History of Sambas Palace

Nice to meet you again, guys ! In this page, I will tell you about Sambas. Maybe many people don't know where is Sambas. Sambas is in West Kalimantan. Here is a picture of Sambas palace.

 

Sambas palace was built by Sultan Mahmud Ibrahim Honor in 1933.

In front of the Palace, where as intersection of small Sambas river, Subah river, Teberau river, now in the Dalam Kaum village, Sambas subdistrict since ancient had establishment of Sambas Sultanate Palace (1632) by Raden Bima Sultan Muhammad Tajuddin, second of Sultan Sambas. Check this site to know more about the history.

http://www.lintangbuanatours.com/index.php/sambas-palace.html

By :EVI ANANDA

Khatulistiwa Monument in Pontianak

In Pontianak, khatulistiwa monument or equator monument is very popular. Every visitor who comes must always be curious and find out the exact location of the point of zero degrees latitude that divides the Earth as a horizontal. The monument was inaugurated on 21 September 1991. And to beautify the building, made ​​the park up to the edge of the Kapuas River. Currently, 75-year-old monument. During that period of Pontianak be one of the famous cities in the world as a city of the equator. The best occasion around equator monument is when the sun clumination, that is when the sun was right on the top of the equator. in that time, the sun position will right on your head, so you can't see your own shadow or the thing around the monument. Excited ? Check this out.

http://beonholiday.net/equator-monument-borneo/

http://annisasdp.blogspot.com/2012/12/khatulistiwa-monument-in-pontianak.html


By: Evi Ananda ^_^

The Largest Archipelago Country in The World

Hello again!

You know we are in Indonesia, right? But, do you know how big Indonesia in the world? It's too big to imagined. Here we discuss about Indonesia with various cumtoms and culture from Sabang to Merauke. The custom doesn't happen by itself but has a long process. The clearly impact is a change in clothing as well as the tools that used in their daily life including their language to communicate.
The changes also affect people now who can be considered modern. For example, the changes that happened with people in Bali from past and now are very different, here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=977060. You can also see the changes experienced by the other customs in that website. From this diversity, Indonesia is known as the largest archipelago country in the world. Because Indonesia has strong tradition potential than the others country.

*_* Cindy Qarina *_*

Robo Robo

Hai guys!

Okay, now I would like to tell you about Robo Robo. Robo Robo often held every year in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Robo Robo is one of many traditions in West Kalimantan which still exist from the past until now. This tradition still conserved by people in Mempawah, especially the society of kingdom. This tradition be held to commemorates the arrival of a king from Matan Tanjungpura kingdom who want to marry a princess in Mempawah kingdom. His arrival also bring the blessing for people in Mempawah. One of the blessing is he spreads Islam. You want to know more about this? try this site http://toursumatra.com/blogs.html?start=185, I hope you can fine more.

*_* Cindy Qarina *_*