SANGKURIANG

Sangkuriang is a legend among Sundanese people, Indonesia. The legend tells about the creation of lake Bandung, Mount Tangkuban Parahu, Mount Burangrang and Mount Bukit Tunggul. From the legend, we can determine how long the Sundanese have been living in Java island. From the legend supported by geological fact, it is predicted that the Sundanese have been living in Java island since thousand years BC. The legend of Sangkuriang was almost certainly a story of oral tradition before being written down. The first written reference to Sangkuriang legend appeared in the Bujangga Manik manuscript written on palm leaves at the end of the 15th century or the early 16th century AD. Prince Jaya Pakuan, alias Prince Bujangga Manik or prince Ameng Layaran, visited all of the sacred Hindu sites in Java island and Bali island at the end of the 15th century AD. Using palm leaves, he described his travels in archaic Sundanese. His palm manuscript was taken to England by an Englishmen and put at the Bodleian library, Oxford, in 1627.[1] After a long journey, Bujangga Manik arrived in the current Bandung city area. He is the first eyewitness reported the area. Here is his report: Leumpang aing ka baratkeun (I walked forward to the west) datang ka Bukit Patenggeng (arriving at Mount Patenggeng) Sakakala Sang Kuriang (where the legend of Sang Kuriang is) Masa dek nyitu Ci tarum (in which he would dam Citarum river) Burung tembey kasiangan (he failed because a new day came) According to the legend, Sangkuriang had been separated from his mother, Dayang Sumbi, as a child. Yet he was destined to meet his mother again. On his way home, he stopped at a small village and met and felt in love with a beautiful girl. He didn't realise that the village was his homeland and the beautiful girl was his own mother. They fell in love and made plans to marry. One day before the planned wedding, Dayang Sumbi saw and recognized a scar on Sangkuriang's head. She suddenly realized that she had fallen in love with her own son who had left her twenty years previously. She was horrified and realized she could not marry her own son. She revealed the whole truth to Sangkuriang and asked him to call off the wedding. But Sangkuriang didn’t believe her and insisted on going through with the wedding. Dayang Sumbi then told Sangkuriang that she would only marry him if he could build her a great lake by filling the whole valley with water. She said he must also build a boat for them to sail in, and both of these tasks must be completed in one night. Sangkuriang accepted the challenge. With the help of some guriangs (heavenly spirits / god in ancient Sundanese belief), he dammed the Citarum river with landslides. The river's water rose and filled the plain, transforming it into a lake. Then Sangkuriang cut down a massive tree to make a boat. When dawn was about to break, the boat was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi realized that Sangkuriang would fulfill the conditions she had required of him. So she prayed to God to help her prevent the disgrace of a marriage between a mother and her son. With a wave of her magic shawl, Dayang Sumbi lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. Deceived by what looked like dawn, cocks crowed and farmers rose for a new day. Sangkuriang thought that he had failed. In his anger, he kicked the boat that he had built and it fell, turning upside down, transformed into Mount Tangkuban Parahu (in Sundanese, "tangkuban" means "upturned" or "upside down", and "parahu" means "boat.") The wood left over from the boat became Mt. Burangrang and the rest of the huge tree became Mount Bukit Tunggul. The lake became Lake Bandung (lit. "dam.") Centuries later, the inhabitants of Bandung city knew from traditional lore of the existence of a former Lake Bandung and the creation of Mount Tangkuban Parahu. Without a knowledge of geology, but living under the taboos of spirits, ghosts and gods, geologic facts were woven together into a tale which was understandable according to their beliefs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangkuriang

TANGKUBAN PARAHU

Tangkuban Perahu (spelt Tangkuban Parahu in the local Sundanese dialect) is a dormant volcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It last erupted in 1959. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface.[2] This stratovolcano is on the island of Java and last erupted in 1983. Together with Mount Burangrang and Bukit Tunggul, those are remnants of the ancient Mount Sunda after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse. In April 2005 the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors from going up the volcano. "Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains - Anak Krakatoa on the southern tip of Sumatra Island and Tangkuban Perahu in Java - picked up an increase in volcanic activity and a build up of gases, said government volcanologist Syamsul Rizal." Eruptive History A study conducted in 2001 determined that Tangkuban Perahu has erupted at least 30 times in the previous 40,750 years. Studies of the tephra layers within 3 km of the crater revealed that twenty one were minor eruptions and the remaining nine were major eruptions. The eruptions that occurred prior to approximately 10,000 years ago were magmatic/phreatomagmatic. The eruptions that occurred after 10,000 years ago were phreatic." Local legend of the mountain The name translates roughly to "upturning of (a) boat" or "upturned boat" in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in West Java. She cast away her son "Sangkuriang" for disobedience, and in her sadness was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and failed to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize his birthmark just as he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a dam on the river Citarum and to build a large boat to cross the river, both before the sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat.

