Sign Borobudur Singapore Student Agenda

Ministry of Education Singapore (Singapore Ministry of Education / MOE) will include a tourist village in Yogyakarta and Borobudur, Central Java, in the program students visit the school holidays. Students visit Singapore in the activities of the Regional Study Program held Moe had only carried out in Thailand and Malaysia.

"We hope this year will include a program MOE Singapore students visit to the village of Borobudur tourist attractions in Yogyakarta and Central Java," said Bakri, Director of Community Empowerment, Directorate General of Tourism Destination Development (DG PDP) Kemenbudpar House Sapta Enchantment Jakarta, Monday (25 / 4 / 2011).

In a press release that Kemenbudpar, Bakri said, as an early stage so that the program realized, the Embassy in Singapore will hold a meeting with the MOE to facilitate organizing familiarization trips (Famtrip) to a tourist village in Yogyakarta and Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Famtrip This will be followed by 20 representatives of MOE, teachers, and corporate travel agency (travel agency) that handles vacation abroad (outbound) during the school holidays around June 2011.

In famtrip activities, the participants will visit villages in Yogyakarta and Borobudur tour and a visit to Taruna Nusantara Magelang School. In addition they have a meeting with the Principal of Yogyakarta as well as meetings between the travel agency business in Singapore and Indonesia, as an effort to encourage the establishment of cooperation in marketing vacation travel packages schoolchildren.

Bakri, who recently paid a working visit to the Singapore Embassy in presenting the appeal of life in rural communities in tourist villages in Bogor, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Borobudur. From the presentation, the Embassy of Singapore finally chose to Yogyakarta and Borobudur famtrip activities as an effort to succeed in the program students visit Singapore to tour villages in Indonesia.

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Seeing the rising Sun at Borobudur

Sunrise is beautiful moments that are often overlooked due to our busy to be enjoyed. Moreover, almost every day we see the rising sun, so the event is no longer felt special. However, the sun rises, like the sunset, would be a wonderful time when seen from the right location. One of the Borobudur temple in Central Java.

From the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia you can see the sun rising from behind Mount Merapi which is still shrouded in morning mist. May to July is the perfect time to enjoy this moment. Because at these times the weather was sunny.

Just need to know, just the Borobudur Temple was opened at 06.00 WIB. Then how can go to Borobudur? Relax, you can enter through the Manohara hotel located within the complex of Borobudur Temple Tour. You should come at 04.00 pm, and pay admission to the officer at this hotel.

Here you will be given a sarong batik patterned Borobudur and you must wear. You will be guided by a guide, who will notify the proper position to watch the sunrise.

The redness in the eastern horizon you can see at about 4:30. Stupas and statues of Buddha in the temple will begin to appear. The stones that formed it will glow red, indicating peaceful face of the Buddha.

From 5:30 until 6:00 o'clock in the morning, the sun will rise slowly from behind Merapi, with the color orange has bluish purple color of the sky. The colors look beautiful on the temple stones are gray-black. You can take pictures of the beautiful sky and the foreground stupa of Borobudur.

According to one guide who is also one of the staff of restoration, Mura Aristina, tourists are more interested to see the sunrise from the sunset from the temple. "At the time of school holidays, it can reach up to 1,500 visitors," says Mura.

To enter and enjoy the sunrise at Borobudur Temple you have to pay the entrance fee of Rp 220.000 to Rp 320.000 tourists to local and foreign tourists.

After enjoying the beautiful sunrise, you'll get a morning tea and breakfast ... and the aura of peace that blanketed Borobudur morning sunshine.

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Borobudur keep clean

With a brush, broom stick, and water, a number of workers with a thoroughly clean every inch of the stone wall of Borobudur temple. Every now and then they quit their jobs to see the tourists back and forth on the Buddhist temple. However, they more often focus on narrow crevices between the stones of the temple and the reliefs.

Long sleeve t-shirt, small towel, and hat (hat farmers) wide they wore to protect themselves from sunburn. With a wage of Rp 35,000 per day, they diligently cleaning the temple on May 17 will be used for the celebration of Vesak.

They work for eight hours each day. Usually they begin to clean up from 07.00. With the system per group, they will work for 30 days.

Borobudur temple cleansing process has been underway since October 27, 2010 until now. On December 20, 2010, this temple has been opened to tourists but only up to the 7th floor. As for the floor 8, 9, and 10 are still closed to the public.

"There are still some cleanup work, but not on the surface of the temple.'s Cleanup work is under the surface of the body temple because there is still dust into the crevices of rocks. But for the readiness to welcome Vesak, I am 100 percent sure this temple was ready, "MARSIS said Sutopo, head of the Borobudur Heritage Conservation Center, on Wednesday (04/20/2011).

Every year, specifically on the feast day of Buddhists, Vesak, always held at the Borobudur Temple. Thousands of Buddhists will gather each year to pray at the temples of this dynasty Dynasty relics.

Director of Archaeological Heritage Junus Satrio Atmodjo said, Vesak will keep running at Borobudur. "Still will take place. Moreover as in previous years, the celebration will take place in the courtyard of the temple," said Jonah.

The cleaning process is still ongoing, but the Borobudur Temple is ready to become a celebration of the feast of Vesak on 17 May.

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Borobudur Not Just Tourist Attractio

When the holidays arrive, most tourists who headed Central Java, will never miss to visit Borobudur Temple. The temple is located in Magelang regency, Central Java, is in addition to leaving a trail of history also led the grandeur and beauty of Borobudur is recorded as one of the world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1991.

