Stories such as natural that we often experienced by some immigrants. It is said that parents are the memoirs of a bodyguard of two daughters descendant of King Mulawarman that disappeared in the mountains after the lost battle against the kingdom of Kutai.
What is more strange again when we return to Samarinda city and print photos. Not one photo with the pack of Old mandand two girls is so. Everything is lost. Other images are still there. This is also experienced by other fellow colleagues. We feel confident and justify our existence and meeting with the supernatural, which he said people descended from King Mulawarman watchman forest and cave Kombeng. If readers are among the curious, please come to the mountain cave Kombeng. Who knows you can be lucky and met with two daughters who are beautiful.

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Stories about Ghost Forest Kalimantan

East Kalimantan region a broad one and a half times the Java Island, is an area that has very few of the other islands in the Indonesian island. Of this land has a forest that is very knowledgeable. In a village or hamlet there are only a maximum of twenty people.
Despite forest forests in East Kalimantan have been lost due to illegal logging and the 'hood flood' since an 1970-year made the company a variety of wood, just keep this forest forest never exhausted. Damage caused ecosystem clearing there, but not much affect the life of rural people who live in different corners of villages or hamlets.
In the years to an 1970, forests in East Kalimantan is rich in forest products such as the following resin and rattan. Not to mention the results in the earth. And every forest is certainly no watchman or that of the invisible, as if another person is not Gaib or Bunian, surely called "Ghost Forest". That is the belief that people stayed in the hinterland until the time is now often a topic.
If the person called bunian or the supernatural is just one. But if the so-called ghost, is many and varied. Is “Hantu Orang”, which is run with disheveled hair to cover the front face. and then “Hantu Kuyang”, find people who work or have children die young. A ghost who likes to suck the blood of people who want to eat the dead bodies birth or a young woman who died because of the birth.
There “Hantu Penanggalanan”. This is a ghost-shaped heads without bodies and fly there to let the as Hantu Kuyang. The difference he can go far with a head that can fly.
There is another called “Hantu Bangsi”. Hantu ini keberadaannya di dalam hutan dan berbentuk wanita menggendong anak memburu siapapun yang bisa jadi mangsanya. This ghost presence in the forests and shaped women tote children pursue anyone who might be die. Children who are still with strap protruding from the navel to navel genitalia of the child.
So anyone who found The speck of blood if not quickly return, or continue to run accidentally be piled up to the seventh, so he was the victim of the ghost. Children of baby to the victims. Children cling directly suck the blood of the victims and the blood that was distributed through the rope to the mother's navel. The victim will die with the blood running out very egregious because of the blood runs out of victims, such as wrinkles dry up like a dried cadaver.
There is another called “Hantu Kesot”. This ghost does not walk with his leg but he was running with the buttocks on the ground. Bogle waiting prey is mostly the place he lived through. Target not only people but also animals such as deer and pigs.
He moved from a new place to a new place if it is to prey. But if not for that he was also there. The forest forms such as, but he can not be seen and to be able to influence the victim near him.
. This story says, but some are saying this is Hantu Kesot “Orang Utan” who are old and no longer able to walk, so he just waited for the victim through. However, if the right thing is the Orang Utan have been too, of course, if he died there has ever find body. True or not until now that there is no away.
Still more stories about the ghost. This time there is the so-called “Hantu Lungun”. (Lungun is a kind of reliquary inland Dayak tribes who still profess belief). The story, if there are people who died, The body included in Lungun then put the rest on a large tree, not buried as people who already embrace Islam or Christianity.
Lungun not necessarily be in that place. At the time Lungun is taken and buried in a hole in the mountain cliffs edge. If the star-crossed again, he can meet with the specter Lungun this. But that does not mean a ghost of the dead are made to Lungun in it.
Bogle called ghost Lungun will pursue this with the way mangsanya as mortar. Who are victims will be overwritten Lungun chest until killed. Of course, killed, because the override Lungun is made from a timber which is quite heavy.
There are more stories about ghost forests in East Kalimantan. Specter that this is not a ghost pemangsa man. But the specter that this is a ghost who works with the wanton and misleading people if it is in the forest. According to the story of people who never meet, ghost is still small children like the new five-year-old, but they face the elders and the most red.
But there were also says that if Hantu called "Belau" This is not a ghost. But can be called a very small-minded men wild. It acts to play on the fringe of the river while searching for fish as a food staple. In rural areas "Belau" is the meaning of a word wild.
Belau favorite bogeyman is misleading people who walk in the forest. Moreover, if, indeed, the people astray. Person added to the opposite direction from the original arrival. Belau this often imitate the sound if someone with people who lost called friends of a separate name.
The call, and often cried. Belau also respond more often and have requested that the direction of the voice so that people who go astray and misguided to spend a rotary-to-day there are there.
According to the story, if on the fringe of the sandy river are footmark such as children, it can be impression is footmark Hantu Belau. Moreover, the finger legs only have four fingers only.
Now this is only a guide, if one enters the forest. If you do not lose that does not cry by prankish called Belau this. But if you want to try, please enter in the forest interior Kalimantan, who can know and experience meet with the man or a ghost called "Belau.

