Sunyaragi Cave Park Photos

peaceful atmosphere
and beautiful, can become a spiritual tourist attractions

Gedung BAT

Cigarette factory buildings BAT (British American Tobacco) is a landmark of this city of Cirebon, lies in the middle of the city of Cirebon. Anyone who crossed this plant would have to admit the beauty and unique architectural solidity. The building was built centuries ago as not timeless and age.

Tahu Gejrot

Tahu Gejrot is one of typical foods Cirebon. One portion consists of seven pieces out of fried diced seasoned with chili, raw onion, brown sugar mashed
and doused with water that is flavored by the sauce and palm sugar before boiling
then cooled. This liquid seasoning that soaked pieces out so that makes it unique and always stuck to the tongue. Served in a small black mortar made of clay. How to eat it too by using the small stick made of bamboo. In the town of Cirebon snack foods can be found in traditional markets Kanoman, precisely at Jl. Lemahwungkuk Cirebon,

Batik Trusmi , Cirebon

Batik crafters in the craft center Batik Trusmi, Trusmi Village, Cirebon Regency, West Java. Cirebon batik crafters express its support for efforts to conserve the region's batik art by applying esktrakulikuler batik lessons to elementary school students in Cirebon regency.

Gunung Ciremai Photos

I forgot to take a photo looking into the crate

Gunung Ciremai Photos

Off in the distance, other volcanos were poking through the clouds.

Gunung Ciremai

Gunung Ciremai Photos

The scenery was pretty spectacular even from the ground. The rain clouds that seemed to be following us during our ride in suddenly dissappeared the moment we started hiking.

Telaga Remis

TELAGA REMIS a tourist attraction located in the Village Kaduela, Pasawahan district, Kuningan regency, West Java. As one tourist attraction in Cirebon regency, Lake Mussels always crowded visited by tourists, either alone or communities outside Cirebon Cirebon. Telaga Mussels in fact has its own meaning, the name Talaga Mussels were taken from similar animals that yellow shells many lives around talaga, the animal known as "Remis".

Batik Cirebon

The main source of Cirebon batik, the case is the same as in Yogyakarta and Solo. Batik emerged court environment, and carried out by the courtiers who reside outside the palace. The kings of old times delighted with the paintings and before the cotton is known, the painting was placed on palm leaves. It happened around the XIII century. This has to do with batik motifs on the fabrics. Characteristic of the bulk of batik motive cirebonan images of forests and wildlife symbol. While the sea motif for natural dipengaruhioleh Chinese thinking, which the sultanate of Cirebon editing once the Chinese princess. Cirebonan Sementra featuring batik because it is influenced by the eagle motif Yogyakarta and Solo batik.

Sunyaragi Cave Park

Approximately 5 km to the west from the heart of the city of Cirebon, in distric of Graksan precisely, lies the unique building. Building area is known as the Cave Castle Sunyaragi. Heritage with aesthetic architectural historical value, and reveals the spiritual values which is one of the cultural heritage of the past contained in the Cirebon area, construction is carried out in 1703, while the idea comes from the mind of the Regent Palace Kasepuhan named Prince Arya Cirebon. This figure is known as a peasant history and culture. Another legendary works of historical books "Purwaka CARUBAN" which successfully drawn up in 1720. Sunya means quiet, and Ragi its physical means.

Sunyaragi Cave Park is actually a complex of ancient buildings which, when divided there will be 12 buildings consisting of a single core additional buildings are:
1. Cave Guards
2. Cave Pande keemasan
3. Cave Simayang
4. Ward Jinem
5. Cave Pawon
6. Mande glass
7. Lawa Cave
8. Padang Ati Cave
9. Cave continuity
10. Cave Peteng
11. Bale Kambang
12. Cave Arga Jumut

Keraton Kanoman Cirebon

Kraton Kanoman is a center of civilization Kanoman Cirebon Sultanate, which later split into Kanoman Palace, Palace Kasepuhan, Kacirebonan Palace, and Palace Keprabon. The greatness of Islam in West Java is not free from Cirebon. Sunan Gunung Jati is the person responsible for spreading Islam in West Java, Cirebon, so talking about will not escape from the figure Sharif Hidayatullah or Sunan Gunung Jati.

