tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76330230109078665642024-03-12T18:51:50.429-07:00Mengenal Museum Bersejarah di JakartaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633023010907866564.post-8169579312140053912011-03-13T05:34:00.000-07:002011-03-13T12:27:34.842-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>SELAMAT DATANG DI ........</b></span></div><b><i>PROGRAM "SMART FIELDTRIP EDUKASI" KAMI.</i></b><br />
<b><i><br />
</i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mengenal kisah-kisah Museum di Jakarta.</span></i></b><br />
Pada program ini kami mengajak mengenal museum-museum sejarah di Jakarta, mulai dari jaman Hindia Belanda s/d masa Kemerdekaan Indonesia. Mungkin sebagian dari kita sudah mengenal sebagian tempat-tempat ini ketika berlibur dengan keluarga, namun lewat program kami, nuansanya kami buat berbeda atau mungkin lebih memperjelas lagi kunjungan Anda sebelumnya lewat para guide-guide kami yang akan memandu dan memberikan penjelasan yang terperinci.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px;"><a href="http://tonikenpachi.blogspot.com/2009/07/jakarta.html" style="color: #9e5205;">Jakarta</a> </span><br />
<br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal bold 160%/normal Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;"><b>Jakarta</b> (also <b>DKI Jakarta</b>) is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%28political%29" style="color: #de7008;" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> and largest city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" style="color: #de7008;" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>. It also has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_by_population" style="color: #de7008;" title="List of urban areas by population">greater population</a> than any other city in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" style="color: #de7008;" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. It was formerly known as <b>Sunda Kelapa</b> (397–1527), <b>Jayakarta</b> (1527–1619), <b>Batavia</b> (1619–1942), and <b>Djakarta</b> (1942–1972). Located on the northwest coast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" style="color: #de7008;" title="Java">Java</a>, it has an area of 661.52 square kilometres (255.41 sq mi) and a population of 8,489,910.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DKCS_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta#cite_note-DKCS-0" style="color: #de7008;">[1]</a></sup>Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political center. Jakarta is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population" style="color: #de7008;" title="List of cities proper by population">twelfth-largest city</a> in the world; the metropolitan area, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabodetabek" style="color: #de7008;" title="Jabodetabek">Jabodetabek</a>, is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population" style="color: #de7008;" title="List of metropolitan areas by population">sixth-largest</a> in the world.</span></h3><div class="post-body entry-content"><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">First established in the fourth century, the city became an important trading port for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sunda" style="color: #de7008;" title="Kingdom of Sunda">Kingdom of Sunda</a>. As <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" style="color: #de7008;" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a>, it grew greatly as the capital of the colonial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" style="color: #de7008;" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>. Renamed Jakarta in 1942 during Japan's occupation of the Java, it was made the capital city of Indonesia when the country became independent after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" style="color: #de7008;" title="World War II">World War II</a>.</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Major landmarks in Jakarta include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_Stock_Exchange" style="color: #de7008;" title="Indonesia Stock Exchange">Indonesia Stock Exchange</a>, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Indonesia" style="color: #de7008;" title="Bank of Indonesia">Bank of Indonesia</a>, and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monumen_Nasional" style="color: #de7008;" title="Monumen Nasional">National Monument</a> (<i>Tugu Monas</i>). The city is the seat of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN" style="color: #de7008;" title="ASEAN">ASEAN</a> Secretariat. Jakarta is served by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soekarno-Hatta_International_Airport" style="color: #de7008;" title="Soekarno-Hatta International Airport">Soekarno-Hatta International Airport</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halim_Perdanakusuma_International_Airport" style="color: #de7008;" title="Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport">Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanjung_Priok" style="color: #de7008;" title="Tanjung Priok">Tanjung Priok harbour</a>; it is connected by several intercity and commuter railways, and served by several bus lines running on reserved <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busway" style="color: #de7008;" title="Busway">busways</a>.