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Embung Kledung, a big pool on Sindoro Mountain Slop

Embung kledung is a big pool where located the city state between Temanggung and Wonosobo.  Embung Kledung is meaning : Reservoir in Kledung, Temanggung, Central Java.  It was built r ainfed reservoir . Embung was built as a means of farmers around for getting water . Perhaps at first glance we assume Waterford is location lush, green , and never will be a drought , but the facts say another . Of the 20 districts , 14 of which are vulnerable to the threat of drought . From year to year, the danger is even more severe drought . Deforestation and excessive exploitation of the soil on the slopes of Mount Sindoro touted as one of the culprits . Present day, there are a lot of people coming at this place. We can see a great panorama and taking a picture the other mount there, that is Sumbing Mount.   Unfortunately, there are not allowed to swimming at this pool. I don't know the reason, may be there's no safeguard but...

Car Miniature from Jepara

Workers completed the process of making car miniature in a miniature car craft cottage industry " Adivinsi " , in Mulyoharjo , Jepara , Central Java , on Tuesday ( 27/1 ) . Car miniatures made from wood that has been set at . 400 thousand to Rp . 5 million per seed depending on the model and the size of it , since last year has been able to penetrate to some exporting countries such as Australia , Korea , Saudi Arabia , Iran and several countries in Europe . AFP PHOTO / Andreas Fitri Atmoko / Rei / mes / 15 .

Rampak Yakso Colossal Dance of the Dieng Plateau

Rampak Yakso is a colossal dance of the Dieng Plateau. D epicting war of Ghatotkacha assisted Raden Hanoman si Kera Putih ( the white monkey ) against the giants of the Kingdom Gilling Wesi (iron grinding) . This colossal dance has always exhibited in Dieng Culture Festival held annually . Basically, this dance has three main characters Ghatotkacha , Hanoman , and the Buto ( giant ) which is quite a lot . Ghatotkacha have stocky bodies , stout , and mighty with movements very cool . Hanuman is the monkey character with a white costume that keep moving wildly and fro like a monkey . Meanwhile, the most prominent is the Buto with costumes which looked terrible . Long hair , canines are out , and sharp eyes .    Last year, this traditional show on the last month of August 2014. If you have plane to visit this dance, be sure that you have good enough jacket or anything to covering your body from...

Coffee and Smoke are Little Pieces of Heaven

Coffee is not just a cup of drink. Common people in java like this one. And some of them, they were addicted to coffee, me too. In my place, friendship and brotherhoodness drink together. And for the togetherness, we sometimes make a cup of coffee as a sign. Yeah, we can call it "one for all". Black coffee is very special for us. Many type of coffee seems like Arabica, Robusta, Cappucino, and many other. Maybe you never see before, we make tradition coffee absolutely not pure from coffee seed. It's blended with rice or corn. In Temanggung, we will see smokers in everywhere, everytime. When summer season begin, its seems like a party here. Tobacco is Green Gold, majority people are farmers and bussiness man of tobacco. So, let's drink coffee and smoking to enjoy this morning. Coffee and smoke are little piece of heaven.

Temanggung, I was Born Here and Starting My First Post

Hello guys, let's me introduce my self. Some of my friends call me Mamad and many other call me "cungkring" because my body is so thin. I was born and grown up in Temanggung, this place located exactly on the middle of Central Java. Beautiful place and you will see pleasant people here. Do you know, I have a great sense of humor. If you read my article flurry. Please don't laughing me, because my daily communication is Boso Jowo ( Java Language ) and Bahasa Indonesia ( Indonesia Language ). Now I'll try to learn how to speak English for everyday use. Please be advised. After all, I seldom meet foreign people. But when i meet them, that's make me courage to know by interaction. Share about tradition, experience, knowledge and more. So far, i learn English from school long time ago and maybe the grammar is broken now, lol. I just write here based on my feeling, not grammar. When everything feels like in the movie, i can talk anything like Terminator who be...