Year: 2022

Visit Moyo Island in Sumbawa, Indonesia

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The main attraction around Sumbawa Besar is Moyo Island, home to deer, buffalo, wild pigs and vast numbers of bird species. The island sits in a nature reserve and is surrounded by coral, making it ideal for snorkelling. A luxury resort owns half the island, but a cheaper way to explore it is to hire a guide via one of the hotels. Boats arrive at Tanjung Pasir, on the south side of Moyo Island. From there you can hike on the eastern half of the island (the western half is…

How Indonesian People Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr

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Eid is one of two official festivals in the Islamic Calendar, when Muslims around the world celebrate by gift-giving and spending time with their loved ones. Millions of Muslims from across the world will be marking the end of Ramadan with food, festivities and Eid greetings. The occasion is seen as a blessing, and a time for Muslims to show gratitude and come together with friends and family to celebrate, with special foods and sweets to commemorate the day. Many will also exchange gifts, visit people they haven’t seen for…

Get To Know Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

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Taman Nasional Bromo Tegger Semeru (TNBTS) Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS) was established through a Decree of the Minister of Forestry in 2005. Bromo Tengger Semeru area was designated as a national park partly because it has a unique ecosystem where has a caldera inside a caldera in the form of an active volcano (Mount Bromo) inside the Mount Tengger caldera with the sea volcanic sand around it. The uniqueness of the ecosystem and the beauty of natural panorama of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS) make this area…

Learn to Cook Papeda at Weriagar District, West Papua

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Weriagar is a district located in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia. The staple food of the local Weriagar community is Papeda. Papeda is made from sago cooked in boiling water on a stove until the dough looks like glue. Papeda is delicious eaten with fish in soup. Sayur bunga pepaya (papaya flower bud vegetables) and tumis kangkung (stir-fried water spinach) are often served as side-dish vegetables to accompany papeda. On some coasts and lowlands on Papua, sago is the main ingredient to all the foods. Sagu bakar, sagu…

Getting to know Nyepi Day in Indonesia

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Nyepi Day is a Hindu New Year in Bali which is celebrated on the first new moon in March. It is usually celebrated on the same day as the Indian festival, Ugadi. Nyepi Day TraditionsA few days before Nyepi, a Balinese Hindu purification ceremony and ritual called Melasti takes place. During Melasti, parades of villagers carry all the sacred objects from their temples to the sea or the shore of a nearby lake. There sacred objects are cleaned and purified with the holy water of the sea or lake. Nyepi…

Nusa Pombo, A Small Island with A Million Beauty

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Indonesia has many very beautiful tourist attractions. One of the tourist attractions that maybe not many people know about is Nusa Pombo in Central Maluku. This uninhabited island is a paradise on earth that is rich in marine tourism. If you choose Nusa Pombo as your vacation destination, then your decision is definitely the right one. Your vacation will be truly meaningful and will be one of the best vacations you will ever have.Here are some very important information for you to know if you want to visit Nusa Pombo:…

Tanjung Uma, Beach Tourism Around Batam

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In the are of Tanjung Uma, many houses were built on stilts with wooden poles. Because the position of this village is on two headlands, namely Tanjung Lepu and Tanjung Kubur, the local people named the village as Tanjung Uma. Another opinion states that the word uma comes from the English phrase from the word home. What was spoken by the people first was (h)ome, then it became ume and then changed to Tanjung Ume or Tanjung Uma. For seafood lovers, the variety of fish sold at Tanjung Uma is…

Indonesia Occupies The First Position of The Most Beautiful Country in The World

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Indonesia’s natural beauty is no longer a secret. In fact, it has been recognized by tourists all over the world and has become an attraction for tourists to visit a country that has the nickname heaven on earth. Recently, Indonesia made an achievement by named the most beautiful country in the world by the London-based British magazine, Time Out. In the top 10 list, fourth and so on are filled by Tanzania, Mexico, Kenya, India, France, Papua New Guinea and the Comoros. To determine which countries are considered worthy of…

Three Tourism Villages Represent Indonesia in the “UNWTO Best Tourism Villages 2021” Event

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Talking about natural wealth, culture, ethnicity, and race in Indonesia, it will never end, because there are so many tourism potentials and Indonesia’s creative economy, as well as the potential for tourist villages. Currently, many villages in Indonesia continue to develop their natural and cultural potential, which has strong related with local wisdom. No doubt making tourist villages built from the results of community self-help is very attractive to tourists, because tourist villages are considered to be more personalized, customize, localize, and smaller in size. Even, some of the tourist…

The Beauty of Three Colored Lakes, Kelimutu Lake

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Lake Kelimutu is a magical lake in Flores, precisely in Ende Regency. The magic is shown by the presence of three lakes with different colors. So that this lake is also known as the Three-Colored Lake (Read: Danau Tiga Warna), with its uniqueness, Lake Kelimutu was immortalized in the Rp. 5.000,- a few years ago. The lake, which is located at an altitude of about 1,639 meters above sea level, presents an incredibly beautiful natural panorama, so it’s no wonder that it is always visited by tourists from within and…