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Geography and Climate East Kalimantan

1.Geography Position
East Kalimantan region with broad reach 211,440 km ² or one half-time Java and Madura island, is mostly land that is 20,039,500 Ha. (81,71%), while the sea is only 4,484,280 ha. (18,29%). Region that is famous as the woodshed has hundreds of rivers that are in almost all districts of the city and the Mahakam River.
Quoting the province which is the main gate of development in the eastern part of Indonesia are:
• North : State of Sabah (East Malaysia).
• East : The Makassar, Sulawesi Sea and the South.
• South : South Kalimantan.
• West : Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan and the State of Serawak (East Malaysia).
East Kalimantan provincial capital of Samarinda is located at the Mahakam River. Samarinda be reached through land and air, although the need to transit in the city of Balikpapan, which is where International Airport Sepinggan. Then proceed with the flight schedule with Cassa 212 flights every day except Sundays, to Temindung airport.
2. Topography
East Kalimantan region dominated bumpy topography, from land to steep slope, with an altitude ranging between 0-1500 dpl meter slope with 60%.
3. Structure Geology
East Kalimantan province is dominated by rock and sediment liat berlempung there is also the womb rock and sediment deposition tertiary kwartener. Sediment rock formation consists of the main rock and sand stone kwarsa liat.
4. Characteristics of Climate
East Kalimantan province, including climate Tropika Humida with rainfall ranging between 1500-4500 mm per year. Minimum air temperatures average 21 ° C and a maximum of 34 ° C with the temperature difference between day and night of 5 ° -7 ° C. minimum temperatures generally occur in the month of October to January, while the maximum temperature occurred between July to August.
5. Air humidity
The humidity reaches an average of 86% with wind speeds average 5 knots perjam. Rainfall data for 5 years from the year 1994-1998 noted that the average rainfall reached 2060.2 mm per year.
6. Culture
Population in the province of Kalimantan Tmur approximately 2,456,945 inhabitants, with an average of 10 kilometers in the quarter, and with the level of high density perkortaan and concentrated in the coastal region. Culture that dominates in the East Kalimantan province is the three main pillar, cultural dayak native tribes living in the hinterland, cultural fishermen who live in the coastal region, and the kingdom of culture that still exist until now. Read more...

