The Tourist Attraction in Bandung

Bandung Was One of The Natural 
Tourist Attractions

Bandung is a region surrounded by mountains. This green region is including protected forests, craters, plantations, waterfalls, hot springs and camp fields. Bandung serves scenic highlight, fresh air, and also amazing cool. Tourist can enjoy and using the facilities that provided in this scenic attractions.:
Mountain and Crater :
Tangkuban Perahu mountain : The beautiful is still virgin and natural which hasn’t been touched by structuring. So many visitors are interested for it’s charming. Location in Sindangbarang 125 km from Cianjur and 220 km from Jakarta.

Puntang Mountain : Tourism atrraction Puntang mountain is historical tourism object which located at Komplek Gunung Malabar. On 1300 m in surface of sea with temparature between 18'- 23' C. base on the story of Pasundan society which develop of of the public, here before avaliable a kingdom which namely Nagara Puntang. At some place founded the rock thingk has related with inheritance of Puntang history as: Korsi rock, Kaca - kaca rocks and Kampaan rocks. On Hindia - Belanda period in this location established a radio transmitter (Stasiun Pemancar Radio Malabar). Until now ruins of that transmitter can be found, as witness of historiest.

Kawah Putih crater : At Bandung south area, about 46 km from Bandung avaliable one mountain which namely "Gunung Patuha - the oldest parent called, Gunung Sepuh 2434 m from the land, it is has 2 crater, thar are: Saat crater on the top of west, and Putih crater under the Saat crater 2.194 m from the land, both the crater formed because eruption on X century and XII century.
At Bandung south area, about 46 km from Bandung avaliable one mountain which namely "Gunung Patuha - the oldest parent called, Gunung Sepuh 2434 m from the land, it is has 2 crater, thar are: Saat crater on the top of west, and Putih crater under the Saat crater 2.194 m from the land, both the crater formed because eruption on X century and XII century.
Drive to Ciwidey via Soreang. Those using public transportation have to change in Ciwidey from a big bus to a minibus bound for Rancabali or Lake Patengan. Exactly 10 km from the Ciwidey bus terminal you come to the new access road to Kawah Putih on the left. This is the entrance to the western approach
After paying a small admission fee, you drive up about 6 km on a bumpy road (good enough for a minibus but rather rough on a sedan) to a car park. A short flight of steps takes you down to Kawah Putih. Those without a car can walk from the main to Kawah Putih in under two hours.

Kawah Ratu crater : Identical with the legend of Sangkuriang, there are 10 cauldron, among Ratu Cauldron, that located 29 Km from Bandung with temperature range from 7-29 degree Celsius with air dampness 45-49%.

Lake and water Fall :
Ciburuy lake : Located 22 Km from Bandung famous with its typical nature that is high chalk hills boosting, provided with shop drink, souvenir, stage of artistry facilities.

Patengan lake : The tourism object which located at high level of south Bandung altitude more less 1.600 meter of the surface of sea.
Tourism activity which doing as enjoy the beautiful view and enjoy the fresh of mountain climate, and also boating and water motorcycle to around the lake, fishing, watch for flora and fauna, crossing the nature.beside that are activity the visitor also can walking and see surili animal between the tress, enjoy the beatifu of nature and the fresh of garden tea climate which located near the location.

Cimahi water fall : The tourism object which located at high level of south Bandung altitude more less 1.600 meter of the surface of sea.
Tourism activity which doing as enjoy the beautiful view and enjoy the fresh of mountain climate, and also boating and water motorcycle to around the lake, fishing, watch for flora and fauna, crossing the nature.beside that are activity the visitor also can walking and see surili animal between the tress, enjoy the beatifu of nature and the fresh of garden tea climate which located near the location.

Dago water fall : Curug Dago located at Nort of Bandung, the attraction of this location there are avaliable a waterfall with height 30 meter. Reach that waterfall do by walking or by motor cycle, altough not avaliable special line for vehicle.
This waterfall is part of upper course of Cikapundung river which crossed Bandung city. Avaliable facilities as : place for shelter and seat also temporari café, which present at holiday.

