Story and History of JAKARTA

Amid the hustle and bustle of traffic and commerce in Central Jakarta's Tanah Abang area stands an European-styled building.

The former residence of a French citizen now houses the Textile Museum, with its large front yard and its shady trees in stark contrast to the hectic life on the street.

The spacious and quiet room of the museum displays a wide variety of cloths from different parts of Indonesia, each labeled with information on their origins, types of material, production processes and purposes of use. A visitor will get to know, for example, that South Sumatra's capital city of Palembang also has its own batiks, while men in the interior regions of Kalimantan wear clothes made of refined bark as smooth as textiles.

When The Jakarta Post recently visited the museum, a batik making course was announced near the back of the museum.

After passing a large garden, visitors reached a fairly big hall. It's actually a garden of various plants used as natural coloring dyes. Young teak leaves, for instance, can be used to paint cloth maroon.

Some people were seen taking a batik course in the hall, drawing patterns on fabrics and waxing the motifs already drafted.

For beginners, the cost is Rp35,000 per person, including the cloth for patterning, wax and colorings. Participants run the gamut from housewives and teenagers to working professionals and retirees.

Those who are not so good at drawing need not worry, as different samples of motifs are available for copying onto fabrics before being hot-waxed by using a canting, or spouted copper vessel.

All the participants seriously applied wax on their drawings, with occasional whines as the hot wax dropped on their hands or went on the wrong lines.

According to Yeni, the course's part-time batik teacher and an Indonesian Arts Institute graduate, many people did not understand the waxing process is to prevent colors from mixing together.

"If a batik cloth is composed of various colors, dyeing and waxing of colored parts are usually done several times," she said.

After the dyeing process is completed, the wax is removed by boiling the cloth and then the hand-made batik is sun-dried.

Many of the participants had long known about the course before signing up.

"I could attend the course only this time," said Jeanette, who with her friend Paulina visited the museum from Pluit, North Jakarta, especially to learn batik making. "I really want to be able make a batik piece by hand."

Yeni said apart from adults, a lot of students interested in batik would come in study-tour groups organized by their schools.

"Though students sometimes get burned by the wax, they're happy to be able to make batik handkerchiefs to be taken home. They usually get simple motifs and only need to dye the pieces only once."

The course is also good to help children learn to concentrate. "This is particularly for autistic children," said Yeni, who has several times conducted art therapy for children with autism.

She said that although there are standard batik making norms, participants are free to draw whatever they like on their works.

"Some have even drawn bells and snowmen amid Solo's traditional batik motifs."

An advanced course is also available, costing Rp200,000 to make big-sized fabrics for scarves, tablecloths or sarongs. The motifs for this level are more complicated and require a longer time to complete.

"Many employees come here on Saturdays and Sundays to finish their batik as the process is longer, which is not the case for beginners," added Yeni.

Textile Museum
Jl. KS Tubun No. 4, West Jakarta
Phone: 021-5606613
Batik courses are available Sunday and Tuesday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Written by: Juliana Harsianti
Source from : www.thejakartapost.com

Jakarta - as Metropolitan City, but actually also deserve as Jakarta City Museum. Various museums here, especially in the Old City area of Jakarta City. Currently in Jakarta, there are more than 30 museums with the kind of different. Museum-museum is managed by various parties, such as the Central Government, Local Governments, institutions, government / private sector, and groups / individuals.

Jakarta regional government through the Office of Museum and restoration (DMP) relative to many museums. Museum-museum, which is under the supervision of DMP is the Jakarta History Museum (Museum Fatahillah), Puppet Museum, Museum of Fine Art, Museum of Ceramics, Bahari Museum, Museum (Park) inscription, Textile Museum, Museum (Building) struggle'45, the Museum MH Thamrin, Central and the History of Information and Culture, Jakarta.
Jakarta is a city that has a fairly extensive period of history, from the prehistoric period until today. Objects from the period that was presented various museums.
Jakarta Museum of History is located at Jalan Taman Fatahillah No. 2, West Jakarta. Area museums breadth more than 13,000 square meters. Building style of architecture of ancient 17th century. Was this building named Stadhuis, or City Hall. Jakarta History Museum stands on March 30 1974. Many of the objects that can be witnessed in this museum, among other travel history Jakarta, the results of archaeological excavation in Jakarta, antique furniture from the 18th century, ceramic vessels, and stone inscriptions. -Collection collection is available in various rooms, such as Space Prehistoric Jakarta, Tarumanegara Room, Room Fatahillah, Anaheim Room, Room of Sultan Agung, and Outdoor MH Thamrin.
There are also various collections of the Betawi culture, numismatik, and pedicab. Even now diperkaya with the Deity statue of Hermes was located at the crossroad Harmony and the cannon that is considered to be robust have magical power. Do not forget, at the Museum of History of Jakarta has used the land beneath the prison population is very frightening.

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Not far from here, crossing to the left, there is a Puppet Museum. Because at Jalan Pintu Besar Utara No. 27, West Jakarta. This building originally called De Hollandsche Oude Kerk. Use Puppet Museum inaugurated on August 13, 1975.
Puppet Museum exhibit various types and forms of puppet from all over Indonesia, both made of wood and leather and other materials. Puppet-puppet from abroad are also here, for example from China and Cambodia. Until the collection is now more than 4,000 units, consisting of leather puppet, puppet show, puppet cardboard, grass puppet, the puppet young coconut leaf, masks, dolls and gamelan. Generally, dolls are from Europe.

