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Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery (also spelled Giritunggal Heroes' Cemetery; Indonesian: Taman Makam Pahlawan Giri Tunggal) is a cemetery in Semarang, Central Java. It contains the graves of military personnel and other persons deemed heroes by the Indonesian government, including the National Hero Albertus Soegijapranata .
Tugu Muda on right. Tugu Muda ("Youth Monument") is a stone monument in Semarang, Central Java commemorating the struggle for independence by Indonesian youth. [1] It was dedicated by President Sukarno on 20 May 1953 to commemorate the continuous five-day battle between the youth of Semarang and a Japanese battalion led by Major Kido from 14 to 19 October 1945.
Bahasa Indonesia: Pertunjukan wayang wong dengan tokoh Punakawan di Taman Budaya Rahmat Saleh, Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia. Date: 14 February 2015, 20:41: Source:
Ranggawarsita Museum is a State Museum (Museum Negeri) located in Semarang, Indonesia. As a State Museum, Ranggawarsita Museum is officially known as the State Museum of Central Java Province (Museum Negeri Propinsi Jawa Tengah). The museum displays ethnographic collections of items related with the culture of the Province of Central Java
Semarang has also been called 'The city of Jamu' because it is an important centre for the production of jamu which are a range of Indonesian herbal medicines that are popular across Indonesia [55] Semawis Market, also known as Pecinan Semarang (Semarang's Chinatown), hosts a plethora of street food vendors, offering a wide varieties of dishes.
Semarang is a landlocked regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,019.27 km 2 and had a population of 930,727 at the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 1,053,094 at the 2020 census; [ 3 ] the official estimate at mid 2023 was 1,080,648, comprising 538,117 males and 542,531 females. [ 1 ]
In early 1942, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese forces in Semarang ordered Soegijapranata, the vicar, to surrender the church. He refused to allow this, saying that the Japanese forces could have his cathedral only if they removed his head first and directed them towards nearby cinemas instead.
The saint Jumadil Kubra has ties with the Semarang area. One version of the Babad Tanah Jawi has him perform his tapa in the Bergota hills, south of present Semarang. [ 2 ] A grave located between the coastal fishponds at a place called Terbaya, not far from Semarang, is locally known as the maqam ('Station') of Sèh Jumadil Kubra. [ 3 ]