JEMBER IS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO FORGET

JEMBER IS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO FORG

Indonesia is a country located on the continent of Australia and Asia and is traversed by the equator. Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world, with rugged mountains and tropical. Indonesia is famous with rich of Culture because has an assortment of tribes, cultures, languages , and sights were very beautiful

             My parents and I live in this city, one of the Cities in Indonesia is Jember  where I grow up. Jember is a district in the province of east Java , Indonesia. Whose capital City is in Jember. Jember has an area of 3,293.34 km2 with altitudes between 0-330 above sea level.

Jember  was build  base on the 322 staatsblad number 9 August 1928, which come into force on January ,1 ,1928, In which the Dutch Indian Government has issued a regulation on the restructuring of the decentralized. Government in the terriority of East Java . Officialy the regulation was issued by the Dutch East Indies General Secretary ( De Aglemeene secretaris ) G. R. Endbrink , August 21, 1928. But Base on law No. 12/1950 on the Regional Government of East Java regency, in the Establisment of District regional Areas in East Java Province ( with Regional center ),among other ,Jember Regulated in Jember .

 Jember Regency’s climate is tropical with  a temperature range of 230’c – 320’c . The southern part of Jember regency is lowland area with its widest point being the island of Nusa barong and the eastern  part is part of the ijen plateau series. Most of population of Jember work as Farmers, The economi of jember is still supported by the agricultural sector and in Jember many plantation areas are mostly Dutch Heritage but Now it is managed by national companies and regional companies.People in Jember Celebratetraditions that make Jember popular with several names.

Jember has several nicknama that are

City of Pandhalungan

• Jember are Inhabited by many tribes like madurese, javanese, osing , and tiongha so this mix makes Jember like “ Miniatur of Indonesia “

City of Education

• Jember is one of the education centers in East Java beside Surabaya and Malang, so there are many Universities.

City of Thousand hills

• Jember also is Called 1000 hills because it has at least 1.666 hills spread throughout the Jember Regency

City of tobacco

• Jember is also it called  City of Tobacco because the main tobacco producer in indonesia in The world market Jembers tobacco is very well known in German and Nedherland.

City of Carnival

• Jember is also gets called City of carnival because of Jember Carnival which is that is famous in the World with Jember fashion Carnival.

City of Suwar suwir

• Suwar suwir is kind of candy that is made of from cassava and typical food of Jember City

City of Islamic student

• In Jember there are many Pesantren start from small pesantren to large pesantren.

Jember also has beautiful tourism places  that become lovely destination in Jember ,especialy beautiful beach , here is a list of tourism places in jember:

·         Payangan Beach

 

 

This beach is located in Wuluhan sub distict the charm of this beach is very beautiful when viewed from the top of the hill which is located around the coast, beside being decorated with several hill the beach is also decrated by rocks lined up neatly on the beach.

·         Watu ulo Beach

 

Watu ulo beach in Javanese language it mean Batu Ular ( Sneke stone ) which is Located

In Sumberrjo village Ambulu  arround 39 km south of the  Jember. With the beauty of its beaches and nature around this beach there are several Tourist attractions such as Japanese cave tourism objects, bat caves and some like playground.

       Tanjung papuma Beach

 Papuma beach located on south coast of East Java Province is more precisely located in the village of Lojejer Wuluhan 56 km to the south of  Jember along Papuma beach there is a stretch of white sand that is Very clean and beautiful , and alow tourists to come to sunbate.

 

·         Puger Beach

 

Puger beach is a site located 36 km southwest of jember, this beach is famous for the auction market and selling fish ,not only enjoying the beauty of the sea but visitors can also see traditional fishing boat.

·         Paseban Beach

 

Paseban beach is a safe beach because it has calm waves and located at 52 km to the northwest of  Jember , many foreigner tourists who use it for sun bathing or doing sport like beach volleyball.

·         Bandealit Beach

 

            Bandealit beach offer a breathtaking and beautiful panorama, this beach is located in

            Meru Betiri National Park in the southern part of jember or about 36 km from

            The city center and adjecent to Sukamade Beach which is a hatchery for turtle eggs.

