TOURISM DESTINATION IN TENGGARONG

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I would like to tell you about Tourism Destination in East Kalimantan. My friends and I are going to Tenggarong visit Tourism Destination. I have 8 friends from China and Malaysia. And also, they join to us to visit Tourism Destination in East Kalimantan.

Tenggarong is a city which has the capital city of region in the Kalimantan Island, Indonesia. Tenggarong is located in the east Kalimantan; exactly it is located in the Province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Just like in the other region in Indonesia, in Tenggarong also has the local ethnic, and the most populated ethnic in there is Dayak ethnic in Tenggarong. Tenggarong also has the rich wealth from nature to mine, since Kalimantan Island is famous by the diversity of natural wealth and it is containing with many kinds of flora and fauna.

So, there are many tourism destination in there.
1. Erau Festival
Erau Adat Kutai is a cultural heritage dating back 13th Century's Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate. The custom ceremonies are held in the Kutai Palace for a week. It is serves to maintain traditional and for spritual reason.
Outside the palace, people celebrate the art and culture festival which involes International folklore and dance groups from abroad.
During the festival you can also enjoy :
1. Traditional sports competions
2. Dragon boat races
3. Art exhibitions
4. a culinary Festival
5. Street Performances

This's BASEPRAH "Breakfast Together in Erau Festival"

We are in "BASEPRAH" with foreign students from China and Malaysia.

For Tema this year is "Traditional Food of Kutai"

2. Makam Raja

Mulawarman Museum complex, Tenggarong, is a great place to explore the history of one of the oldest sultanates in Indonesia, Kutai Kartanegara Ing Martadipura. In addition to the palace building of the era of Sultan Aji Muhammad Parikesit, Mulawarman Museum Complex there are other historic sites, namely Kutai Kartanegara Ing Martadipura Sultanate Tomb. This tomb complex becomes the last place for more than 140 members of the Kartanegara Sultanate family. Some of them were the sultans who had been in power since the founding of Tenggarong.

3. Planetarium Jagad Raya
Planetarium Jagad Raya is located on Jalan Pangeran Diponegoro, to the left of Mulawarman Museum building, Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara. Planetarium Jagad Raya is the third planetarium in Indonesia after Planetarium in Jakarta and Surabaya. This planetarium was built in 2002 and inaugurated on April 16, 2003. This place is a means of educational tourism to enjoy the beauty of the universe in the form of stars, planets and other celestial objects. This planetarium is a place of Star Theater or nature theater, because it can show the contents of the universe and its structure and the capacity of 92 seats.

4. Museum Kayu
Tuah Himba Wood Museum is located not far from Panji Sukarame Reservoir Area, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan which is about 600 meters from the Reservoir. Built with a wooden building stage measuring 20 x 20 M². The background of the opening of this tourist attraction is because of the crocodiles that have been preserved in the Museum of Wood.Inside this Wood Museum there are various types of woods on the island of Borneo.Collections of this wooden Museum, among them are:
    1. Kutai handicraft made of rattan, in the form of chairs, chairs, lamps, beds etc.
    2. Dayak handicrafts, such as anjat, mandau, Dayak carving made of ironwood
    3. Miniature of a typical Dayak house
    4. Types of wood in the area of Kutai Kartanegara
    5. Collection of wood species 200 pieces
    6. Collections of 200 dried leaves
    7. Grain collection
    8. Collection of log pieces or tree bars that grow in Kalimantan Forest
    9. The preserved crocodiles (male and female)
    10. Collection of coconut crabs
    11. And others.

Crocodiles that have been preserved in the Wood Museum for eating humans.

There are many kinds of wood in East kalimantan.

There are a lot of handicrafts that made by Rattan.

There are traditional house of Kutai.

5. Kumala Island

Kumala Island is an amusement park and there we can also see the collection of objects typical Dayak tribe and statute of dragon. We can also rent a bike to get around in kumala island or we can use car tour.

This is the bridge that we passed to go in Kumala Island. The name of this bridge is "Repo-repo" bridge.

This is map of Kumala Island

This is traditional house of dayak, inside there many collection thngis of dayak tribe. Such as clothes traditional, weapon, musical instrument, handicrafts, and many more.