Subang Pineapples, favorite of the world

Fruit from the brazil this fact can grown in the tropics , especially around the equatorial region .So no wonder if indonesia that belonged the equator , noted as an exporter country pineapple number three after filiphina and thailand .One producing areas pineapple best in indonesia was subang , even pineapple subang favorite until the world market .Pineapple subang favorite overseas markets for having several excellence compared with pineapple in other regions , pineapple subang also commonly called pineapple it because honey having a sweet . Besides it tastes honeyed still many preëminence owned pineapple honey , among other pineapple honey having tender meat and not fibrous , having a high water levels and having the measure of fruit which is higher than the pineapple usual .The weight of a fruit pineapple subang can reach heavy ranged between 1 kg until 2,5 kg . The freshness and now the unique pineapple honey produced farmers in the subang has been able to melanglang buana until the international market .The pineapple orders come from countries such as south korea , iran , singapore , saudi arabia and consumer demand from localized in numbers .Be a big challenge for farmers pineapple in subang , to keep it can help meet the demand for which it comes .Because until now the constraints faced farmers pineapple is the absence of stocks to meet order there . Although pineapples are fruits which not affected with season , but pineapple conformed to order foreign still difficult fulfilled .Importers pineapple just want to buy pineapple from the garden that has been accredited .That means importers pineapple would not buy pineapple to quality carelessly , such as south korea who asks pineapple with weights fruit 1.7 - 2,2 kg .Potential pineapple subang to hold dazzling still wide open , and the great tasks for farmers subang to always makes pineapple to quality her best to meet demand pineapple good for market domestic and the world market . Besides having their market what that is turns fruit pineapple also has many benefits .Inside the pineapple contained many vitamin b , vitamin c. phosphorus , kalium magnesium , iron , sodium , kalium dextrose , sucrose , and enzyme bromelain .Besides fruit pineapple can also prevent heart attacks , lack of vitamin B, strokes and still more preventable diseases by ingestion of fruit pineapple . http://bisnisukm.com/nanas-subang-diminati-dunia.

