GLODOK

       Glodok is a derived from language sunda ( golodog ) having meaning namely the entrance of the house , why are called that because of the sunda kelapa ( jakarta was the entrance to the kingdom of sunda .Because before controlled dutch bring the workers from various regions to enter into betawi or batavia karen mayoritasnya inhabited by the sunda .Said changes “G” be “K” because words often found in the sunda by non-sunda eja , especially the tribe of java and malay then a lot of inhabiting the city .

The name of glodok also derived from the sound of a small building water fountain square eight the midst of the pages of city hall building kumpeni dutch government center in batavia at the time of first .Square building is built around eight years and had destroyed before 1743 rebuilt 1972 that dutch kumpeni soldiers also help to flow clean water for their daily needs , in addition also used to drink for the horses after soldiers held their long journey when doing his duty is to colonize batavia .

          Many places of interest that we can visit glodok in the area is :

•   Gereja santa Maria de Fatima Jakarta (abad ke-19)
•  Klenteng Kim Tek Ie
•  Toko obat Thaij Seng Hoo
•  Klenteng Toa Se Bio
• Toko Tian Liong
• Gedung Toko Obat “Thaij Hoo Tong”
• Gedung Rumah Keluarga Souw
•  Gedung Toko “Tjiap”
• Restoran “Siauw A Tjiap”
• Gedung Toko Obat “Lay An Tong”
• Toko kue “Tiong Tjiu Phia” Sin Hap Hoat
• Toko Pangkas Rambut “Ko Tang Kapperszaak”
• Waroeng “Kopi Es” Tak Kie

SOURCE : COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Straat met winkels in de Chinese wijk Glodok Djakarta TMnr 60054773.

KARAWITAN

Hello everyone, have you heard about Karawitan?

           Karawitan is the one of the thousand traditional music from Indonesia. The term karawitan refers to the playing of gamelan instruments, and comes from the word rawit, meaning 'intricate' or 'finely worked'. The word derives from the Javanese word of Sanskrit origin, rawit, which refers to the sense of smoothness and elegance idealized in Javanese music (from wikipedia)

          The most important thing in gamelan is the harmonization of all the instrument .

Karawitan usually played on most of Javanese occasion like Weddings, Religious day, and Formals occasion.
Nowadays in Jakarta, Karawitan still preserved by teaching them for students. We know that so many university, and school teach gamelan for the students. They also make a Karawitan competition.

There are the instrument of gamelan :

- Bonang

-Bonang Penerus

-Saron

-Gong

-Kendang

-Demung

-Kempul

-Saron penerus

-Ketuk

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BANK MANDIRI MUSEUM

          Old town enjoying jakartas it feels incomplete if you have not visited the museum bank mandiri.Museum of bank mandiri is one cultural heritage in old town among many buildings architecture tempo was already very sparsely visited by youth to nowadays more glad visit mall in Jakarta

This museum museum of bank mandiri is owned by bank mandiri.Is exactly ahead jakarta kota ( beos ).This museum having ornament ornament delineates four seasons like a happened to the european leaders, skippers dutch vessel cornelis de houtman

Bank mandiri museum collection of equipment consisting of the bank operational , securities , numismatic , kind of collection of archives of history and other bank operational supporters such as equipment and materials literature .

A collection of equipment bank operational tempo it used to be unique among them were a crate money, a calculating machine money mechanical, a calculator, books of account, machine of printing, an instrument of pres bendel, seal press brandkast, safe-deposit box and the son of a closet / key steel door and various securities as bilyet deposits, certificates of deposit, check, bonds and shares.Ornament building memmiliki interiors and original furniture from the building museum was objects of cultural heritage who also is part of a collection of bank mandiri museum.

History museum:

      originally this building is a museum of bank mandiri is the office of the handel nederlandsche maatschappij ( nhm in the east indies more known as the de factorij batavia .A building designed by architect nhm , j.j.j . De bruyn cooperate with other dutch architect , a.p smith and c . Van de linde both of whom work on the bureau hulswit architect , fermont en ed .Cuypers .

Building land area of 10.039 square stood up and launched on 14 january 1933 , by karel van aalst c.j , president of the nhm 10th .Begins with a pole of installing concrete july in 1929 by a construction bureau nv nedam ( nederlandse aanneming maatschappij )

Address:

Lokasi Museum Mandiri di Jl. Lapangan Stasiun No. 1 Jakarta Kota, Can be passed by use of electric train or bus transjakarta.