Maribaya water fall : Waterfalls, recreation grounds and a magnificent gorge make Maribaya, just a few minutes east of Lembang, a very popular resort. On Sundays this is a particularly crowded spot. Minibuses and horse carts are frequent from Lembang. Maribaya draws many Bandung residents on Sundays because of the hot springs which are channeled into a small public pool and various private cabins. Some come here for the children’s playground and horseback ridding (about $3/hr.), and many just to have a picnic in the park.
A magnificent walk leads through the Cikapundung Gorge to Juanda Park, about an hour and a half away. The path leads first to a waterfall (unfortunately, no swimming is possible) and then in to the gorge. Farther on the path forks: left leads out of the valley again, up the slope and to an other fork where turning left takes you to an impressive view points just above Maribaya; the path to the right takes you to Dago. Walking further through the gorge you reach Juanda Park, passing Japanese World War II bunkers along the way. Another hike back to Bandung begins at the new car park posted “Curug Omas”, which is 5 km from the Lembang crossroads and before you reach Maribaya. This path provides far better views than the rail in the gorge. This trail, too, goes to Juanda Park or, some forty-five minutes longer, to the Ciumbuleuit area. Directions Go straight (east) at the Lembang crossroads and follow the charming tree-lined road. Some 4 km from Lembang the roads begins to dip steeply into the Cikapundung Valley. If you go by horse cart you have to walk this last downhill section. The Maribaya recreation park is 5.5 km from the crossroads.

Park and Zoo :
Zoo : Bandung Zoo sheltering many kind of scarce animal. Zoo has facilities such as Zoology Museum, play park for kids, and art performance. Placed on Jalan Tamansari near ITB campus, Bandung Zoo sale ticket in that can be reach by all level society.

Cihideung flower garden : Bandung has obtained the tittle City of Flowers certainly for a reason. The Cihideung Village in the northern part of the city display the remains of what has made Bandung always associated with flowers. Along the roads of Cihideung village we can see the front yard of every houses full of flowers and colorful decorative plants, welcoming every steps of visitors.

Forest and Camp Field :
Juanda forest : Going further from Dago Tea House following the Dago road, to the north is Juanda Forest Park, up hill of northern Bandung. It is a refreshing 50-ha reservation site that preserves over 2500 kind of trees from 40 families and 108 species. You can stroll around in the park, visit underground fortifications made by the Dutch and Japanese, or hike up into the hills above Dago as far as Maribaya. On Sundays and public holidays the park is rather crowded.
Directions By public transportation go up to the Dago bus terminal and transfer to a minibus going to Taman Juanda. By car, drive up Jl. Juanda to the Dago terminal (about 3 km from the Jl. Siliwangi intersection) and take the second street to the left past the terminal. Drive on until you reach the entry gate to Juanda park. A hefty Rp. 2,500 is charge for parking your car, but there is little other choice.

Cikole camping area : An encampment has width 4,88 hectare, lovated 1300 m above sea level, do not far from Tangkuban Perahu’s gate a streets of Lembang-Subang. The facilities are play ground, parking area, garden, etc.

Ranca upas camping area : Camp land residing around crop o Eucalyptus. It’s 42 Km from Bandung southernly with temperature range from 18-23 degree Celsius. It’s also has a cultivation place of deers

Plantation :
Malabar plantation : A tea plantation managed by the plantation company PTP XIII is just south of Pangalengan. From Bandung this is a full day’s outing, or better still a weekend outing with overnight stay at the company’s Malabar Guest House.
Rooms are $35, by reservation only (Jl. Juanda 107; phone 22-2502049). Guests have access to a special hot spring pool at Cibolang.

Pangalengan Tea plantation : Another option is a tour of some two hours by car via Dayeuh Kolot to a small market town of Pangalengan, in southeast of Bandung. The town itself is of limited interest, but its surrounding area is quite delightful. Outing destinations from Pangalengan include two small lakes, a hot spring resort, the crater of Mt Wayang nearby, and a large tea plantations. The road network forms a loop from which further roads branch toward Santosa spotted with a tea processing factory, and Mt Papandayan, to Cisewu and on to the south coast. Another road connects to the Ciwidey Valley
Santosa is lovely area, it offers an overnighting on the tea plantation a relaxing stay away from the rush of city life. A tea plantation managed by the plantation company PTP XIII just south of Pangalengan.

Art and Culture :
Angklung : In its stage, Angklung needs many personal. The instrument made from bamboo where its use by shaken down. That way the instruments will release unique sounds.
The shape of angklung consists of two bamboo sticks on many shapes, which are balanced, with the need of frequencies of tone. Its shape is shaping look like Calung instrument. To get angklung tone is not by beat but by shaken it so that the touch of every element of Angklung body can produce a tone.
Nowadays Angklung develop as Angklung in duotone that is developed by Daeng Soetigna. Because of it, Daeng Soetigna are well known in Karawitan Sunda as ‘Bapak Angklung Diatonis Kromatis’, who are an artist pioneering the changes of Angklung tone in Pentatonic (da-mi-na-ti-la-da in Salendro Key) such as growth in Banten (Pandeglang and Serang). In Banten, this new Angklung art is well known as Angklung Gubrag, Angklung Sered, or Angklung Buncis.
In the last decade this Angklung art (duotone) become more popular and have a nice image in society especially at the middle to upper. In practice, this art is performing an orchestra (between 30 to 60 people) that is usually watch by government officer or in order to welcome guesses from inside or outside country.

Art of traditional poetry : Pantun Art is stage art performed by Sang Juru Pantun (speeches) with the story he read. Thus story say literally in sing accompany with Kecapi instrument. Sang Juru Pantun perform this show alone.
Those stories tell about Pajajaran Kingdom and surrounds, and also about myth stories that exist in society. Pantun Sunda stories that popular in society are Mundinglaya Di Kusumah, Lutung Kasarung, and also Lutung Leutik.

Barongsai : This art is an alliance of Chinese traditional art, Guntaw, and Sundanese traditional art, Penca. In its developed, this art is known as Barongsai Art, consist of Pencak Silat and China Martial Art element and also combined with Barong Art. On that time (until the year of 1942), this art were popular in Sekeloa District, which is generally shown on the Selamatan Kariaan (Khitanan) ceremony.
Now, Barongsai often performed for celebrate Indonesia Independent Day, celebration at government office or university. Barongsai is parade like another art that are the player dance using Giant Barong Mask and escorted by Pencak Silat Music’s.

Benjang : Benjang Art is Ujungberung exclusive art. Come from Rudat Art have been developed as Genjring Art and Islamic Art that is known as Gedut. Gedut Art was developed again as Terbangan Art and it was consist of Hujungan, Seredan, and Gesekan Art.
Benjang Art is divided into Benjang Helaran (Parade Art), Topeng Benjang (Stage Art), and Benjang Gulat (Martial Art). Benjang Helaran is Parade Art form to parades children whom will be circumcision. This art is based on Islam culture and mystique. Both opposite culture are united to create a form of unique art, shocking, scary, and also fun. Topeng Benjang is a mask dance form that is held at the end of Benjang Heleran Show. A dancer, who can act several characters at once: Giant, Knight, Princess, and Nanny, play this dance. This changes character is marked with the changes of mask that is worn by the dancer. Benjang Gulat is a martial art that is having movement such as wrestling. That’s way it called Benjang Gulat. As a form of competition sport, wrestling has game rules that base on high sportsmanship value. This martial art have character of communicative, convergent, so that create an integrated relationship between audients and the show.

Gamelan salendro : Generally Gamelan Salendro instruments consist of Saron, Penerus, Boning, Rincik, Jenglong, Selentem, Peking, Rebab, Kendang, and Gong. This Gamelan is usually used for escort the performance of Wayang Golek, Ketuk Tilu, Jaipongan, or Kliningan.
Jaipongan Art and Kliningan both using same Gamelan Instruments, the different is in the pattern of punch where the punch of Kendang on Kliningan has calm character and giving a change of dynamic dance movement not as Jaipongan. Its mean as simply that the different between Jaipongan and Kliningan is on Kendang punches, Jaipongan is dynamic, and Kliningan is calm. Beside that, songs on Kliningan much more use patterns position that already have in Banjaran, Kulu-Kulu, Sanga, Waled, Sireum Beureum, etc. On another, Jaipongan much more used for escort new creation songs.

Kuda lumping : Kuda Lumping is an art that is using horse toy. In the past, this horse toy made from Bilik (bamboo matting). The material is easily to wag to perform wriggle movement such as a horse is dancing. That's why Kuda Lumping used this material.
The art escorted by Gamelan music and rarely by Kendang Pencak music. This horse toy is worn by a player whom in practice such as someone is riding a horse. The player is dancing at the same time wriggling horse toy and escorted by music.
Kuda Lumping is playing in a yard. In the performing, this art usually played by more than two players. It’s more attractive for the audient because its harmonies dancing become a major attention.
At the end of show or when the player felt enough dancing, mostly the show is ended by attractive strength performance. Sometimes, this show a lot showing magical things, such as chewing glasses, slash arm with sword, burning himself, walking on the glass pieces, etc. This art perform in Circumcision Celebration.

