We came back
to hotel around 10h and slept … 4 hours! The goal was to see the sunrise at the
Borobudur temple.
The Borobudur temple was built between the 8th and 9th century and is the biggest Buddhist temple in the world. Unlike Prambanan, Borobudur was not born as a praying temple but as a teaching one. In fact it has more than 2.500 panels with the story of Buddha.
The Borobudur temple was built between the 8th and 9th century and is the biggest Buddhist temple in the world. Unlike Prambanan, Borobudur was not born as a praying temple but as a teaching one. In fact it has more than 2.500 panels with the story of Buddha.
Needless to say that the sunrise was amazing.
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| Chinese monk praying |
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| On top of the panel animals are escaping from fire while a bird in the center is blowing it up with his wings |
One tip in case you go: touch one of the Buddha images inside the bells and ask for a wish!
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| Borobudur temple exit |
After enjoying our breakfast (and bargaining with the boys that wanted us to buy souvenirs) ABV had arranged a Jeep trip to the volcano Merapi, which last eruption in 2010 killed more than 300 people and forced to relocate around 350.000. Most of them however went back to the area while the eruptions continued and are still there, due to the emotional linkage and the fact that they lost everything after the eruption.
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| Mount Merapi, still smokey |
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| Surroundings of Mount Merapi, where hundreds of columns of smoke are visible |
Also Borobudur, was heavily affected by the eruption in early November 2010. Volcanic ash from Mount Merapi fell on the temple complex, which is approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) west-southwest of the crater. A layer of ash up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) thick fell on the temple statues during the eruption of 3–5 November, also killing nearby vegetation, with experts fearing that the acidic ash might damage the historic site.
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| Jay, Claudia and Elisa |
One of the current means to the survival of the communities affected are the Jeep trips, the tours around the villages affected and the sale of the local products to the tourists.
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| Dried Sukun, it tastes french fries!!! |
Some of the local products you can find in the area are ape honey and dried sukun. The sukun is officially fruit, but in practical terms (a.k.a. breadfruit) possesses the qualities of both fruit and vegetable, depending on when it's eaten.
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| One of the houses destroyed by Merapi's eruption |
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| Open house with rests of goods damage |
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| Remigio, credi che riusciremmo a farne qualcosa??? |
Currently they
are trying to reforest the area although the volcano is still smokey but the
poverty and the signs of the tragedy are still everywhere.
For the lunch we tried a local restaurant specialized in mushrooms… beautiful and tasty!
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| Indonesian Mushrooms |
Our last activity was to visit a factory of Batik. The Batik is a cloth that is traditionally made using a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. This is done by drawing the canvas with ape wax to then tint the canvas several times to give the desired color to the base. The wax resists without melting, what will create the design in white when it is removed. An extra dipping in further ink can be done to colour as well the white design.
The typical
colours are black and brown, although plenty of them and multiple designs are
found nowadays.
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