Kutai National Park

Kutai National Park has a variety of vegetation types of forest vegetation is the main beach / mangrove, forests, fresh water swamp, Kerangas forest, forest puddles lowlands, forests, Ulin / meranti / lime and forest Dipterocarpaceae mixture. This national park is a representative of forest Ulin the most extensive in Indonesia.
Some plants that are in national parks such as the mangrove (Rhizophora sp.) Tancang (Bruguiera sp.), Sea pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), simpur (Dillenia sp.), Meranti (Shorea sp.) Benuang (Octomeles sumatrana), lime (Dryobalanops sp.) Ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri), 3 types of Raflesia and various types of orchids.
Ulin trees that are in high Sangkimah have free branch 45 m, a diameter of 225 cm or 706 cm stem circumference and volume 150 m3. Pohon ini tercatat sebagai pohon tertinggi dan terbesar di Indonesia. This tree was recorded as the highest and largest trees in Indonesia.
Besides have the potential diversity of plants, national parks also have the potential to the high diversity of animals, namely from the primate groups such as the orangutan (Pongo satyrus), OWA Kalimantan (Hylobates muelleri), bekantan (Nasalis larvatus), long-tailed monkey (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis), beruk (M. nemestrina nemestrina), and lemur (Nyticebus coucang borneanus). This group can be found in the Bay of hell, Prevab-Mentoko and Sangkimah. Ungulata groups such as bison (Bos javanicus lowi), sambar deer (Cervus unicolor brookei), deer (Muntiacus muntjak pleiharicus), and kancil (Tragulus javanicus klossi). This group can be found in the whole area of Kutai National Park. Carnivora groups such as honey bears (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus) stork barrels (Leptoptilos javanicus), white belly sea eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster), the king pergam / green (Ducula aenea), forest chicken (Gallus sp.) Beo / Chinese gold ( Gracula religiosa), and pecuk snake asia (Anhinga melanogaster melanogaster).
This national park is the location of the third national park as the orangutan rehabilitation center located in the Bay of hell.
Kutai National Park with some companies such as PT. Kaltim Prima Coal, PT. Kaltim Prima Coal, PT. Pupuk Kaltim, PT. Pupuk Kaltim, PT. Badak LNG, dan Pertamina (Mitra Kutai). Badak, and Pertamina (Kutai Mitra). Kutai partners provide the funding and implementation of conservation of the park.
Some locations / objects that are interesting to visit:
 Teluk Kaba and Estuary Sangkimah tale. Tourism and maritime observation of animals such as orangutans, bekantan, sambar deer, kancil, sun bears and birds.
 Bay of Lombok and Sangata River Estuary. Tour maritime observation and mangroves that are still intact.
 Prevab Mentoko. Research and observation of animals such as sun bears, orangutans, sambar deer, and wild pigs.
 Goa Lobang Angin. Cave tour.
Cultural attractions outside the national parks:
Erau Festival in September in Tenggarong. Visit the best season: April - October each year.
How achievement location :
How achievement location: Balikpapan - Samarinda about 2.5 hours by land, four-wheeled vehicle, then continued to Bury about three hours. Bontang - Teluk Kaba story using speed boat, about 30 minutes. In addition, between Bontang - Sanggata there is a road cut across national parks Read more...

Kalimantan Island

Borneo is an island located in the northern island of Java and in the West Sulawesi. Divided into areas of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Often the whole island is called the Borneo region, while Indonesia called Kalimantan, Malaysia and the region called Sarawak and Sabah. In addition, there is also the sultanate Of Brunei. In the first period, the Borneo is the name used by colonial Britain and the Netherlands, while the island of kalimantan. the name used by residents of Indonesia. In the first language of Indonesia, Kalimantan, North is the designation for North Borneo (Sabah), but now in North Kalimantan. East Kalimantan is the north. So in the broad sense includes the entire island of Kalimantan, Borneo, while in the narrow sense only to the Kalimantan region of Indonesia.

Kalimantan Island is located in the northern island of Java, eastern Strait of Malacca, the western island of Sulawesi and the southern Philippines. Borneo island is a vast 743,330 km ². Kalimantan Island is surrounded by the South China Sea in the west and north-west, Sulu Sea in the north-east, the Sea of Sulawesi and the MakassarJava Sea and the Karimata Strait in the south. in the east and the

Mount Kinabalu (4095 m), which is located in Sabah, Malaysia is the location of the highest in Kalimantan.

