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THE FOLKTALE OF PENYUMPIT AND PUTRI MALAM

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Image by Erlian Zakia Ayu Anggarani from Pixabay Long ago, there lived a young man called Penyumpit in a village in Bangka-Belitung. He lived in a little house left by his parents. His father often borrowed money from Pak Raje the village head when he was alive. Pak Raje was a rich man but he was very cunning and stingy. The debts of Penyumpit’s father had never been paid off because Pak Raje always raised the interest rates. Though both the parents already passed away, Pak Raje never legally declared the debts void. Penyumpit should pay his late father’s debts by taking care of Pak Raje’s rice field. As the harvest was coming, Penyumpit should safeguard the rice field day and night. Pak Raje would fine him if the rice field got damaged. This was what Pak Raje told Penyumpit before going to the rice field. In fact, Pak Raje knew it was very likely that wild pigs would enter the paddy field and ate the crop. When the harvest came, Penyumpit had to cut and gather the crop in the daytime

HIKING UP THE CRATER RIM OF MOUNT BROMO

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Image by Ananta Chandra Priambodo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mount Bromo is one of the famous tourist destinations on Java Island. Though it is still an active volcano, a great number of tourists come to spend their vacations every year. The volcano belongs to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. The National Park, which is 800 square kilometers in size, covers the area of Mount Bromo and Mount Semeru. The mountain is famous for its sunrise and tourists should go up the peak to have a wonderful view of the surroundings. If you stay in a hotel, the room boy will wake you up at two o’clock in the morning. It’s advisable to prepare everything you need before hiking. Hikers will notice a streak appears in the east and gradually rises up to form a red fireball. When the sun rises, it gives light to all of us without any discrimination. All the creatures are filled with new energy to start a new life in the morning. The crater of Mount Bromo has the diameter of around 800 meters. The smell of