Sunan Gunung Jati also leave traces that are still standing upright, the trail is called the Palace Kanoman. Keraton Kanoman still obey customs holds and pepakem, including carrying out a tradition Grebeg Syawal, a week after Idul Fitri and the pilgrimage to the ancestral tombs, the Sunan Gunung Jati in the village of Astana, North Cirebon. Historic relics in the Palace Kanoman syiar closely related to the Islamic religion which actively conducted Sunan Gunung Jati, who is also known as Sharif Hidayatullah.

Kanoman Palace complex which has a width of about 6 hectares is located in the back of this market to stay in the Palace Sultan to twelve named king Muhammad Emiruddin along with family. Kanoman Palace is a vast complex, which consists of twenty-seven old buildings. one named ward saung witana which is the origin of the Kingdom of the extent of nearly five football fields.

In the palace there are still goods Sunan Gunung Jati, like two trains named pivot Dragon Jempana Liman and well-preserved and stored in the museum. Burak shape, which is driven by the animal Prophet Muhammad when he Isra Mi `raj. Not far from the train, there Jinem wards, or Pendopo to accept guests, the coronation of the sovereign and granting approval of a show like Mawlid Nabi. And in the middle of the Palace complex of buildings there are named Siti Hinggil buildings.

The interesting thing from the royal palace in Cirebon is a porcelain dishes native to China that decorate the walls all the palace in Cirebon. Not just in the palace, ceramic plates were scattered almost all the historic sites in Cirebon. And no less important than the palace at the palace of Cirebon is always facing north. And in the yard there is a statue of a tiger as a symbol of King Siliwangi. In front there is always a square palace square to the people gathered and the market economy as the center, east of the palace there is always a mosque.

Keraton Kasepuhan Cirebon

Keraton Kasepuhan is magnificent palace and the most preserved in Cirebon. Meaning in every corner of the architecture of this palace was the most famous historic. Front page of this palace surrounded by red brick walls and inside there are marquee.

This royal palace has a museum which contains a fairly complete and heritage objects and painting the royal collection. One of the sacred collection of Lion Barong train. The train was now no longer in use and only issued on 1 Syawal for each bath.

The interior of the palace consists of the main building which is white. Inside there is the living room, bedroom and a king's throne.
History

Keraton Kasepuhan founded in 1529 by [[Prince Mas Mochammad Arifin II] (great-grandson of Sunan Gunung Jati) which replaces the throne of the Sunan Gunung Jati in the year 1506. He resides in Great dalem Pakungwati Cirebon. Keraton Keraton Kasepuhan formerly Pakungwati, while Prince Arifin titled Mas Mochammad Pakungwati Panembahan I. The term comes from the name Pakungwati Goddess Queen of Prince Cakrabuana Pakungwati bint who was married to Sunan Gunung Jati. He died in 1549 in the Grand Mosque in Cipta Rasa very old age. His name immortalized and glorified by Sunan Gunung Jati nasab as the name of the royal palace royal palace which is now named Pakungwati Kasepuhan Palace.

Kesepuhan Palace in front of the square there is the ancient time called the town square that is Sangkala Buana soldiering gym held on a Saturday or a phrase at the time was Saptonan. And in this square was formerly held a variety of penalties against each of the people who break the rules like a whip punishment. In the west there kasepuhan Palace is quite majestic mosque work of the trustees of the Great Mosque Cipta Rasa.

While in the east of the square was once the place is a market economy - now is the market is very famous kesepuhan with pocinya. The model forms the northern palace overlooking the Mosque building in the west and east of the market and the plaza is ditengahnya Palace models at that time mainly located in coastal areas. Even until now, this model is followed by a whole lot of districts in Java, especially in front of government buildings are square and on the west there is a mosque.