River-longest river in Kalimantan is the Kapuas River (1143 km) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Barito River (880 km) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Mahakam River, (980 km) in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Rajang River (562.5 km ) In Sarawak, Malaysia.

Natural resources

Kalimantan has a dense forest. However, he forest area is on the wane due to high cutting action. Kalimantan forest is a natural habitat for animals dumb robots, the Borneo elephant, rhinoceros Borneo and several endangered species.

Administration

In Kalimantan, there are some areas of Indonesia and Malaysia. Areas of Brunei, all located on the island.

Indonesia

Kalimantan region of Indonesia is divided into four provinces:

• Central Kalimantan capital of Palangkaraya

• East Kalimantan capital of Samarinda

• South Kalimantan capital of Banjarmasin

• West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak

Malaysia

Countries and the region of Malaysia, which is located in Kalimantan:

• Sarawak
• Sabah
• The Federal Territory of Labuan (offshore Sabah)

Origins of the name :

• First word of Borneo Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom was big and wide (including Sarawak and Sabah as part of Sabah is owned by Mindanao-Sulu sultanate. The traders Portuguese call Borneo and used by the people of Europe. But the natives call as Pulo Klemantan .

• Second, according to Crowfurd DESCRIPTIVE in the Dictionary of the Indian Island (1856), said Kalimantan is the name of a kind mango so that island is the island of Kalimantan, mango, but he added that the word is an element of folklore and not popular.

• Third, according to Dr. B. Ch. Chhabra in the journal MBRAS vol XV part 3 Microbiol 79 mentioned the nation customs Indian states of ancient place names according to the results of the earth as jewawut in sanksekerta yawa so that the island is called yawadwipa known as Java that is based on the analogy of the island with Sanskrit name Amra-Dwipa or mango island.

• According to the Fourth of C. Hose and Mac Dougall mentioned that the word comes from 6 Kalimantan among local tribes, namely the Sea Dayak (Iban), Kayan, Kenya, Klemantan, Munut, and Punan. In history, Natural Man, a record from Borneo (1926), C Hose explained that Klemantan is the new name used by the Malays.

• Fifth, according to WH Treacher in the British North Borneo in the journal MBRAS (1889), wild mango is not known in northern Borneo. Moreover never Borneo island, known as the mango produce even once from a Sago Island (the island Sago) because the word is the name of the original Lamantah sago raw.

• Sixth, according to Prof.. Dr. Slamet Muljana in the book Sriwijaya (LKIS 2006), said Maryland is not the words but the words do the original loan as well as the word night, underwear, which came from India (night, which means mountain).

Early History

Kalimantan Island is in the middle of Southeast Asia because the island is to get more cultural and political influence from the surrounding islands. Around 400 years Kalimantan islands have entered the era history with the inscription found Yupa the heritage of the Kingdom of Kutai, but the progress of civilization is relatively slower than other islands because of geographical constraints and the small population.

Around the year 1362 Majapahit under the leadership Patih Gajah Mada to expand power to the island of Borneo, which states: Kapuas - Katingan, Shields, Ungga City, City Waringin, Sambas, Lawai, Kadandangan, lye, Samadang, Tirem, sob, Barune, Kalka , Saludung, Solot, Sand, Barito, Sawaku, TABALONG, Cape Kutei and Malano remain the most important islands in the Tanjungpura.

In the era of India-the Netherlands, known as Kalimantan, Borneo. This does not mean the name Kalimantan is not known. In letters Tamjidillah Prince of the Kingdom of Banjar in the years 1857 to the Resident Netherlands in Bhopal, he mentioned the island of Borneo, not the island of Borneo.. This shows that among the population, better known names from Kalimantan on Borneo name used in the administration of colonial Dutch East Indies. Name Kalimantan start again on the popular 1940.

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