Tangkuban Perahu Mount
Have you ever been hear the legend of Sangkuring before? Maybe for the sundanese etchnic it is not foreign anymore even to the all Indonesian. The legend of Sangkuriang is a history that linked to the creature of Tangkuban Perahu mount. Tangkuban perahu translate roughly upturning of a boat in Sundanese refers to the legend there. The story tells about a Beautiful woman name Dayang Sumbi who has a child. She casts away her son “Sangkuring” for disobedience. Because of this she really so sad but in her sadness she was granted the youth eternal power by the gods. After many years not meet each other, one-day Sangkuriang meet with his mom, he fallen love to her. He wants to marriage her but Dayang Sumbi recognized her son from birthmark of him. Dayang sumbi prevent the marriage by asking Sangkuriang to build a dam in Citarum River and a large boat to cross it for a night before the sunrise. Sangkuriang agrees, he begins meditated and summoned mythical ogre like green giant “Buta Ijo” (in Sundanese) to do his job. Dayang Sumbi saw the tasks were almost finished and called her workers to spread red silk cloths at eastern of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuring was fooled even believe that he has failed; he kicks the dam and unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat.
Tangkuban Perahu is an active volcano about 30 km northern of Kotamadya Bandung as the capital town of West Java province, Indonesia. It has 2084 meters height above the sea water level. The temperatures at top of mount about 10 degrees Celsius. In fact, nothing special with this place but for the mountaineer it will be give you new experience caused you could hike to the edge of the crater to view the hot water spring up closed and cooks the eggs at its hot surface. More over you could see and smell sulfur which spread at crater of it. Maybe for unusual men it is sometimes make you fell dizzy so you necessary to bring masker. As information, there is a crater is forbidden to visit caused the of sulfur content by toxin.
Tangkuban Parahu is a stratum volcano in Java Island and the last erupted in 1983, but in April 2005, the government of Indonesia out of alert and forbid the visitors going up to the volcano. In according to the sensor equipment and explanation of government volcanologist Syamsul Rijal that Tangkuban Parahu picked up an increase volcano activity and build up of gases.
Tangkuban Perahu is an active volcano about 30 km northern of Kotamadya Bandung as the capital town of West Java province, Indonesia. It has 2084 meters height above the sea water level. The temperatures at top of mount about 10 degrees Celsius. In fact, nothing special with this place but for the mountaineer it will be give you new experience caused you could hike to the edge of the crater to view the hot water spring up closed and cooks the eggs at its hot surface. More over you could see and smell sulfur which spread at crater of it. Maybe for unusual men it is sometimes make you fell dizzy so you necessary to bring masker. As information, there is a crater is forbidden to visit caused the of sulfur content by toxin.
Tangkuban Parahu is a stratum volcano in Java Island and the last erupted in 1983, but in April 2005, the government of Indonesia out of alert and forbid the visitors going up to the volcano. In according to the sensor equipment and explanation of government volcanologist Syamsul Rijal that Tangkuban Parahu picked up an increase volcano activity and build up of gases.
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