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Paradise in Mandalika, Lombok

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In the last 10 years, West Nusa Tenggara, Lombok is very famous with Gili Trawangan, Rinjani Mountain, and Mataram, but did you know that in 1980, there was a famous destination in South of Lombok Island, Mandalika. It places had been one of the tourist destination besides Bali Island. It has a large bay and wide white sand that make local and foreign people fall in love at the first sight. Now, Mandalika has become one of the priority destination in Indonesia besides Borobudur, Tanjung Kelayang, Tanjung Lesung, Danau Toba, Labuan Bajo, Morotai, Wakatobi, Bromo Mountain, Kepulauan Seribu. Rony AN/Kompas Travel Actually, there are several beaches in this area like Gerupuk Beach, Tanjung Aan Beach, Serenting Beach, Kuta Beach, and Seger Beach. If you like surfing, there is Ubrug Beach that has beautiful scenery. The unique thing in Mandalika, there is a Bau Nyale Festival. It's present the tradition of taking earthworms that have been hundred years. And if you...

Sragen's Attractions

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Randy/detikTravel Sragen regency is about 20 km from Surakarta City. It's adjacent with Ngawi and Karanganyar. If you want to go East Java through southern, you have to traverse Sragen. Furthermore, you can enjoy some place such as historical attraction and cultural heritage. 1. Sangiran Early Man Site Sangiran is a place that fossil of Meganthropus Palaejavanicus and Phitecanthropus Erectus were discovered.  Moreover, many fossils of ancient human had discovered at that place. So far, there were 13.685 fossils in Sangiran. and you have to know that Sangiran had been enacted as World Heritage by UNESCO. 2. Kemukus Mountain Kemukus is one of the popular destination for looking wealth. People usually have a sex ritual at Kemukus to get rich. 3. Batik from Kliwonan  Batik is a part of Javanese culture and acknowledged by UNESCO as a representative list of the intangible cultural heritage humanity. Kliwonan village located at Masaran district

Condemning Ahok's Blasphemy

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Instagram Rumah Lembang Hot news from Jakarta is about blasphemy allegation did by Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok). Ahok was known as Jakarta gubernatorial candidate became a target of Muslim troops. It's because he cited surah Al-Maidah 51 on his speech in Kepulauan Seribu Regency. Ahok said that Muslim should not be affected by his political rivals that always campaigned for not voted a non-Muslim candidate. Ahok says, "You are deceived by other people by surah al-maidah 51" Poorly his sentence in the speech was cut by someone named Buni Yani. In the caption of his video, Buni erased the word "by other people" and then he uploaded the video. It's made people infuriated and provoked "the action to defend Islam". Millions of people demonstrations and thronged the downtown. They wanted Ahok to be punished. Finally, Ahok suspected and his electability decreased sharply. Survey Indikator Polit...

A 'Flirtatious Policy' of New Minister of Education and Culture

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Only on a couple of days, Minister of Education and Culture tried to seek a public attention. He planned that students in Elementary and Junior High School will have full day school. cnnindonesia.com The reasons were if you had stayed at school, your character will build and to avoid the deviant behavior. Moreover, full day school will make children always in the control of their parents. Related to the hour of school, Indeed Our country is shorter than the other. In Singapore, the junior high school takes almost 9 hours at school. Whereas Cina Elementary school go on about 8 hours, junior high school 10 hours, and senior high school approximately 13 to 15 hours. Maybe Minister of Education and Culture use those countries as a benchmark to formulate a policy of education in Indonesia. The fact says that both of them are developed countries. However, Finlandia, the country that always be a reference in developing education only let their student ...

Paradise in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

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twisata.com Raja Ampat is a regency in West Papua Province, Indonesia. It has an area about 46.108 km2, and almost 85% of it is the sea. It coastline is about 4.860 km. It region has 60.000 residents that spread out in 35 over 610 islands. There are 4 big islands: Misool Island, Waigeo Island, Batanta Island, Salawati Island. The local communities work as a fisherman. People in Raja Ampat are warm and kind. They are welcome to tourists. The residents of Raja Ampat are Christian and Moslem. But they are living in peace though different beliefs. I suggest you bring areca to Raja Ampat, because it is the symbol of peace.  Raja Ampat just like a paradise. As far as you see, your eyes will be spoiled by beautiful scenery. It place has amazing underwater biodiversity (the best in the world) with the coral reef that rises to the top.  The study says that Raja Ampat Islands has 75% of world's coral species. So it is not surprisingly that many biodiversity life unde...

Indonesian Character

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If you don't know about the Indonesian characters, I will explain it to you, so that if you have a chance to visit my country, you are not getting shocked. Beawiharta/Reuters/ rediff.com First, Indonesian are impressible. Especially, when they look foreign people (Bule). High body and white skin can impress them. Moreover, many Indonesian peoples are interesting to marry Bule just for a better descent. Furthermore, Indonesian always believe that anything comes from overseas are better, like school, outfit, and food. Third, Indonesian are easily provoked, especially with religious issues and nationalism. Next, they do not filter incoming information, whether it is news or broadcast messages. And for your Information, we believe in magic. We believe that someone can hurt by voodoo, and there are some people that can not be punctured. Sixth, the work ethic of Indonesian peoples are low. So that is why the effort of government to improve the ability of local economy ...

Football in Indonesia

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iberita.com After the end of Copa America that is won by Chili and UEFA Euro Championship ended with Portugal victory. Along the tournament, We are spoiled by the great match and very skillful professional football players. As you know that we are willing to stay awake to watch Christiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann dribbling toward the goal. I estimated that approximately a half of Indonesian adults watching both of football championship. Indonesia is a country with the fourth populous countries in the world with 250 million population. Yet, looking for skillful players are not easy. Because football did not manage properly. For instance, Indonesian football association (PSSI) did not manage by competent persons. Mostly, PSSI filled by a politician and a businessman who don't understand the football has become political tools, conflict of interest, and corruption. Moreover, only in Indonesia that CEO of PSSI is still lead from the jail. So it is normal that foot...