However, the condition of the Borobudur was worried after closed volcanic ash from Mount Merapi as thick as 1 to 3 centimeters. So that the temple was built in the 800s AD by the manager is closed for cleaning.

Concern was also felt by Parsiono. As Buddhists, Parsiono assess Borobudur is not just tourist attractions or world heritage. But through this that he Borobudur and other Buddhist respect for the Buddha.

"In addition to the legacy of our ancestors. I see it as a monument of Borobudur. As my place and other Buddhists to salute the Buddha," he said when met after receiving the award Kompas.com award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, on Wednesday (20 / 4 / 2011).

Parsiono spontaneous More than 2,000 volunteers joined together to work together to cleanse the body from the ashes of Merapi, Borobudur temple. The study said if the ash is left, can impact on the damage to the stones of the temple.

Under the auspices of the Youth Theravada Indonesia (PATRIA) Parsiono move together 400 members PATRIA to clean Borobudur. Borobudur has a sense of having overcome their fatigue. "The desire to clean up the Borobudur appeared spontaneously wrote, because as Buddhists we auto care, how to Borobudur was clean and neat back quickly," said Parsiono.

On Wednesday (20/04/2011), Parsiono represent colleagues at PATRIA receive a plaque award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism through the Director General of History and Archaeology F Aurora Tambunan. Sumringahnya face while receiving an award plaque can not beat the feeling of relief and gratitude at Borobudur was reopened after being closed for 45 days.

Director General of History and Archaeology Kemenbudpar, F Aurora Tambunan said that the attitude of the management staff swiftly and certainly volunteer to clean up the Borobudur temple is evidence that Indonesia is ready to maintain its world cultural heritage.

From the description of the Head of Borobudur Heritage Conservation Sutopo MARSIS, from cleaning results collected 57 square meters of volcanic ash. "That's the equivalent of 10 trucks loaded with sand. Today we still cover the floor 8, 9, and 10 Borobudur because it is still in the stage of cleaning" says MARSIS.

But apparently, ash and sand as much as it does not become an obstacle for Parsiono and other volunteers. For him the return of the grandeur and beauty of Borobudur as a world cultural heritage in a more meaningful, than the energy is wasted and the plaque that now clutched.

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Borobudur Promotion Breeds Results

Efforts PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur (TWCB) Borobudur to promote tourism overseas, especially a number of ASEAN member countries, showed positive results for early 2011. "The results were quite positive, while still keep our promotions are doing," said General Manager of PT TWCB Pujo Suwarno at Borobudur, Friday (5/6/2011).

On that occasion he did not specify the number of foreign tourists (tourists), mainly originating from ASEAN member countries, which from January to April 2011 visit to Borobudur Temple. However, he said, the number of foreign tourists to the Borobudur Temple ASEAN increased by about 10 percent since January to April 2011 compared to same period in 2010. "There was an increase of about 10 percent over the same period last year," he said.

Pujo said the number of foreign tourists coming from Malaysia to Borobudur was built around the eighth century during the reign of that dynasty dynasty showed the highest rate compared to other ASEAN countries.

Indonesia's position as Chairman of the ASEAN substantial period of 2011 affect the development of tourism sector of the Borobudur Temple.

He said various stakeholders of tourism Borobudur Temple had the opportunity to develop a large enough promotion, especially in ASEAN member countries, is associated with the position of Indonesia as Chairman of ASEAN in 2011.

Borobudur Temple is also one of the heritage of world civilization, he said, become important icons of tourism of Indonesia. Pujo claim to actively participate in various tourism fairs in neighboring countries.

He explained that the promotion also through TWCB meeting with several school principals from different schools abroad. "We gathered some of the principals of various schools abroad, then we give such a presentation for tourism promotion comes with brochures Borobudur temple," he said.

A number of tourism promotion has been done TWCB Borobudur, among others, in January 2011 by Natas Fair in Singapore, in March through the Matta Fair in Malaysia, and in April through the School Master Gathering in Singapore.

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must wear gloves when around the temple

Travelers Borobudur temple in Magelang regency, Central Java, was pleased wear batik sarong to go up to the temple building. "Tourists, especially from abroad, stating glad when it goes up to the Borobudur Temple building must wear a sarong batik motifs. They should feel proud to wear batik because for them an unforgettable experience," said President Director of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan, and Ratu Boko, Purnomo Siswoprasetyo, in Yogyakarta, on Monday (05/09/2011).

Purnomo said it is up to now enforce the provisions, the tourists who visit the Borobudur must wear gloves as it travels around the world's largest Buddhist temple which was built around the 8th century during the Dynasty dynasty.

"Foreign tourists and tourist archipelago declare no problems with the implementation of this program batik sarongs. To that end, we prepare about 10,000 pieces of batik sarong to wear while riding the tourists to the temple," he said.

According to Purnomo, the program is intended to preserve and enhance the appreciation of the Borobudur temple as a work of great ancestors of Indonesia and the heritage of world civilization. "Thus, tourists who wear batik sarong is also honoring the Buddhist temple," said Purnomo.

He said, technically, there officers who help tourists when wearing gloves before ascending to the temple and take it off when they leave the temple. Officers have been trained specifically to serve tourists associated with the program "sarungisasi" is.

"The test program was conducted in February through May 2010 and was wearing batik sarong while the temple is the main attraction for tourists so that the program we realized. We will continue the program," he said.

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