Before entering the gates of the palace complex there Kasepuhan two marquee, on the west Pancaratna formerly called a gathering place for courtiers Palace, ravine or at the time of the civil service is now called. While the eastern pavilion called Pancaniti which is where the officers of the palace when the holding exercises soldiering on the square.

Entering the palace complex way on the left there is a high enough building with solid brick wall around it. The building is named Siti inggil or in the language of daily Cirebon is weak duwur the high ground. As the name implies this building was very tall and looks like a temple complex at the time of Majapahit. The building was founded in 1529, during the reign of Sheikh Sharif Hidayatullah (Sunan Gunung Jati).

In the front yard Siti inggil table rectangular stone lounges. This building is an outbuilding that was made in the 1800s. Siti inggil has two gate with bit-style motifs Majapahit era architects. To the north is called Gate Adi while in the south called the Gate Bull. Under the Arch Bull have Candra Kuta Sakala with bricks made that if Tinata Bull is the year 1451 mean.

saka which is the year of manufacture (Saka 1451 = 1529 AD). Northern wall of the complex Siti inggil pristine while the south had been through the restoration / renovation. On the wall there inggil Siti complex dishes and porslen-porslen originating from Europe and China by the year 1745 AD making In the complex there inggil Siti 5 building without walls that has a name and its own function. The main building located in the middle named Malang Semirang with 6 of the main pillars that symbolize the harmonious fruit of faith and if the sum total of 20 poles symbolize the 20 fruit attributes of Allah SWT. This building is where the sultan saw the practice of soldiering, or see the execution of punishment. Building on the left side of the main building named Pendawa Lima with the number of pillars that symbolize the 5 pillars of fruit Islam. The building where bodyguards sultan.Bangunan the right of the main building named Semar Tinandu with 2 pole symbolizing Shahaadatayn. This building is where the advisor of Sultan / Penghulu. Behind the main building called Mande Pangiring which houses the Sultan's entourage, while the building is adjacent to pangiring Mande Mande Karasemen, this place is a place accompanist tetabuhan / gamelan. In this building is still used to ring Gamelan Sekaten (Gong Sekati), gamelan is only rung 2 times a year ie during Idul Fitri and Idul Adha. In addition to the building without walls 5 there is also a kind of stone monument called Linga Yoni, which is a symbol of fertility. Linga means a man and Yoni means female. This building comes from the Hindu culture. And on the walls around the complex have inggil Siti Barrel for aligning temple of this complex inggil Siti.

Tari Lais (sintren)

Sintren traditional art community is cirebon
and surrounding areas. Sintren is a mystical dance that smell / magic that comes from love story and Sulandono.Tersebut Sulasih in a story that is the son of Ki Sulandono results Baurekso Goddess Rantamsari marriage. Raden Sulandono Sulasih making love with, a daughter of the village Kalisalak, but these relationships do not get the blessing of Ki Baurekso. Finally R. Sulandono go meditate and Sulasih choose to be a dancer.

Yet the meeting between the two continues goib natural malalui. The meeting was organized by the goddess who at the time Rantamsari dead body in goib missing, namely the way that on every occasion where Sulasih emerged as the Goddess Rantamsari dancers enter into the angelic spirits Sulasih body, at the same time R. was imprisoned Sulandono called mother tongues to meet Sulasih and there was a meeting between Sulasih and R. Sulandono, by the way that on every occasion where Sulasih emerged as the Goddess Rantamsari dancers enter into the angelic spirits Sulasih body, at the same time being Sulandono R. ascetic spirit called her mother to meet Sulasih and there was a meeting between Sulasih and R. Sulandono.

Heritage Of Cirebon

culture and art district is still very real, can be found again in cirebon
a beautiful city, still has the art of a great culture.
cirebon has many areas of art which is still very real
one example of this is Tari Topeng cirebon