</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dibawah ini kami referensikan untuk dikunjungi beberapa museum bersejarah di Jakarta</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal bold 160%/normal Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">National Museum</h3><div class="post-header" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotJLcd-PaxywDGy24cOsUYlexARZhobc0Splx1W4UjqI_WWU0FiszBwvS88hyvPC7lqJZPuPxbJOnBdhJfhZ8MWVUAmeojOaJgul6yLqyYhc1Zor0RMJGaQhB1kymCJpqKMSlqmmb82Os/s1600-h/munas.jpg" style="color: #de7008;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377849798400212626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotJLcd-PaxywDGy24cOsUYlexARZhobc0Splx1W4UjqI_WWU0FiszBwvS88hyvPC7lqJZPuPxbJOnBdhJfhZ8MWVUAmeojOaJgul6yLqyYhc1Zor0RMJGaQhB1kymCJpqKMSlqmmb82Os/s320/munas.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; width: 282px;" /></a></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">MUSEUM NASIONAL</span></strong>Indonesia National Museum</div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Museum National is located on the side of Merdeka Square or Lapangan Merdeka and was built in 1862 at that time Dutch colonial administration realized about the great treasure of Indonesian cultural heritages and long history of Indonesia. The biggest surprised for the Western historians was the fact that historical record in Indonesia showing tremendous level of similarities with those in India, India and Asia mainland in general. The elements of India is the most interesting aspect at one side and the fact of Indonesian ethnography. All these facts had invited various experts to study Indonesia in more intensive and extensive effort. In the field of history the archaeologists, paleontologists, epigraphists, linguistic, paleographic and ceramologists have dedicated themselves for the light of Indonesian history, educated local student to understand their culture which had been a great historians such as Prof. Dr. Poerbatjaraka, Prof. Wiryosuparto, Prof Soekarto, Prof. Soekmono, Prof. I.B. Mantra and many others. In the field of Anthropology even more expert were born, although it is much later such as Prof. Koentjaraningrat.<br />
<br />
Deeper study on Hindu tradition has brought into light the eat influence of Indian Epic such as Mahabharata and Ramayana in the life of Javanese and Balinese. Everywhere in the region of Indonesia were found the remains of ancient Hindu kingdoms and culture. The remains either in thee form of monuments and artifacts. This fact has encouraged the establishment of national museum as the center for Indonesian cultural study.<br />
<br />
As a national museum, their collection consist of ethnic map, Indonesian relief map, various ethnic cultural objects from cloths, music, house model, and relics. In the field of history, a big number of collection from ancient Hindu kingdoms, and Chinese ceramic from Hand dynasty ( ca. 300 to 220 AD).<br />
<br />
History Of National Museum<br />
On April 24, 1778, a group of Dutch intellectuals established a scientific institution under the name Bataviaasch Genotschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, (Batavia Society for Arts and Science). This private body had the aim of promoting research in the field of arts and sciences, especially in history, archaeology, ethnography and physics, and publish the various findings.<br />
One of the founders - JCM Radermacher - donated building and a collection of cultural objects and books, which were of great value to start off a museum and library for the society. Due to the growing collections, General Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles built a new premises on Jalan Majapahit No. 3 at the beginning of the 19th century and named it the Literary Society. In the 1862 the Dutch East Indian government decided to build a new museum that would not only serve as an office but also could be used to house, preserve and display the collections.<br />
The Museum was officially opened in 1868 and became known as Gedung Gajah (Elephant House) or Gedung Arca (House of Statues). It was called Gedung Gajah on account of the bronze elephant statue in the front yard donated by King Chulalongkorn from Thailand in 1871. It was also called Gedung Arca because a great variety of statues from different periods are on display in the house.<br />
