Kemaro Island

KEMARO ISLAND

Kemaro island located in South Sumatra, exactly in the middle of the Musi river which divides the city of Palembang. Kemaro Palembang itself is a language, which means dry. According to the people of Palembang, called Kemaro island because the island has never flooded. Although the volume of water in the river Musi increased, the island Kemaro still dry. Because of this uniqueness, dubbed as the surrounding community Kemaro Island.
Kemaro island is located in a delta that was in the middle of the river Musi, about 5 km upstream. On the island there is a tomb believed to be a meal of Srivijaya daughter Siti Fatimah who plunged into the Musi River.

The story tells that in ancient times a king's daughter named Siti Fatimah Sriwijaya spoken by the son of the king of our country named Tan Bun Ann. King of Srivijaya was a requirement to be met by Tan Bun Ann. The requirement is to provide Ann Tan Bun 9 jar of gold. Ann Bun Tan family was receiving it as requested. To avoid pirates, gold inside the jars were covered with a vegetable by the family without the knowledge of Tan Bun Ann.
One day Ann Bun Tan entourage arrived from China with 9 gold urn that has been promised. However, after being told to show the contents of jar by the king of Srivijaya, Tan Bun Ann was surprised to see the vegetables in the jar 9 carries. With shock and anger, without checking it first, Tan Bun Ann immediately throw the jars into the Musi River. But at the last jar, crashing on the vessel wall and shattered, so terlihatlah gold pieces in it.

Remorse that makes Ann Tan Bun unexpected decision, he threw himself into the Musi River. Seeing the incident, Siti Fatimah come dive into the river, saying, "If there's ever-growing land on the banks of this river, so that's where my grave." And sure enough, suddenly arose from the bottom of the river mound that eventually This is now the island Kemaro.

When we visited the island Kemaro, will be found three pieces of land that resembles a mound of rocks, where each mound was given a sort of roof of wood and given a tombstone with the inscription in red-dominated China. The story tells that in the middle of the mound is the tomb of the princess. While the two mounds of earth in a tomb sebelanya aide of Chinese princes and ladies of the princess trust. Until now, these tombs are still preserved as both a legend Kemaro island.

This island will be busy in coming to the ethnic Chinese visitors both from within and outside the country such as Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China and other countries, especially at the time of Cap Go Me (15 days after the Lunar New Year), and there was a rare tree in which what is called the tree of love when young couples dating who carve their names when they supposedly love to continue to the altar.

Pulau Kemaro

 PULAU KEMARO

 

Pulau Kemaro terletak di daerah Sumatera Selatan, tepatnya di tengah sungai Musi yang membelah kota Palembang. Kemaro sendiri merupakan bahasa Palembang, yang berarti kemarau. Menurut masyarakat Palembang, dinamakan pulau Kemaro karena pulau ini tidak pernah digenangi air. Walaupun volume air di sungai Musi meningkat, Pulau Kemaro tetap saja kering. Karena keunikan inilah, masyarakat sekitarnya menjulukinya sebagai Pulau Kemaro.

Pulau Kemaro terletak di sebuah delta yang berada di tengah-tengah sungai Musi, sekitar 5 km arah hulu. Di dalam pulau ini terdapat sebuah makam yang diyakini sebagai makan dari Putri Sriwijaya Siti Fatimah yang menceburkan diri ke Sungai Musi.

Menurut cerita, pada zaman dahulu seorang putri dari raja Sriwijaya bernama Siti Fatimah dilamar oleh putra raja dari negeri Tiongkok bernama Tan Bun Ann. Raja Sriwijaya ini mengajukan persyaratan yang harus dipenuhi oleh Tan Bun Ann. Persyaratannya adalah Tan Bun Ann harus menyediakan 9 guci berisi emas. Keluarga Tan Bun Ann pun menerima syarat yang diajukan itu. Untuk menghindari bajak laut, emas yang berada di dalam guci-guci itu dilapisi sayur-mayur oleh keluarga tanpa sepengetahuan Tan Bun Ann.
Pada suatu hari rombongan Tan Bun Ann tiba dari Tiongkok dengan 9 guci emas yang telah dijanjikan. Namun, setelah diminta menunjukkan isi gucinya oleh raja Sriwijaya, Tan Bun Ann terkejut karena melihat sayur mayur di dalam 9 guci yang dibawanya. Karena kaget dan marah, tanpa memeriksa terlebih dahulu, Tan Bun Ann langsung melemparkan guci-guci tersebut ke dalam Sungai Musi. Tetapi pada guci yang terakhir, terhempas pada dinding kapal dan pecah berantakan, sehingga terlihatlah kepingan emas yang berada di dalamnya.

Rasa penyesalan yang membuat Tan Bun Ann mengambil keputusan tak terduga, ia menceburkan diri ke dalam Sungai Musi. Melihat kejadian tersebut, Siti Fatimah ikut menceburkan diri ke sungai, sambil berkata, “Bila suatu saat ada tanah yang tumbuh di tepi sungai ini, maka di situlah kuburan saya.” Dan ternyata benar, tiba-tiba dari bawah sungai timbul gundukan tanah yang akhirnya sekarang menjadi pulau Kemaro ini.

Apabila kita berkunjung ke pulau Kemaro, akan didapati tiga buah gundukan tanah yang menyerupai batu karang, dimana setiap gundukan diberi semacam atap dari kayu dan diberi batu nisan dengan tulisan Tiongkok yang didominasi warna merah. Menurut cerita, gundukan tanah yang di tengah adalah makam sang putri. Sedangkan dua gundukan tanah yang ada di sebelanya merupakan makam ajudan dari pangeran Tiongkok dan dayang kepercayaan sang putri. Hingga kini makam-makam tersebut masih terawat baik sebagai legenda pulau Kemaro.

Pulau ini akan ramai di datangi oleh para pengunjung etnis cina baik dari dalam maupun luar negeri seperti Malaysia, Singapura, Thailand, Cina dan beberapa negara lainnya terutama pada saat Cap Go Me (15 hari setelah Imlek) , dan di sana ada sebuah pohon langka yang di sebut pohon cinta dimana apa bila pasangan muda-mudi yg berpacaran apabila mengukir nama mereka konon cinta mereka akan berlanjut ke pelaminan.

ART OF A GOOD TURN OUT FOR DISEASE STROKE

Love the art of it is good for one's mental health. Research in the year 2011 has shown that people who love art, enjoy life more. Recent research suggests that people who love art can have benefits for physical health.

The results presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cardiovascular Nursing explained that people with stroke who like art, like music, painting and theater, has a chance to recover faster than patients who do not like art. Researchers from the University of Rome Tor Vergata School in doing research by asking questions of the 192 stroke patients. The researchers asked whether or not they love art. Then, researchers compared quality of life among those who love art (105 patients) with those who say they do not like art (87 patients).

Researchers found that stroke patients who like art tend to have better health, than those who do not like art. They are even easier to run, more energy, feel happier and more peaceful. Patients art enthusiasts also have a sharper memory and easy to understand what other people say. "These results explain the importance of exposure to the art to improve the process of recovery after stroke. People who recover from stroke regard art as an integral part of his life. They show a better recovery than those who are not interested in art," said researcher Dr. Vellone Ercole, quoted by Time Healthland, Monday (19/3). (source: id.she.yahoo.com).

From now on do not hesitate with our hobby to art, as good for our health, Also read another interesting article about a sports efficacious cancer drugs that hopefully useful.

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