Sunda literature community : Sunda literature communities in Bandung City not many If compared with art communities or studio. It is reasonable because literature of prose worker more joy to work individually, while music art or dance art or other need to work collectively in build a matter of art.
Prose communities consist of writer and prose devotee. The activities of those communities are prose and culture and also prose appreciation and prose show. Generally the members often publish his writing to local or capital city.

Wayang golek : Wayang Golek Art is wood dolls performed with engraved Sundanese characteristic. This show is doing in night beginning from 10.00 pm to 04.00 am in the morning. It tells about Ramayana by Valmiki or Mahabrata by Vyasa. Wayang Golek often show in circumcision or wedding celebration. In its growth, the show of Wayang Golek also often performs in institute or birthday institute celebration even.
Before the decade of 80’s, Wayang Golek Show still performs in country society, home backyard or in the opened yard (it was arranged so that the audient could watch and felt enjoy). Now, after the decade of 80’s, Wayang Golek Art has able to perform in hotel or show building and can be directly watch or hear from television or radios periodically.

Traditional dance : Classic dance in this write is dance that accomply with Gamelan Salendro and movement which is taken from classic dance motifs such as Lenyepan dance, Ponggawa, or mask. Kind of classic dance that is result from creation of artist dance and had populer in the past is Tari Merak, Tari Kijang, Tari Kukupu, Kartika Puspa, etc. the different between classic dance and Jaipongan dance is in its movement. Jaipongan dance dynamically and no need to base on motifs such as the move of Capang, Ukel, Tepaksoder, Jungkung Ilo, Galeong, Sirig, Gedig, etc.

Traditional Games :

Galah asin : ‘Galah asin’, just like ‘rerebonan’, is a team game. Each team consists of 4 children. This game requires a special square field with a size of 9 X 4 m, divided into 6 sections. The borderline of each section is marked with chalk. The team who guards this field attempts to prohibit their rivals from escaping the lines. The child who guards the vertical lines has the access to cleave the field. This game I not only amusing but also quite demanding because each child has to stay alert and run as fast a s possible.

Oray-orayan : The ‘oray-orayan’ game (oray : snake, literary means moving like a snake) in usually played by 10-20 children who are stretched out back to front in a curved line, shape like a snake. While holding the shoulder of a friend standing in from of them, they sway about and wriggle and sing; “Oray-orayan, luar leor mapay sawah. Entong ka sawah, parena keur sedeng beukah. Oray-orayan, luar leor mapay kebon. Entong ka kebon, loba barudak keur ngangon. Mending ge teuleum, di leuwi loba nu mandi. Saha anu mandi, anu mandina pandeuri.” (Move like a snake, wriggle along the rice-field. Don’t go to the rice field, e rice is filling out. Move like a snake, wriggle along the field. Don’t go to the field, children are tending the cattle. Better to dive, people are taking a bath at the river. Who is taking a bath? Who is the last one to take a bath.)

As the song ends, the children who stand at the front of the line, usually called ‘hulu’ which means the head, have to catch the children who stand at the ‘tail’ of the line. Children between them have to protect the ‘tail’ by moving and wriggling but still have to hold on ‘to their friends’ shoulder. When the ‘tail’ has been caught, the game is over. The game can be repeated with a new formation. Through this game, children are not only having fun but also learn to stay solid, to lead, to take responsibility, to protect and to be supportive.

Rerebonan : Another amusing game is called ‘rerebonan’, also known as ‘bebentengan’,’prisprisan’ or ‘omer’. This game is played by two teams, each consisting of 4 to 8 children. Each ream chooses a home base, usually a pole or pillar as their ‘castle’. The main purpose if this game is to attack and to take over the rival’s ‘castle’ by touching it and the shout ‘rebon’. Victory can also be gained through finishing off’ each rival member by touching a certain part of their body. When that happens the child will be capture. In this game, each child takes on the role of striker or spy, or disturber, or ‘castle’ keeper. The game requires an ability to run fast, but it also requires excellent strategy. ect.

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