On February 29, 1950 the Institution became the Lembaga Kebudayaan Indonesia (Indonesian Culture Council) and on September 17, 1962 it was handed over to the Indonesian government and became the Museum Pusat (Central Museum). By decree of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 092/0/1979 of May 28, 1979 it was renamed the Museum Nasional. The Museum Nasional is not only a centre for research and study into the national and cultural heritage, but also functions as an educative, cultural and recreational information centre.<br />
Currently the Museum Nasional houses collections of 109,342 objects under the categories of prehistory, archaeology, ethnography, numismatics-heraldic, geography and historical relics.<br />
In 1994, the museum started with is expansion project. The new building, constructed in the same architectural style as the old, comprises an arena for theatrical performances and more spaces for exhibitions. The building is scheduled for completion this year.<br />
<br />
General Information<br />
Opening Times<br />
The Museum Nasional is open from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday; from 8.30 am to 11.30 am on Friday; and from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm on Saturday.<br />
The Museum is closed on Monday.<br />
Admission Fee<br />
Adults - Rp. .....<br />
Children under 17 years and students - Rp. .....<br />
Gift shop<br />
A small gift shop located in the entrance hall has the same opening hours as the rest of The Museum. It offers a selection of books, postcards and reproductions of various exhibits.<br />
Parking<br />
The Museum is situated on jalan Merdeka Barat. The front courtyard can accommodate cars and tour buses.<br />
Tours<br />
The Indonesian Heritage Society conducts tours of the Museum at the following times<br />
English: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30 am & LAST SUNDAY of every month at 10.30 am<br />
Japanese: Tuesday 10 am and FIRST SUNDAY of every month at 10 am<br />
German: Thursday 10 am<br />
The times and dates of guided tours in Dutch and French can be obtained by telephoning the Indonesian Heritage Society Office at Museum Nasional on (62-21) 381 1551 extension 46<br />
Visitors are kindly asked to refrain from smoking, eating and drinking in all areas of the Museum, and are prohibited from touching the exhibits.<br />
<br />
COLLECTION<br />
Prehistory<br />
The Prehistoric Age has long time frame, beginning from the presence of man until the emergence of writing differs in every part of the world. From the discovery of ancient human fossils in Indonesia, it is estimated that man lived here around one million years ago. Writing emerged before the 4th century.<br />
Paleontology, the study of Prehistoric periods, explains the lifestyles of prehistoric civilizations through research into their fossilized remains and the artifacts that they made.<br />
The Neolithic era emerged gradually between 2500 BC and 1500 BC when the vast number of people emigrated from the Asian mainland to the Malaysian peninsula, then to the island of Indonesia by sea. The immigrants built dwellings, planted rice on dry land or in irrigated fields and raised cattle. They formed agrarian village communities. This settled lifestyle enabled men to develop their skills in many areas, thus establishing a specific Neolithic culture, examples of which can be seen in this room.<br />
Treasure Room<br />
The Treasure Rooms are divided into two sections - the Archaeology Room and the Ethnography Room. There are about 2,00 items in the Museum's gold and silver collections, the majority of which were found accidentally rather than on organized digs.<br />
Indonesia has been rich in gold and other precious metals for centuries. Artifacts were made using such processes as casting, soldering, riveting an sewing with gold wire, and were decorated by chiseling, the repousse technique (whereby the design is hammered from the inside of an object), and by adding detailed ornamentation.<br />
Due to the biodegradability of the most materials used by the ancient Indonesian kingdoms, relatively little remains for scholars to base their study of these civilizations upon. As a result, since gold does not deteriorate, these objects are treasured not just for their value and decoration but also for their great historical importance. As well as a high level of culture, the gold items reveal a great deal about the life and rituals of the early kingdoms.<br />
In 1990, farmers found a cache of treasure from java's classical Era ( 5th-15th century ) in Wonoboyo, Klaten, Central Java. These exquisite gold and silver items, collectively weighing more than 35 kg, are believed to have been buried in Lava in the early10th century, perhaps due to a major eruption of Mount Merapi. They comprise the largest find in Indonesia this century and are currently displayed in the showcase in the center of the Archaeology treasure room.<br />
The collection in the Ethnography treasure room comprises objects from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. The artifacts are mostly crafted from 14-24 carat gold and many are adorned with precious stones.<br />
Bronze Collection<br />
