Monday, March 2, 2009

Mount Kawi

As a pilgrimage tourism village, Wonosari - Gunung Kawi (Mt Kawi) has many beautiful, special and impressive mountainous panorama, which noted as one of the most fascinating villages in the South-Western part of Malang Regency. Most people know that this village has a special site where the tomb of grandfather Iman Soedjono, one of the seventy nobleman who took arms againts the Dutch occupation led by Prince Diponegoro in 1825 - 1830. Next to the grave of grandfather Iman Soedjono lied the tomb of grandfather Djoego or Kiai Zakaria II, a local figure who first pioneered a new technology in farming at that time. Usually the visitors that come to visit this place believe that the pilgrimage will bring fortune to their works, the future life, such as: trading, making a health farming, etc. The suggested time to visit the sacred sepulchers is customarily on Thursday evening or "Jum'at Legi" (Javanese Calendar). The tombs themselves have long been equipped with adequate facilities for both pilgrimages and vacationers. The accessibility is reachable, public transportation or not, 30 km a way to the Southwest from Malang.

8 comments:

  1. Nice.. ^^

    sorry bang bro, my hape can not send sms..
    agy broken, tp tilpun n gprs masiy lanchar.. :p

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  2. wo gitu, sory juga aku br th klo hpmu rusak.. iya gak apa2 lewat net aja

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  3. Lah.. kalo gini kan enak.. :p

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  4. Very interesting for visiting.

    I have seen some pics from Mount Kawi. I like them very much.

    Juan Antonio

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  5. thank you.. I will give some information about Mt. Kawi in the next post..

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  7. Nice info, I'm waiting for the next post
    Great job.. :)

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