Travelling: Sumatera Barat, Indonesia

In Indonesia, long weekend becomes a favorite moment for most people. It is time to spent a whole day with our family, friends, or partner, etc. And for me, it is time to exploring a new place, especially a tourism place. Hence, I have planned a travelling activity with my friends since a long time before long weekend

We started our trip at Thursday morning, we moved from Rumbai, Pekanbaru to Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat. Through the journey, we saw a lot of rice field, wide clean river, and limestone hill. In bukittinggi, we stayed at small motels and walked around to enjoy the beauty of this city. Here below are our capture regarding bukittingi:

We can see singgalang mountain clearly from limpapeh bridge as seen above, aspecially in the shiny morning.

Limpapeh bridge was viewed from bukittingi zoo.

Limpapeh bridge connects Kuantan zoo & culture park and benteng Fort De Kock. This is a suspension bridge, so we might be sway in the middle of bridge.

The most famous object in Bukittingi is Jam Gadang (Great Watch). It is located in the centre of city. As usual it would not be completed if we did not take any pic in the famous place, Here below are My friends photos with their style:

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and this is me (I always pray to be a photogenic person):

 

From Bukittinggi, we moved to Danau Maninjau. It is a lake which sorrounded by hills, just like a bowl with water in the middle. The air is fresh and relaxing, the people are very welcome. However, we must pass a lot of winding roads before entering the lake. The winding road is called "kelok 44". By this road, we can enjoy an amazing panorama of maninjau such like these:

A view of Maninjau Lake from kelok 44

At the lake view

After enjoyed foods at maninjau resto, we moved to padang. In padang, we visited malinkundang beach (pantai air manis), adityawarman museum, and pariaman beach.

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Sekaten

Sekaten is an annual event conducted in Jogjakarta (a city in Indonesia). It seems like night market which includes many entertainments, such as ghost house, circus, etc.

The origin word of Sekaten derives from several versions. Some say Sekaten comes from the word "Sekati" that is the name of two equipments of the sacred weapons of Kraton, in the form of gamelan which is known as Kanjeng Kyai Sekati used in the commemoration of Maulud Nabi Muhammad SAW. Others say that Sekaten comes from the word "suka" and "ati" (= like, pleasant) since the people are gathered in happiness during the evening market at Alun-alun Utara.

Another opinion says that Sekaten is obtained from "syahadataini", the most two famous sentences in Syahadat Islam, that is syahadat taukhid (Asyhadu alla ila-ha-ilallah) which means "I testify that there is no God but Allah" and syahadat rasul (Waasyhadu anna Muhammadarrosululloh) which means "I testify that Muhammad is God's prophet".

Text is adapt from http://gudeg.net/en/directory/72/345/Sekaten-Kraton-Ngayogyakarta-Hadiningrat.html

Masjid Agung Pekanbaru

Masjid agung pekanbaru is one of religious tourism object in pekanbaru city. It is a majestic mousque located in the center of this city, so, every citizen can reach this place easily.

As a mousque, the main function of this building is to be used as a praying place for pekanbaru muslim citizen. But beside that, we can also do other activities such as do jogging, playing football, or just gathering together in mousque area.

I have been living in Pekanbaru for four months, but this is my first time in visiting Masjid Agung Pekanbaru. When I firstly saw this mousque, I just said wooow, it is a majestic building, but that time was rainy, so I can easily captured the mousque from outside. But, the following images are mousque photos which I had tried to take after I prayed in there:

 

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