The Rambutan

The rambutan (taxonomic name: Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae. The fruit produced by the tree is also known as "rambutan." It is native to Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, although its precise natural distribution is unknown. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits including the lychee, longan, and mamoncillo.[3] It is believed to be native to the Malay Archipelago,[4] from where it spread westwards to Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka and India; eastwards to Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia.[5] The name rambutan is derived from the Malay word rambutan, meaning "hairy". [5] In Vietnam, it is called chôm chôm (meaning "messy hair") due to the spines covering the fruit's skin. A second species regularly sold in Costa Rican markets is often known as "wild" rambutan. Yellow in color, it is a little smaller than the usual red variety. The flesh exposed when the outer skin is peeled off is sweet and sour, slightly grape-like and gummy to the taste. In Costa Rican Spanish, it is known as mamón chino (literally translated as "Chinese sucker") due to its Asian origin and the likeness of the edible part with Melicoccus bijugatus. Rambutan are non-climacteric fruit - that is, they ripen only on the tree. Description It is an evergreen tree growing to a height of 12–20 m.[5] The leaves are alternate, 10–30 cm long, pinnate, with 3-11 leaflets, each leaflet 5–15 cm wide and 3-10 cm broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are small, 2.5–5 mm, apetalous, discoidal, and borne in erect terminal panicles 15–30 cm wide.[5] Rambutan trees are either male (producing only staminate flowers and, hence, produce no fruit), female (producing flowers that are only functionally female), or hermaphroditic (producing flowers that are female with a small percentage of male flowers). The fruit is a round to oval drupe 3–6 cm (rarely to 8 cm) tall and 3-4 cm broad, borne in a loose pendant cluster of 10-20 together. The leathery skin is reddish (rarely orange or yellow), and covered with fleshy pliable spines, hence the name rambutan, derived from the Malay word rambut which means hairs. The fruit flesh is translucent, whitish or very pale pink, with a sweet, mildly acidic flavor.[5] The single seed is glossy brown, 1–1.3 cm, with a white basal scar. The seed is soft and crunchy. They are mildly poisonous when raw, but may be cooked and eaten. Production It is a popular garden fruit tree and propagated commercially in small orchards. It is one of the best known fruits of Southeast Asia and is also widely cultivated elsewhere in the tropics including Africa, the Caribbean islands, Costa Rica, Panama, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Thailand is the largest producer rom Surat Thani Province Thailand. Rambutan production is increasing in Australia and, in 1997, was one of the top three tropical fruits produced in Hawaii. It is also produced in Ecuador where it is known as "achotillo" and on the island of Puerto Rico.[5] The fruit are usually sold fresh, used in making jams and jellies, or canned. Evergreen rambutan trees with their abundant coloured fruit make beautiful landscape specimens. Quality The best quality rambutan is generally that which is harvested still attached to the branch (pictured above). It is less susceptible to rot, damage, and pests, and remains fresh for a much longer time than rambutan that has been picked from the branch. Another indicator of quality is the ease of detachment of the flesh from the seed. An easily detachable flesh normally will have bits of the woody seed coating. Thus, it is a common Malay wisdom to not eat too much rambutan when one has a cough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

Natural Hot Spring Sari Ater (Ciater)

Enjoy efficacy a bathhouse for hot water in a pond sariater ( ciater ) , that 's hadhis the whole of west java .A favorite place to unwind with family must visit this is a place for anyone who visit subang district . Uniquely , hot springs ciater derived from a crater active volcano tangkuban parahu which is not too far from the object wisata this .In addition to be piped to baths , the hot water drains through the for 2,000 moderati who later became cold and used for the benefit of waterworks riverbanks land .Reputedly according to local growers on site , this water more can affect the quality of water harvesting than usual . Tourist attraction ciater feels more charming with treats of the air cold mountain scenery tea plantations and wide .Besides the mood sub-department which comfortable , you can also make use of water in this place for therapeutic health .Reputedly belerangnya ideal content to cure diseases like a variety of paralysis , rheumatism nervous disorders , a bone , and various other diseases of the skin when it 's done regularly .Tourist attraction nature with treats of the air cold mountain scenery tea plantations and wide , the increase in the value of the experience when the tourists to visit this area . http://www.disparbud.jabarprov.go.id/wisata/dest-det.php?id=57&lang=id

HISTORY OF SUBANG 1-7

The history of Subang Regency not only means as a regon history in an adminsitrative framework, but also a part of territory of West Java Province. From the historical aspect, the Subang Regency improvement can be traced even since thousand years ago. Prehistoric Period. The evidences for prehistoric community di Subang Regency territory is stoned-axe finding in Bojongkeding (Binong), Pagaden, Kalijati, and Dayeuhkolot (Sagalaherang). This neolitihicum prehistoric finding shows that at that time there was a tribal community that live in simply food-gathering type in Subang Regency territory. Besides it, in prehistoric period also grew bronze cultural type of community that showed by a site at Engkel, Sagalaherang District. (www.subang.go.id)

HISTORY OF SUBANG 2-7

Hinduism Periode, On Hinduism cultural period, Subang Regency territory became a part of 3 kingdoms : Tarumanagara, Galuh, and Pajajaran. Along 3 kingdoms hegemony, from Subang territory there could be some contacts to some maritime kingdoms even to out of Nusantara territory. The evidences of small parts of ceramics from China in Patenggeng (Kalijati) shows that along 7th century up to 15th century there had been some trade contacts with the faraway territories. Another source said that along this period, Subang Regency territory was under Sunda Kingdom hegemony. Notes of Tome’ Pires, a Portuguese traveller that sailed in Nusantara explained when he travelled by ship along nothern Java coastal, the eastern part of Cimanuk river to Banten territory was under Sunda kingdom hegemony. www.subang.go.id