Batik, A String of Beautiful Dots

Historians wrote that the creation of batik began in the era of the Majapahit Kingdom, which was then distributed to other kingdoms, including Mataram. The word batik is derived from the word amba nitik which means carving dots. At that...

Anambas The Sparkling Jewel of Sumatra

From Tarempa, the journey began. That morning, the capital of the Anambas Islands Regency that was piled up in a bay was still covered in silence. The sky was bright blue. The green hills that stood majestically encircled her, blushing...

Caci, Spectacular Dances of the Manggarai People of Western Flores

Two bare chested Manggarai men circle each other warily in the arena. Both wear bright head dress and horned helmets with beautiful Flores ikat covering their lower bodies. One man is armed with a wicked leather whip over a couple...

A Voyage To The Orangutan Of Central Kalimantan

Borneo as one of the wild in Indonesia. Sitting on the upper deck of our river boat (“klotok”) in the Tanjung Puting National Park in the late afternoon, the sights and sounds of approaching dusk in the Borneo jungle are...

Welcome to Jordan, the Hashemite Kingdom

Ivory white tents with taper shaped roof looked so charming. I watched a few moments before boarding to Air Arabia. “I must have missed this country,” I muttered to myself. A pointed-nosed youth with thick eyebrows greeted us pleasantly. He...
Tjong A Fie - The Story of A Generous Chinese in Medan

Tjong A Fie – The Story of A Generous Chinese in Medan

The charms of Indonesia is not only in its natural beauty, but also its local knowledge and historical objects that can be an important element to color the Indonesian tourism world. Temporaktif - Indonesia is a country with full of...

Tjong A Fie Mansion a Historical Jewel In Medan

This time, we will see beyond the history of the development of the region of Sumatra Island, North Sumatera precisely with its capital Medan which can not be separated from the figure Tjong A Fie. History of Medan, you can...

Cirendeu A Village With Sublime Cultural Values

The author has tried to provide one of the villages scattered in West Java Indonesia, namely Cirendeu Village. Probably, many of us have not heard about this place. This village is one of the indigenous villages that have survived more...