Bronze is well-represented in the Museum and the collection, which comprises up to 3,199 pieces, is absolutely spectacular.<br />
The Bronze Age in Indonesia is estimated as having begun around the st century BC, and it drastically changed man's way of life both practically and culturally. Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin, and as it has a low melting point, objects were either produced by forging (heating then beating the bronze) or by wax-casting techniques. Bronze axes, ceremonial items and jewelry were the most popular items made.<br />
With the onset of the Classical Age production and casting processes improved, and techniques such as soldering were introduced. Bronze items became more varied, ranging from statues of Buddha for worship to domestic appliances, and their decoration more ornate. Bronze was also used to replace materials that were easily damaged, so the shape of domestic appliances, for example, did not radically change - a water jar would look the same in bronze as it did in terra cotta.<br />
Stone Sculptures<br />
Stone tools and statues have been made by Indonesian civilizations since prehistoric times. The gradual sophistication of these objects and tools used to create them are indicative of cultural progress.The Museum Nasional has a wealth of stone statues in many different forms and sizes, most notably relating to ancestral worship, Hindu gods and goddesses, kings and animals. The statues were usually put in temple alcoves or in the temple's main room (cellar), and the majority of them were discovered in Central Java and Sumatra. Volcanic andesite was most commonly used but many of the East Javanese statues made during the 14th and 15th centuries, were sculpted from sandstone or limestone. As a result of the Hindu-Buddhist influence that was prevalent in Indonesia between the 4th and the 10th centuries, statues created during this period were very similar to those made in East India. Sculptors (silpin). In India had to follow precise rules stated in the Silpasastra book; for example, eyes had to be shaped like lotus (padma) leaves, eyebrows like an archer's bow and arms like an elephants trunk. While these features were copied in Indonesia, the Silpasastra rules were generally not strictly adhered to, and after this period, especially during the Majapahit era (14th and 15th centuries ), statues made throughout the archipelago exuded a more 'Indonesian' style. In the Museum Nasional, Stone Sculpture Collections is included into the Archaeology Section.<br />
Ceramic collection<br />
The ceramics collection differentiates between artifacts originating from countries such as China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Japan, and objects made in Indonesia or made in Indonesia or made out of terra cotta. This particular collection gives us a good insight into Indonesia's maritime trade over the countries.<br />
Research indicates that the Chinese sailed to India via Indonesia as early as the Western Han period (205 BC to 220 AD) and that firm trade relation were subsequently established.<br />
The islands of Indonesia were the source of many rare commodities and foreign trades were motivated to undertake long and risky sea voyages to get there. Many ships sank before reaching their journey's and, however.<br />
Their non-perishable cargoes, such as ceramics, which would have been used as barter, were washed ashore. Some items were used as common household utensils but fine ceramics were more rare and much sought after. They become cherished heirlooms and were used during the specials ceremonies for birth, circumcision, marriage and death. Occasionally, they were specially commissioned for a private buyer or given as tributes to local dignitaries.<br />
The nucleus of the Museum Nasional's foreign ceramic collection was donated by the Dutch philanthropist and collector, Egbert Willem van Orsoy de Flines, who also became the first ceramics curator of the Museum in 1959.<br />
Although originating in other countries, the ceramics objects in the Museum collection were all found in Indonesia. As well being objects of great beauty, they form an important part of the nation's history. The Museum National is located on the side of Merdeka Square or Lapangan Merdeka and was built in 1862 at that time Dutch colonial administration realized about the great treasure of Indonesian cultural heritages and long history of Indonesia. The biggest surprised for the Western historians was the fact that historical record in Indonesia showing tremendous level of similarities with those in India, India and Asia mainland in general. The elements of India is the most interesting aspect at one side and the fact of Indonesian ethnography. All these facts had invited various experts to study Indonesia in more intensive and extensive effort. In the field of history the archaeologists, paleontologists, epigraphists, linguistic, paleographic and ceramologists have dedicated themselves for the light of Indonesian history, educated local student to understand their culture which had been a great historians such as Prof. Dr. Poerbatjaraka, Prof. Wiryosuparto, Prof Soekarto, Prof. Soekmono, Prof. I.B. Mantra and many others. In the field of Anthropology even more expert were born, although it is much later such as Prof. Koentjaraningrat.<br />
<br />
Deeper study on Hindu tradition has brought into light the great influence of Indian Epic such as Mahabharata and Ramayana in the life of Javanese and Balinese. Everywhere in the region of Indonesia were found the remains of ancient Hindu kingdoms and culture. The remains either in thee form of monuments and artifacts. This fact has encouraged the establishment of national museum as the center for Indonesian cultural study.<br />
<br />
As a national museum, their collection consist of ethnic map, Indonesian relief map, various ethnic cultural objects from cloths, music, house model, and relics. In the field of history, a big number of collection from ancient Hindu kingdoms, and Chinese ceramic from Hand dynasty ( ca. 300 to 220 AD).</div><div align="justify" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal bold 160%/normal Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Museum Taman Prasasti (Inscription Museum)</h3><div class="post-header" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Inscription Museum</span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span><em><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Museum Prasasti)</span></span></b></em></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 48px;"><em><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg_7wrMXtwR-T7Pv8YEel0i27Rql8FZlfuoh6PnZYp1dBpy00RyYrZWmo6NSDjn18h4kbhEPTUZhyphenhyphenRSoyuyEla6XCpHFkrjr61r2EbnAM8IntKGdQ3vr4x36g1rRtfNWmk5C4_Dl8i6ls/s200/an_angel_of_prasas_web.jpg" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwD2C77QLzPd6LONkuESsqkPQBbMKqw1V3ctG-GlAncZGYlVeUTGOPyLwz9GxMLkZqou3_wLJKB2Z-41iOMepRyZxq4N6TNlM5ld5KHypLTUhLfIjF7Vr4VAPKcVMuQ8yAvXP2g7dJ27w/s200/ketikawaktutelahhabis.jpg" /> </span></span></span></span></b></em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Inscriptions Museum occupies a culture preserve building, an inheritance building from the colonial time. It was formerly a funeral park of Dutch and European people which than restored and modified to be Inscription Museum with the collections located at the open air area. The collections are located at a 1.2 hectares area, and for it Inscription Museum is also called as Inscription Park. Inscription Museum exhibits selected gravestone inscriptions from the historical relic and work of arts from the past that combined the work of sculptor, carver, calligrapher, and man of letters.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">History</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As mentioned above, the current Inscription Park located at an ex funeral. The name of the funeral is </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kebon Jahe Kober</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a funeral area for officers and prominent figures, especially for Dutch and European. The funeral started to be utilized in 1795 and the main building of funeral constructed in 1844 with Doria style. Behind the main building there’s a building called Balairung Building, functioned as ritual ceremonial hall before the burial carried out. Balairung Building consists of two halls, one at the right side and the other one at the left side. The right side the building used as a place to lie down female bodies, while the left side building used as a place to lie down male bodies.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: 1.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After the freedom of </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.indonesia-travel-guide.com/Indonesia_Travel_Guide/Indonesia_Travel_Guide.html" style="color: #de7008;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Indonesia</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the funeral was still used as a public funeral, especially for Christian people. In 1975, Kebon Jahe Kober funeral was closed.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.indonesia-travel-guide.com/Jakarta_Travel_Guide/Jakarta_Travel_Guide.html" style="color: #de7008;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DKI Jakarta</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">government considered that the ex Kebon Jahe Kober funeral has a potency to be developed as a museum. Therefore the government conducted a restoration and redesigning of selected gravestone inscriptions at the funeral area. In 1977, Inscription Museum which also known as Inscription Park was officially announced by Ali Sadikin, DKI Jakarta governor at that time.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: 1.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Collections</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: 1.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The collection of Inscription Museum consists of inscriptions in the form of ancient gravestone, monument or pillar, goblet, statue, antique corpse carriage, bouquet, flat sided stone, replica and miniature of typical funeral from 27 provinces in</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.indonesia-travel-guide.com/Indonesia_Travel_Guide/Indonesia_Travel_Guide.html" style="color: #de7008;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Indonesia</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. At the back yard of Balairung Building there’re collections of bronze medal bells which previously used to give a sign that there’s somebody died. The bell was rang continuously to welcome the corpse while giving a sign for the funeral staffs to be prepared for the burial ritual. Inscription collections in the Inscription Museum are selected inscriptions from the work of talented carver and designer, used as a realization of the family and relatives feeling. When you see the inscriptions, as if they can talk through the deep meaning of the script on them. On one of the gravestone inscription at the Inscription Museum, there's a script written in Dutch saying “SOO GY. NU SYT. WAS. IK VOOR DEESEN DAT. JK, NV BEN SVLT GY OOK WEESEN”, which means “Like you are now, I was before. And like I’m now, thus you will be one day”.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: 1.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Most of the gravestone inscriptions were from many prominent figures from many fields such military, education, art, science, religion and many others. Some of them were General Major J.H.R Kohler, Dr. W.R. Stutterheim, Dr. H.F Roll, Pieter Erberveld, Olivia Mariamne Raffles, Miss Riboet and Soe Hok Gie. There’re a total of 1700 collections at Inscription Museum.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: 1.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jl. Tanah Abang No. 1 Central Jakarta Ph.: 62-21 385 4060</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open : Tuesday – Sunday : 09.00 am – 03.00 pm</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Closed : Monday/Public holiday</span></span></span></div><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPHPgvgt0AbRfzwm1YGvpDLaJBUgR3u5Q9kc4ZUMKudTDDD69qzLKVrvMd3TEDkek4h2pRNzyQdv52t8hFiIQLdFM1aWEkSM6fV5zbq4Ao051mXSUgEUNRn8wY5HfposU7lmzWezshckT/s200/dsc_8768.jpg" width="137" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71C06CU9SYdxZ83CvwyzXMssFnH_JRNBj69neb8m6US9BZTnetCA4lcojNYz_JmF8jBN6LeOx7-ncXXb65AZDOJxkeWZWgFml9gWV8EfjEgIzFKcnWYcwU8rlblzdvjnF9kxhSqTqr-78/s200/dsc_8785.jpg" width="136" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RsW_bZhlVrV00ciKF5BpDO-p_Dwsi5sQ9mQ3LXm3OQ6AnLouYjpXmdZTp0VqJ0CZ4IA3byZqis1-lIWB5azfD8NQZzYogrsPJMT3GMKycs1QrG8hqC3LXNwz86AruZ9PMzCieLS37Hfi/s200/dsc_8771.jpg" width="200" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSYlEk7eYvXfEVofat6l_du-WnEr2DzrmBp8LbyvmhxvzbryKaQ3yZgMH3dv06fpy1d9TsG18naS2pCfIDlo9TGk5SYadxmxaYQ3MVSS-M-ZoLcCKN12Tu2ytFiZZkAx0_dxRv8NjQoZx/s200/90px-Tamanprasasti.jpg" width="102" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FWpadHSlRzqRGS1KG0RYlJDZ6q-4LinXbLEZpUINYQYv8ehZo1qeIhyphenhyphenWC84GvThk1FuJUKh3UDy8PQRla5yGu9_n4LES2zpUgRZc8GhBr0D-cd_p4QRB-uwldMDKqbNyrbNUXDs5BKiF/s200/Image068.jpg" width="160" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtTvw1M2-qdRqnzn0ecjMZVZ4u7M-S76F83ouTqhNwCdZztpaUq98tww7UDgTZF-UzM-fpdxe-Y7NA4Elct0PWCM8CViyJzmH_ieWtVuCgQmrmatZbpOh2nPP0S2qq4JJrRTEDgFalEdx/s200/Image064.jpg" width="150" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqXS40dWaXJyOWeyDpqYolNJyvxcJFxtn4837X94FO0dNOfpZnGk3h3i3yi8mXV1luJJMPSSRhku1gMuMw0sh7ZzVDSZ0ocj_8Pec6CJ1QSboDsZKJEQUZfRkFhLGrtSv0lZbiIqT2OUT/s200/Mr.+Soekarno+coffin.jpg" width="160" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8x3kiouRhx_nt0lFsQH19XSLHBQMY54Tj3wLsEk9nz6Gi7VepKUZURPP34vku2IKtOyPPdZZY2iS_QNb5IOD1t7b6_7xdRwwjKBfUlEIH6LwVveKWJkyMFL223NV1rghGtKwtPHON01X/s200/Mr.+Moh.+Hatta+coffin.jpg" width="200" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9SPIQ63HMfbZlhSO8VqYS-jXbu1RH5gz7yI8BlMKPHBg0n5bswAyphjooH1vOXKasqtMbJah6c2skCE__8LG14_3ic1kXt_s4Uyk8BIwfAfCOJ-P5sbJMl-s95Uysrdjqd0JoaSJdhQG/s200/loncengperunggu.jpg" width="137" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhVrOu4Z2ht3IXjKum-Tf73LoVra6rPNjRQ1HCBEmtEDQaUleXN6oEuYVh9JER3Tl_vwfcvfDfsuGNZ7G8vEvyFGjEOx9EKiYU2G5jTt4eYzcaQfjgBhbG1lHartjLpbCR7aXbNxO6DBF/s200/monumen+pieter+erverlbelt.JPG" width="200" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwwUGd1OlZxsenDK3_GxpZ30wrcjuoxyyEdW-4UJbmhO0GHPBwrddHZzOvI248owqZ4wttEMlU9wAZJ-Amx8eVIzYkMoRGt0b6rj1qk4DpmH84QiriQjU3UxWhMeKANOMXIQKmrfrv6yZ/s200/Taman+Museum+Prasasti+Goenadi+Haryanto.jpg.jpg" width="133" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #9e5205; font: normal normal bold 160%/normal Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;"><strong style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><u><span style="font-size: 17px;">National Monument</span></u></strong><br />
<div align="justify"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s1600-h/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="color: #de7008;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">The Monumen Nasional (or Tugu Monas, the National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under Sukarno and was not finished until 1975 under Suharto. It is topped by a 14.5 ton bronze flame, which is plated in 35 kg (1,125 troy ounces) of gold.</span></a></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375263123774516786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_Ghk1ibymDeMYb7xj5p-V1hWxPf4pIMGr-qxu1oe3_gyr2-nsRLjSl-uemXKzC1e8EDf_NL4X_Hcfz9054hoHKv-SuYdvMSztu_Im5HEfXuAqdxJfHRCIavXxB0X5Sd2hl8sraAeiRAn/s320/248px-Monas_by_day.jpg" style="color: black; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 212px;" /><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s1600-h/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="color: #de7008;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"></span></a></span>This golden flame is intended to symbolize the spirit of freedom and the struggle for independence of Indonesian people.[citation needed]<br />
of steel and concrete covered with Italian white marble. On the top of the tower, there's a square terrace that can be reach by visitors by elevator. From here, visitors can see an aerial view of Jakarta. The monument is crowned by gold-coated flame, right on the top of the peak terrace.<br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s1600-h/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="color: #de7008;"><span style="color: black;">The entrance to the monument is located at the north part of Medan Merdeka Park, near the Prince Diponegoro statue. From the entrance and underground ticket box, the visitor gets through a tunnel under stone-pavement around the monument to the central part of the park. On inner part of walls surround the monument in central part of the park, there is a series of statues and reliefs depicted the history on Indonesia that span from ancient empire of Majapahit to the history of modern Indonesia. Visitors can take an elevator up to upper platform beneath the golden flame with a view of Medan Merdeka Park, Istiqlal Mosque, and the city. At the middle part is the Cawan (Indonesian: cup) with viewing middle platform on top of it. The Cawan is a reverted pyramid structure that engulfed the base of towering obelisk shaft. Inside the Cawan there is Ruang Tenang (solemn hall) or Ruang Agung (grand hall) with black marble square walls at the center of it. The four sides of central black marble wall displaying a carved golden gate that houses the text of Indonesian Proclamation of Independence in 1945, Garuda Pancasila (Coat of Arms of Indonesia), the map of Indonesian archipelago, The flag of Indonesia, and the flags of Indonesian provinces. The golden gate is opened several times in a day displaying the text of Indonesian declaration of independence and playing the record of Soekarno's voice reading the declaration. In the lower part inside the base of the monument is an exhibition hall with several dioramas showing the history of Indonesia.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<strong style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">Monument design</strong></a></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375262389119631954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s320/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 117px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 180px;" /><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s1600-h/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="color: #de7008;"><br />
</a></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s1600-h/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="color: #de7008;">"Monas" and the Jakarta skyline</a></span></div><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy26YiCSKdQmbdNJGsJUJyuQJ30NVjSZmVybjyPtTvYYBV_r5UPp0lxSkM2vhiEL-5ZlAIvoZocfSR_P5GHcVSvCHhV39qRZVO1kjM2As0n_yaEUCl4-SbSKEgZgS0GgLe12dRdsvKDFX/s1600-h/180px-Jakarta-Panorama.jpg" style="color: #de7008;"><br />
</a></span>The design of the monument is meant to combine elements of masculine and feminine. The design based on Lingga-Yoni, the symbol of fertility in ancient Hindu-Javanese belief. The phallic shaft comes toward the ground and is engulfed by square base meant to symbolize fertility. The square Cawan is the yoni (feminine) part, while the towering obelisk is the lingga (masculine) part. The monument body was made National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under Sukarno and was not finished until 1975 under Suharto. It is topped by a 14.5 ton bronze flame, which is plated in 35 kg (1,125 troy ounces) of gold.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div></span></h3><div class="post-body entry-content"><div align="justify"><br />
</div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0