Sunday, January 15, 2012

Batik of Central Borneo


Palangkaraya, Central Borneo





Palangkaraya city is the capital of Central Kalimantan Province. The city has a total area of ​​2678.51 km ² and a population of 220,223 people with an average population density of 62.89 people per km ².


Friday, January 13, 2012

Batik of West Borneo

Pontianak, West Kalimantan 


Pontianak, West Kalimantan is a province in Indonesia, located on the island of Borneo. The total area of West Kalimantan Province is 146,807 km ² (7.53% of Indonesia). Is the fourth largest after Papua province, East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. West Kalimantan is one area of ​​the province dubbed "A Thousand Rivers". The nickname is in line with the geographical conditions which have hundreds of large and small rivers that often sailed. West Kalimantan land borders with the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. A small part of West Kalimantan region is a marine, but the West Kalimantan has dozens of large and small islands (most uninhabited) scattered throughout the Karimata and Natuna Sea bordering the region of Riau Islands Province.

The Diversity of Borneo Batik


Borneo is the largest island in Indonesia and also the world's third largest island, the island of Borneo is located on the north island of Java, east of the Straits of Melaka, west of the island of Sulawesi and the southern Philippines. Vast island of Borneo is 743,330 km ². Borneo island is divided into regions of Brunei, Indonesia (two thirds) and Malaysia (one third). Borneo island known by the nickname "Island of Thousand Rivers" because of its many rivers on the island.

In ancient times, Borneo - which comes from the name of the sultanate of Brunei - is the name used by the colonial British and the Dutch to describe the island as a whole, while Borneo is the name used by the inhabitants of the island's eastern region that now includes parts of Indonesia. Areas north of this island (Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak) formerly in the Indonesian language is called the North Borneo, but in the sense of North Borneo is now the northern part of East Kalimantan.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Batik Aceh

Nangroe Aceh Darussalam 

The City of Banda Aceh

Aceh was previously known by the name of the Special Region of Aceh (1959-2001) and Aceh (2001-2009) is the westernmost province in Indonesia. This area is bordered by the Bay of Bengal in the north, the Indian Ocean to the west, the Strait of Malacca in the east, and North Sumatra in the southeast and south. Aceh is the capital of Banda Aceh. Its port is Malahayati-Krueng Raya, Ulee Lheue, Sabang, Lhokseumawe and Langsa.  Aceh has a wealth of natural resources such as petroleum and natural gas. Natural resources that are located in North Aceh and East Aceh. Aceh is also famous for its forest resources, which lies along the Bukit Barisan range, from Kutacane, Southeast Aceh, Seulawah, Aceh Besar, until Ulu Masen in Aceh Jaya.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Batik Palembang, South Sumatera



Palembang, South Sumatra


Palembang is the provincial capital of South Sumatra. Palembang is the second largest city in Sumatra after Medan. History was once the capital of Palembang's maritime Srivijaya empire that dominates the archipelago and the Malay peninsula in the 9th century also makes this city known by the nickname "Earth Sriwijaya". Based on the inscriptions found on the Mount Kedukan Siguntang Hill west of Palembang, which declared the establishment of a Wanua is interpreted as a city on June 16, 682 before christ, making the city of Palembang as the oldest city in Indonesia. In the Western world, the city of Palembang is also nicknamed the Venice of the East (Indonesian: "Venice of the East").