Not far from the Jakarta History Museum, cross to the right there is the Museum Art and Ceramics Museum. Both museums are in this one building, the Central Arts and Ceramics in Fatahillah Park Road No. 1, West Jakarta. Museum of Fine Art exhibit various kinds of painting works of art from various genres, such as naturalism, the abstract and surealisme. Indonesian painter who saved his work here, among other Raden Saleh, Affandi, Sudjojono, and Basuki Abdullah.
Ceramics museum displays a collection of local ceramics and foreign ceramics, either in the form of the results of archeological excavation and donations and purchases from various parties. Most number of Chinese ceramics, ceramics overtake Japan, Siam (Thailand), Annam (Vietnam), and Europe.
Local ceramics collection of them came from Kasongan, Nambour, Malang, Palembang, and Oyo. In addition to traditional ceramics also held kemarik modern ceramics or creative work of artists-artists of Indonesia.

Somewhat to the north, there is the Museum Bahari. The location of the Fish Market Road No. 1, West Jakarta. The museum presents a collection related to the life kebaharian and kenelayanan nation from Sabang to Merauke. Collection, the collection consists of various types of boats with various forms of traditional, ornamental style and variety. Also presented various models of modern ships and shipping equipment supporting activities. On the other hand, displayed a collection of marine biota, and various fishing equipment.


Museum Prasasti (Inscription Museum)

In the Tanah Abang

There is also a showcase tomb inscription figures of history the Indonesian nation. This place is called the Museum (Park) inscription. The museum is located at Jalan Tanah Abang I, Central Jakarta also save this inscription-nation tomb inscription Netherlands.
Figures prasastinya nation that is here, among others, Miss Riboet (theatrical figures) and Soe Hok Gie (of students). While the inscription of the Netherlands is a nation of Dr. WF Stutterheim (archeology expert), Dr. HF Roll (founder Stovia), and JHR Köhler (War of Aceh).

Still in the area of Tanah Abang, in Jalan KS Tubun No. 4, Central Jakarta, we can visit to the Museum of Textiles. Museum exhibit this pattern, multiplicity decorative batik, and various textiles obtained from all over the archipelago. Participate in the traditional weaving tools khasanah enrich the museum collection. Many types of textiles not be displayed because the museum is already too old age.

In the area of Menteng, there are the Museum (Building) struggle'45. Museum located at Jalan Menteng Raya No.. 31, Central Jakarta, this exhibit photographs of the documentation of the history of the struggle of the nation biennium 1945-1950. There are also a number of paintings of the struggle, KENSHIN warrior figures and the banner. Collection other form of car REP1 and REP2, car office, the official President Sukarno and Vice President Moh. Hatta.
Two other museums managed by the DMP is the Museum MH Thamrin and the Central Information History and Culture, Jakarta. Museum of MH Thamrin Street, which is located in Kemal, Central Jakarta, this exhibit photographs documentation MH Thamrin in the struggle to achieve independence. MH Thamrin own fighter is the name of Jakarta, which among other diabadikan name for the project of making the village roads and street names protocol
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Meanwhile, Central Information and Cultural history is located in Jakarta Monas Cross Road North, Central Jakarta. The collection includes photographs and miniature objects of the history, development plan and cultural city, Jakarta.
Because handled by government agencies (local), the museum, the museum appears less bite. Lack of funds care and energy management exquisite. Many museum collections cared less and presented with the slick. Dust, for example, still terbalut in many collections. Lack of light is still found in many rooms. Information about the collection available often confuses visitors.
As the City of Culture authorities should improve the quality of the museum. Thus, tour museums in Jakarta will be developed as inviting charm of the tourists. Moreover, the museum is a window of knowledge at the same time the object of education and cultural tourism.

Written by: Djulianto Susantio
Source:www.sinarharapan.co.id

Boat race

Ciliwung River, which is in "Passer Baroe" often used to race boats. People call this time Passer Baroe time. Now, the city of Batavia in the first place in the same boat racing is also held to compete bamboo leaf, tied with a handkerchief, sorrow and even small sebungkus opium worth 32 cents.
Boat race in the Ciliwung done in the framework of the party Cun Also, a celebration of ethnic Chinese in the city of Batavia. During the first Batavia, the region is also known as a center of trade or market. There, many living people who do not like Chinese settle in the area of Glodok Chinatown. Some of them choose to open shops in the "Passer Baroe."
Also Cun tradition of the party held on 5 months 5 dismantlement China, traders in the market that while business and forget the troop gathered along the Ciliwung to organize Also Cun. Dozens of boats decorated in which there is a mask decorated with dragon heads at the time boast "Passer Baroe it. All the people over there (not just ethnic Chinese) but also the population at around the time. Resounding cheer in there, especially as the boats race to get the bamboo leaf, tied with a handkerchief. And also to be put sebungkus small opium worth 32 cents. Ethnic Chinese have long been known avidly opium. Therefore, I wonder if the city of Batavia in the first, the Dutch government COMPANY fix the opium tax for houses opium.

And as the oldest shopping center in the capital city of Jakarta. New markets have the agenda of the annual â € "every anniversary Jakarta, June 22, â €" New Market nimbrung participate in a package called "Festival Passer Baroe." Unfortunately, "Passer Baroe" â € "so I called the people, now known as New Market â €" slowly appear began losing overtake menjamurnya modern shopping centers and malls such as Plaza to accommodate the greed spending residents of Jakarta.

Conscious that the New Market is now the starting left, then issued a discourse to make the shopping area known as the year 1070-it's become a place for the spacer, spacer, such as Cilandak Town Square (Citos) in the south of Jakarta.