Cirebon is city is the most important port city on the north coast of Java after Jakarta and Semarang. Results of marine fish and shrimp became the main commodity of this city.
Cirebon name itself comes from Cai is in Sundanese means water, and that means Rebon shrimp. Cirebon is also a multi-ethnic city that combines elements of culture Sundanese, Javanese, Chinese, Islam and the Netherlands.[googlemap lat="-6.716096268617101" lng="108.56380462646484" width="500px" height="300px" zoom="12" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]Cirebon,Indonesia[/googlemap]
Cirebon is also a palace-style architecture is a combination of various elements of culture, such as Islam and the Netherlands. Some of the palace can be visited is Kasepuhan Palace, Palace Kanoman, Kacirebonan Palace, Palace Kaprabonan, Sunyaragi Water Park, Taman Ade Irma Suryani, Gunung Jati Cemetery Complex, and Linggarjati.
Here too we can also find the center of the tobacco industry’s British-American Tobacco (BAT), one of the leading white cigarette producers in the world.
There are some places that are considered sacred in Cirebon, which Kasepuhan Palace, Palace Kanoman, and the Great Mosque Cipta Rasa.
Cirebon also has long been recognized as a center of batik producers, and the mask dance art and music that combines voice tarling guitar, flute, and human voices in a harmonious blend.
Originally posted 2009-10-01 11:29:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter