Month: November 2010

It’s Sangihe Archipelago

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Sangihe Archipelago Sangihe is a regency archipelago in North Sulawesi Province. This district comes from the splitting of the Sangihe and Talaud district in 2000. The capital is Tahuna. Sangihe regency lies between the island of Sulawesi to Mindanao Island (Philippines), and located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. This district includes the three clusters, which is Tatoareng Cluster, Cluster Sangihe, and Cluster Border. The Sangihe Archipelago is a chain of volcanic islands off the north east peninsula of North Sulawesi. Consisting of about forty volcanic islands some of…

Smoked Milk Fish

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Smoked Milk Fish Another Sidoarjo’s particular icon is smoked milk fish. The center of this industrial is located in Bulu Sidokare village, the city of Sidoarjo. Here we can see the traditional process of smoked milk fish until the packing process before it runs into the customers hand. Regarding the making of smoked milk fish, the very first way is to peel off the scale out of the fish until it getting smooth, then move out the entrails and the gills to removed the stinks odor from the fish and…

Mushroom Cultivation Industry

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Mushroom Cultivation Industry Settled in Wadungasih village, Buduran sub-district, City of Sidoarjo, East Java, the cultivation of Oyster mushroom or being known as King Oyster Mushroom. There are 33 mushroom farmers in this village which each of them gain Rp. 3.000.000 for minimum income. This cultivation become an industrial since 2003. To pursue the cultivation is not too difficult. We can put the mushroom spores into a plastic bag that is filled with sawdust. This bag is then stored in a rack at the shelter mushroom, it called “Kombong Jamur.”…

Sidoarjo Cracker Industry

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Sidoarjo Cracker Industry Krupuk or kerupuk is type of crackers or snack crackers which is made from tapioca flour batter mixed with some ingredients such as shrimp or fish flavor. Crackers made by steaming batter before thinly cut, dried in the sun and fried with a lot of cooking oil. Krupuk is an Indonesian favourit side-dish that can be completing the meal during breakfast, lunch or even dinner. Sidoarjo is, once again, one of the famous producer for this industrial. Among 15000 Small and Medium Enterprises in Sidoarjo, most of…

Rujak Uleg Festival

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Surabaya “Rujak Uleg” Festival Indonesia have different kind of Rujak or Rojak, there is Rujak Uleg or Rujak Manis. Rujak uleg, is one of traditional foods which commonly come from East Java, especially from Surabaya. Rujak uleg is kind of salad with shrimp paste sauce that pestle with bean, chilli and garlic. While, the salad is about cucumber, bean sprout, water spinach, cake rice or lontong, tofu, soy bean cake or tempe, pineapple. While, Rujak manis, is kind of fruit salad with hot and sweet sauce made by Aren sugar…

Wakatobi Dive Resort

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Wakatobi Wakatobi is an acronym of four small islands wihich is Wangi-wangi Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko. This area is located within the territory of Southeast Sulawesi Province which newly separated from Buton district into one district. Wakatobi National Park has the potential of marine natural resources that having high value and uniqueness, with stunning panoramic underwater. In general, the sea water has a flat configuration from flat landscape until the sloping towards the sea, and some area of the waters have steep bluff. The water depth are varies, the deepest…

Mushroom Cultivation

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Mushroom Cultivation Settled in Wadungasih village, Buduran sub-district, City of Sidoarjo, East Java, the cultivation of Oyster mushroom or being known as King Oyster Mushroom. There are 33 mushroom farmers in this village which each of them gain Rp. 3.000.000 for minimum income. This cultivation become an industrial since 2003. To pursue the cultivation is not too difficult. We can put the mushroom spores into a plastic bag that is filled with sawdust. This bag is then stored in a rack at the shelter mushroom, it called “Kombong Jamur.” After…

Kupang Lontong Sidoarjo

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Kupang Lontong Kupang lontong, is another traditional food from East Java, particularly from Sidoarjo or Surabaya. This food is typically a coastal food. Kupang lontong is consist of kupang; Kupang is kind of oyster or small shellfish; lontong or rice cake and completed by the shrimp paste sauce. Similar with Lontong balap, kupang lontong is also has lento or fried cassava for its topping and scallop satai. On every stalls which offer kupang lontong in their menus, the seller also provide green coconut for it can reduces the poison in…

Tanggulangin Leather Industry

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Tanggulangin Leather Industry Tanggulangin leather industry, this industrial was begin in 1939, when some craftsmen started making bags and suitcase stuffs. And in 1976 it was established the Bags and Luggage Cooperative Industrial (Intako), which was initially consisted of only 27 people. Tanggulangin bags and suitcases manufacture is one of the tourism icons in Sidoarjo. The products include bags, briefcases, wallets, belts and shoes. The products are having good quality that has been recognized by consumers. Tanggulangin leather industry is having the same concept like in Cibaduyut leather industry in…

Calender Of Event November

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The East Java Calendar of Events 2010 is designed to support the Indonesian government promotion “Visit Indonesia 2010” expecting the target of million foreign visitors to Indonesia. The Calendar of Events 2010 contains the schedule of performances like arts, cultures and religious ceremonies held in the regions through out East Java and it is also hoped to provide tourist information for domestic and foreign visitors. Local people usually celebrate those events based on the calendar of Java, Tengger and Hijriah (Arabic) therefore to confirm the exact date of the events,…