Typewriter 90's

Evolution of Thechnology

Lara Djonggrang Restaurant

Lara Djonggrang Restaurant is a restaurant that has a decoration of an ancient story that is a beautiful lady named Loro Djonggrang who bewitched into stone by someone who really loved her but his love was rejected because Loro Djonggrang can not love the person who had killed his father. Decorative sculpture is on display Loro Djonggrang and become typical in this restaurant. The menu is also provided a typical menu Jakarta.

Open               : Setiap hari 11.00-01.00 WIB

Address          : Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro St. No. 4 Menteng, Jakarta Pusat

Wayang Museum

Have you ever heard about Wayang? 

Wayang or Indonesian Puppet is one of the most traditional culture that we have in many tribe of Indonesia, especially from Java island. 

This time, CANTING will take you to the place that we could discover the uniqueness of wayang. Don't worry, we don't have to find it too far, it's in central Jakarta :) It's Museum Wayang. Museum Wayang is one of a culture museum in Jakarta, and we can find it in the "Kota Tua" which have a lots of museum and historical site around the area. 

First of all, we have to pay the admission in front of the entrance. It's super cheap though, Since we’re students, we only have to pay for IDR 3000,-. After entering the museum, we will be welcomed by a couple giant - sized wayang golek, which is super rare and unique, and after that, we could see a lots of collection and types of wayang in an glass display cabinet. And now, we will tell you what we saw inside!

The content of the first cabinet that we saw is Wayang Kulit. Wayang kulit is a puppet which made from a skin of carabao, or cow. The makers will drying the skin and shape it to a puppet, based on its character. and after that, they stick several parts to a stick which made also from carabao’s horn, so the wayang will be able to moved by the player or they usually called “Dalang”. Wayang kulit is a traditional heritage from central Java, and we could find it easily in Surakarta and Jogjakarta. There’s a lot of uniqueness of this wayang kulit. First, the show time. The original wayang kulit  show time usually takes a whole night which is about 4 – 6 hours. And, the way to show it is also unique. The wayang will be placed behind the white screen and there will be a traditional light which called “Blencong” on the right and left side on the screen and there’s a music to accompany the story. The music is also traditional, it’s called gamelan and we will tell you about it on our next post. How to watch it is also unique. The audience will watch the show from two sides. First, they who watch from the front of the screen, they will only see the shadow from the wayang which is made from the light effect. And they who watch it behind the white screen. They will see the actual wayang along with the “dalang” playing the wayang backs you off.    

After the Wayang Kulit Cabinet, we’re moving on to the Wayang Golek collection. Wayang golek is originally made from wood and carved based on its character. The most popular wayang golek comes from West Java, or Sunda. Different from wayang kulit, wayang golek mostly showed in the afternoon. It’s showed on the top of block, so it forms like a stage, and with the player position in the back and under the stage. And we will be able to watch it from the front only.

Besides that, There are lot of another types of wayang in Indonesia and we could find almost everything in museum wayang. Museum wayang also displayed the modern form of wayang, such as Unyil and Friends (Unyil was a hand – puppet boy character in a show named “Si Unyil” which tell the daily activity of unyil and friends as Indonesian children with authentic betawi culture. It was the most popular children show on TV in 1990’s). Not only from Indonesia, Museum Wayang also displayed wayang from another country, such as from China, India, Dutch, Thailand, US, Russia and many more. 

Anyway, there’s also a wayang show every Sunday, with a scheduled show time on the museum. But since we went to the museum at Thursday, we don’t have a chance yet to watch it. We hope we could be here for hanging out on the next weekend to watch the wayang show J This museum have a lots of interesting thing, not only about wayang, but also the culture and message that they want to convey by using the wayang as the media. All you have to do is just visit this museum and feel the excitement!

Enjoy Jakarta!

Address:

Jl. Pintu Besar Utara No.27, Jakarta Barat 1110

Tel: (021) 6929560

E-mail : museum.wayang@yahoo.com

Admission Price:

Adults             : IDR 5000,-

Students          : IDR 3000,-

Children          : IDR 2000,-

Operational Hours:

Tuesday – Sunday                  : 9.00 – 15.00

Monday & Public Holiday      : Closed

How To Get There!

By Trans Jakarta from the nearest stop from your place to Harmoni Central Station. From harmoni, choose the Kota line, and get off in the last stop at Kota station. The museum is in the “Kota Tua” area, 5 minute by walk from the bus stop.