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Kapoposang
Kapoposang is one of the largest of the Spermonde Islands, around 70 km northwest of
Makassar, South Sulawesi. It covers an area of around 50,000 hectares and is inhabited by around
100 families. Several other islands, both inhabited and uninhabited, lie near Kapoposang.
Kapoposang and the nearby islands were declared a Nature Tourism Park by the
Department of Forestry in 1999. Diving has been an important activity at Kapoposang since the
mid 1990s. There were so few local divers at the time, and because of the distance from other
well-known diving areas in Indonesia, Kapoposang has basically remained a secret.
The best time to visit Kapoposang is between April and November, when the seas are calm,
the weather is favorable, and the wind is less fierce than in the other months. The trip takes two
hours by speedboat; the ocean breezes help to cool your skin in the hot morning sun. As you
approach Kapoposang island, you see the deep blue water, which suddenly meets an expanse of
coral reefs between extensive shallows with white sands in the seabed. Sea grass also grows
lushly near the shore. The sea bed at Kapoposang has a unique composition; near the island are
some quite shallow contours, and then suddenly steep underwater cliffs leading to seemingly
endless depths. The water is very clear; you can expect underwater visibility of over 15 meters –
ideal conditions for divers.
Text B Belitung Island
Belitung or Belitong, was better known as billiton is an island in off the east coast of Sumatera,
Indonesia, flanked by the Gaspar Strait and Karimata Strait. The word Belitung is taken from the
local language means sea slug. Belitung Island is divided into two districts. They are Billiton
District, with Tanjung Pandan as the capital area; and East Belitung district, with Manggar as the
capital.
After arriving at Tanjung Pandan, we can immediately travel to exotic beaches in Belitung, such
as Tanjung Kalayang or Tanjung Tinggi beach, which is approximately 1 hour drive. Besides,
there are also others beach and island that close to each other like Tanjung Pendam, Burung Island
and Lengkuas island.
In Belitung, the mainly tourist destinations are beaches and islands. The beaches are Tanjung
Tinggi Beach and Tanjung Kelayang Beach which both have blue clear water, sand and rocky
beaches. The islands/islets are Batu Berlayar Island which full of granite, Pasir Island which is
made of sand and submerged during high tide. Bird Islet (Pulau Burong) which can be accessed
from Tanjung Binga Beach by walking when low tide. Lengkuas Island which is a home of 129-
year-old lighthouse and Babi Island and Kelayang are good places for snorkeling.
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Rumah Gadang
Rumah gadang is the traditional house of the Minangkabau an ethnic group indigenous to the
highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia.
The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house
reflect the culture and values of the Minangkabau. A rumah gadang serves as a residence and
as a hall for family meetings and ceremonial activities. The Minangkabau society is
matrilineal, and the rumah gadang is owned by the women of the family who lives there—
ownership is passed from mother to daughter.
The houses have a dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables. Shuttered
windows are built into walls incised with profuse painted floral carvings. Every aspect of the
house has a symbolic significance related to Minangkabau adat (customary belief and law).
The upward-curved finials (gonjong) on the peaks of the roof, said to represent buffalo horns,
symbolize reaching to Heaven. The walls on the front and back elevations (dindiang tapi),
traditionally made of plaited strips of bamboo, symbolize the strength and utility of the
community which is formed when individual become part of the whole instead of standing
alone. The arrangement of rooms in the house is seen as a portrait of a woman's life pattern,
forming a journey from the central post to the public area (anjuang), then the bedrooms
(biliak), and lastly to the kitchen. The term rumah gadang usually refers to larger communal
homes, but smaller single residences share many of its architectural elements.
Source : http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Rumah_Gadang

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