Ladies and gentleman,
Have you all been here ? Anybody left? So
, all of you are 30 person right?.
Now, please make your
sit comfortable. If you have some question or problem when I’m speaking or
during our transfer in,
please let me know don’t be hesitate.
Now I would like to introduce
our team. This
is Mr. Ahmad as our Driver (Selamat pagi pak.Ahmad). And this is Mr. Joko as our C.O driver
(Selamat pagi Pak Joko). Well, before we starting this journey let’s pray
together based on your belifed, pray begin ... finish. ( Baik pak Ahmad
sekarang kita bisa berangkat).
Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to our program. And now we are leaving from Cakrabuana Airport. And as I told you before, our program will go to
Santika Hotel. This is 3 stars hotel.
It’s location on downtown and
it’s about 40 minutes from here. Well
everyone to make easy our program, so I just recommend you to fit your time
with the local time here. It’s 10 o’clock. I
would repeat, it’s 10 o’clock. Have you finish? Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever visited Indonesia before ? Okay, don’t worry because I’ll
tell you about Indonesia. Indonesia located in Asian continent especially in
South East Asia. Indonesia wedged in by two ocean there are Hindia Ocean and
Pasific Ocean. As we now, Indonesia
is tropical country. So, Indonesia has two season. There are rainy season and
dry season. Rainy season usually start
from September until March and dry season usually start from April until August. And now is rainy season. So, I just remaind you, if you
want go out from hotel, please bring umbrella, raincoat, or something like
that. But as we know because change of
climate, so the season can’t predict
anymore.
Ussualy the
temperature in Indonesia around 30-33 degree celcius. But now is rainy season so don’t worry about the
temperature here because isn’t high like dry season.
Ladies and gentlemen, Indonesia has different time from
GMT. Indonesia divided into three time zone area from GMT. There are +07.00 or
WIB (western Indonesian area), +08.00 or WITA (Midle Indonesian Area) and
+09.00 or WIT (Eastrn Indonesian Area). And the different time of them is one
hours. And we use WIB, because we are in Weastren Indonesia Area.
Every body, Indonesia is a republic government system and lead by a president. The president choose
by citizenry, because Indonesia is a democracy country. And now Indonesia lead by president the name is
Mr.SusiloBambangYudhoyono and vice president Mr. Budiono. The capital
of Indonesia is Jakarta.
Each
country has a currency. Because currency is one of the identity of a nation.
And the currency in Indonesia is Rupiah. Indonesia has two kinds of money.
There are bill and coin. And this is the sample of Indonesian money.(Menunjukan gambar
uang). For bill start from one thousand, two thousand, five thousand, ten
thousand, twenty thousand, fivety thousand and one hundred thousand. And
from coin strart from a hundred, two hundred, five hundred and a thousand. And
You can change your money in many changer or in the bank around your
hotel. For one dollar around 11.000
thousand rupiah. So if you want to buy something please use rupiah.
Ladies and
gentlemen, Indonesia is the
biggest archipelago country, right?
Because, Indonesia has around 17.000 islands which has name
and around 25.000 islands which didn’t has name. Indonesia has 5 mind islands there are
Sumatera, Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi, and Papua Island. Indonesia has 34 provinces. And
now we are in the Java island especially
West java Province.
West java located
between Banten, Jakarta and Central Java province. The capital of West Java is
Bandung. In West Java, there are 26
regency and municipalities. One
of them is Cirebon.
Everybody, Cirebon
is located between West Java and Central Java. In West Java, Cirebon is
bordered by Kuningan, Majalengka, and Indramayu regency. In Central Java, it’s
bordered by Brebes regency.
Every body, Cirebon is called and popular with kota
udang or the city of shrimp. Because, the name of cirebon came from “Ci or cai”
means water and “rebon” means small shrimp. But, every body in other version
says Cirebon name’s is taken from “caruban” means campuran or mixed. Because in
Cirebon there are some etnic and some tribes such as Javanese tribe, sundanese
tribe, arabic, and chinese tribe.
Every body, formely,
Cirebon was an islamic kingdom. It’s ruled by Sultan or king which is we
usually called Sunan. The first king who ruled is Raden walangsungsang. Then,
continued by his cousin, namely is Syekh Syarif Hidayatullah or Sunan Gunung
jati. Sunan Gunung jati is one of wali songo from west java. Do you know
walisongo? Walisongo is the first person who spread Islam in java island.
Ladies and Gentlement, in the past time cirebon lead by king, but now Cirebon
is lead by mayor and region. Because cirebon is divided into two, there are
cirebon city and cirebon manucipalicity.
Everybody, the
population of Cirebon around 3 million people, and most of them are javanese.
And as I told you before in cirebon there are some etnic, so that in cirebon
city also there are some language. Majority of west java people speak sundanese
but majority of cirebon people speak cirebon language. At least, they have own
language. This language is mixed of sundanese and javanese, for example is “punten”.
Would you follow me to
say “punten”. That’s good (pointed some one to do a pratice). Thank you.
Everybody, in english punten means excuse me. And cirebon people
sometime said that when
they walking in front of
people and you should bow your
body. Like this. And the answer is
mangga. The custom in Cirebon people there are:
·
If want to give and
receive something by right hand and it is not respectfull is give and receive
by left hand.
·
If meet with people who
be familiar always shake hands.
·
The majority Cirebon
people is muslim. So, don’t be panic if you are heare voice of adzan. Because,
that is the pray time of muslim people.
·
Majority of Cirebon
people is muslim, so make effect for style, especially for woman use viel to
cover her part of the body that is head.
If you want to go
out for travelling or buy something you can go by public transportation such as
: angkot and becak. Becak is traditional
transportation of Indonesia, especially in Cirebon. Becak is unique because
it’s has 3 wheel, and the driver is behind the becak and steering by human. And
capacity of becak just 2 person. and about the price is around 5000 for one km.
And the tarif of angkot around 3.000.
Ladies and gentlement, cirebon people has different
job in many area. For example in the north of cirebon is beach. So, most of
people is fishermen. And the people in trusmi, they make batik for their job
because trusmi is the central batik in cirebon. And now, I will show you
example for batik cirebon. This is batik mega mendung, the most famous motiv
from batik cirebon.
Cirebon has many traditional food such as nasi
jamblang, empal gentong, docang, tahu gejrot, and other. Some food has a
history behind the name, for example is nasi jamblang. Jamblang rice is a rice
who in pack with jati leaves. Nasi jamblang it has been there since long time
ago, precisely when holland colonialism age.The dishes is served with prasmanan
system, so you can choose whatever you want to eat. This
is picture of nasi jamblang. It’s so delicious, are you interested for trying
nasi jamblang? Don’t worry, tomorrow
we will have lunch with Nasi jamblang.
And if you want to call
your family or your friends from Indonesia, you can dial 001 then your country
code then your local area code, after that your phone number. And now you can
call your family or your friends in your country.
Ladies
and gentleman, now we there are in Jalan Wahidin and not long from
here we will arrive in Santika Hotel. So that, please prepare yourself. Please
get off from the bus carrefully and don’t forget your personal
bellonging. Main your step main your head pelase.