·         Patemon swimming pool

Petemon swimming pool is located in petemon village , Tanggul, Jember, East Java,this swimmig pool is famous for the freshness of the water because of it come from natural springs said to be said to come from the Argopuro moutain sprigs.and base on one expert said that the water can be drunk directly because of it low TDS ( Total dissolved solid  )content, namely the metal element of water soluble minerals.

·         Rembangan Swimming pool

 

Rembangan swimming pool famous enough in the Jember city ,that located in the kemuning village arjasa, jember  ,12 km north Of the of Jember precisly under the foot of mount Argopuro, with an area of 13,45 hectares are with a height of 650 meters above sea level

                       

·         Tancak Waterfall

Tancak waterfall which is under the foot of this pasang mountain has height of approximatelyn 82 meters , the water is very clear and cold . The natural scenery of the mountai and coffee plantation is very beautiful and fresh. The located of tancak

 waterfall is in the Suci village, Panti ,Jember . Is less than 20 km from the Central city.

·         Antrokan Waterfal

The Waterfall is one of the unsploid tours, such as the Antrokan Waterfall which is in the            located Manggisan Village, Tanggul  ,Jember  , East Java. This waterfall is not too  high but characteristic of the jember icon is its natural purity.

·         Sumberjambe Waterfall

Raung Sumberjambe slope waterfall is one of the natural attractions which is very  suitable  for nature lovers because the natural conditions around the waterfall are still natural on the mountain slope of raung , beside that the flowing water is still awake its beauty and very clear. Sumberjambe mountain slope  waterfall is located 32 km northeast of  Jember.

·         Gunung Rayap Waterfall

Rayap Waterfall is a unique name because it is located in the renteng garden area ,rayap owned by PTPN XI ( persero ), local residents are more familiar with the rayap or rembangan waterfall, this location is not far from rembangan tourism with beautiful view from the hilltop.rayap waterfall has heigt of approxiamately 10 meters including short but the water flow is quite high and must be carefull not to get too close to the bottom of the waterfall.

Jember has some celebration of which

·         Jember ‘s Birthday ( 1 Januari )

·         BBJ ( Bulan Berkunjung ke jember ) or Month visit to jember

·         JFC ( Jember Fashion Carnival )

·         Tanoker Egrang festival

·         Gerak Jalan Tajem

Jember Also has a very Interesting traditional art

• Can macanan Kaduk
• Patrol Musiek
• Egrang Tanoker
• Batik Jember

But I Can’t explain all of about My cultures , here I will explain about Batik “ Jember Batik “.

Jember batik has different motifs and patterns with Solo batik and Jogja. Jember batik has pattern that is patterned tobaco leaves .

Tobacco leaves are the hallmark of jember,Because Jember Is the Largest tobacco producer in Indonesia.

In the below this I will explain How to make “ Batik “

There are 3 ways to make batik         :

• Remasol
• Naptol
• Indigosol

But here I will explain how to make batik using the REMASOL method :

• As for the needed first Paper HVS, pensil ,eraser and marker as for the tools for drawing motifs on paper are then thickened with markers
• Then prepare a sheet of white cloth to be draw according the motifs from tracing paper still using pencil, , here I will draw tobbaco motifs base on halmark of my City.
• In the next step prepare electric stove or fire stove, small griddle, hot wax and canting,

Make hot melted wax on the small griddle using electric stove or fire stove, hot malted wax used for drawing in the fabric using canting .

• Canting is Traditional tool special for to make batik

• After that the fabric that has been draw is colloured according the motif, usng the fabric dye , after all giver the colour wait until it is dry then dip it in waterglas until all the fabric is flat which is for protect the colour so that the colour not easy to faded and let it be dry , remove and draining ( don’t dry in the  hot place ,indoors ).

• The last step after the fabric driyng then wash it using  water until clear , to faded of hot wax in the fabric , prepare detergent, waterglas,and tapioca flour, mix it and pouring hot water then dip the fabric until until hot wax faded, in the last rinse of the fabric using clear water and make it drain.

Okay that is about how to make it batik, part of Indonesia culture Heritage . Let us preserve our culture not to become extinct because of tehnological sophistication. Till here the story about Jember keep visit my blog with another story about culture and beautiful tourism places in jember , East Java , Indonesia..

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