The history of the Bambu Apus area and the Sacred Tombs

Bambu Apus Village is one of 8 Villages located in the Cipayung District, East Jakarta Administrative City, and is demographically located in the Eastern region of DKI Jakarta.

This area is directly bordered by Lubang Buaya Village to the north, Ceger Village to the west, Setu Village to the east, and Cipayung Village to the south.

Zaenuddin HM, explains in his book 212 Origins of Djakarta Tempo Doeloe, 377 pages thick, published by Ufuk Press in 2012, that Bambu Apus is taken from the name of a type of bamboo tree. That said, in that area, there used to grow a kind of bamboo tree called Bambu Apus, with the characteristics of a straight stem, not thorns, and relatively large leaves.

From various people, there are those who argue that the area is overgrown with rope bamboo or apus bamboo, while other opinions come from a legend about a young man who is an expert in worship who has strange healing powers when bathing on the banks of a river. local people called Mupus, only his clothes were still left lying on the banks of the river.

The Bambu Apus area was once famous for its haunted and deserted area, its infrastructure was still limited with makeshift roads, Bambu Apus is not a new place name but has existed since the Dutch colonial era, it's just that the location is in a remote place and is not listed on the Dutch colonial map hence Bambu Apus is less well known. The bamboo forest area which is close to the river is so haunted that it is known as Jin banishing its children.

As a quiet and scary suburb, the Bambu Apus area is known to be haunted and prone to crime. It is unknown how many victims died because of the ferocity of thieves and robberies in Bambu Apus.

Bambu Apus was then shunned, and the Dutch colonial troops did not even dare to linger in the area until finally, migrants from Banten and Cirebon who were famous for their kanuragan knowledge came to trade in Batavia, some decided to build settlements in the Bambu Apus area, to lead the community. he chose a village head called Mandor, a descendant of Banten nobles named Raden Abdul Wahab, then he was appointed as the first Bambu Apus village head.

According to Mr. Sudirman's narrative, the genealogy of Raden Abdul Wahab's parents was named Raden Abdul Hanan Hidayah Jonggol West Java, then traced again, who at that time had been assisted by the structure of the Banten cultural service, there was a reference that Raden Abdul Hanan had parents named Syaikh Maulana Malik Saifuddin in Pandeglang, Banten, then the parents of Shaykh Maulana Malik Saifuddin namely Prince Muzaki in Citeurep Bogor. Where Prince Muzaki actually has 4 (four) names which include Prince Muzaki and Eyang Sake, meaning Grandmother Sake is called Grandmother for parents and Sake is a drinking bowl made of bamboo.

Under the leadership of Raden Abdul Wahab who was highly knowledgeable, the Bambu Apus area was gradually becoming more and more crowded with residents. For their livelihood, they worked the rice fields and raised goldfish, and the criminals who often acted in Bambu Apus did not dare to show themselves anymore, they did not want to deal with the Banten champions led by Foreman Abdul Wahab.

The Bambu Apus people feel more at home living in an area close to the river, especially as the head of the village Raden Abdul Wahab cares about his people, he often even helps pay off taxes collected by the Dutch government.

Once upon a time, Raden Abdul Wahab had a unique habit with his people, he liked to wear fragrances sourced from the tuberose flower, occasionally he asked permission to take the tuberose flower, and out of nowhere got it when he returned Raden Abdul Wahab was already bringing the fragrant tuberose flower and fragrant, even though in the village of Bambu Apus no one grows tuberose flowers.

The ancestral grave of the Bambu Apus village community is located in Gang Mandor Abdul Wahab Bambu Apus, East Jakarta, right under an old banyan tree hundreds of years old which was planted on the orders of Raden Abdul Wahab. contemplation to hone inner sensitivity, Strangely the roots of the banyan tree did not damage Raden Abdul Wahab's tomb in the slightest, even though the surrounding graves had been damaged by the roots of the banyan tree.

Although the tomb of Raden Abdul Wahab is not very widely known by the community pilgrims, many pilgrims visit this tomb for their own purposes. some have even seen apparitions of the figure of Raden Abdul Wahab, of course, this brings a different experience for the pilgrims.

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History of Ancol Development

The old logo and the newest Ancol logo

Starting from Soekarno who wanted Indonesia to have an amusement park. The Ancol project made this happen by transforming swamp areas and shrubs.

President Sukarno and Guntur Sukarnoputra ride a Dumbo at Disneyland, United States, June 4, 1956

The above photo courtesy of gettyimages.com dated June 4, 1956, shows President Soekarno and Guntur Soekarno Putra, who was then 12 years old, driving a Dumbo, one of the most exciting rides at Disneyland, United States. During that visit, almost a year after the amusement park opened, Sukarno enjoyed and showed the same enthusiasm as his son.

Soekarno visited Disneyland, Hollywood, and other entertainment venues during a three-week tour in the United States. This is where Soekarno wanted Indonesia to have a similar amusement park. When there was a proposal to turn the swampy and scrubby Ancol area into an industrial area, Soekarno rejected it. He wanted to fulfill his dream, to build the area as a tourist attraction.

According to Sugianto Sastrosoemarto and Budiono in Traces of Soekardjo Hardjosoewirjo at Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, since the 17th century, Ancol has become a tourist area. At that time, Ancol was a beautiful and clean beach area. There stood many rest houses of the Dutch elite. Even the 25th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies Adrian Valckenier (1737-1741) had a large rest house with a large garden.

The situation changed when malaria hit Batavia in the early 19th century. Ancol was not spared from malaria attacks. The Dutch didn't even dare to visit, let alone live, there.

Jakarta historian, Alwi Shahab writes that the abandoned Ancol became a thicket of forest and a monkey nest. At night, the area becomes a place for masher men and commercial sex workers. Wealthy playboy Oey Asia and a number of other rich people often have fun there. They have a Sophia or pleasure house called Bintang Mas. It is said that Oey killed a girl in one of his villas.

“The girl is identified as Ariah who disappeared around 1870/1871. She died and her body disappeared, after refusing to be raped. He later became known as 'The Sweet Ancol Bridge'...," Alwi wrote in "Recreation at the Monkey's Nest," which was published by Republika, on October 30, 2005.

During the Japanese occupation, Ancol was used as a place of execution and a mass grave for those who opposed the Japanese army. On September 14, 1946, the victims were adequately re-buried at the Ancol Cemetery. The cemetery contains more than 2,000 victims, many of whom are unnamed.

After Indonesia's independence, Jakarta began to improve. Ancol, which was previously often referred to as a place where “children throw away jinn”, was transformed into a tourist area through a Presidential Decree regarding the Ancol Project Development Committee and Government Regulation No. 51 of 1960. Soekarno appointed DKI Jakarta Governor Soemarno Sosroatmodjo as the executor of the Ancol Project development.

“Marno, as a leader, you must be able to think about what you can do for your people fifty years from now. You have to be able to imagine what your people, the people of Jakarta, need. Not for the next year or two, but the next fifty, or a hundred years. How can you provide a place that can make the people of Jakarta happy so that residents can enjoy the fresh air of the sea, can see the joy of children playing on the beach, and be touched by the crashing of the waves, and the breezy breeze." That was Soekarno's message to Soemarno which was recorded in Soekardjo's memory.

Soekardjo Hardjosoewirjo was a person who played an important role in the early stages of the realization of the Ancol Project. He drafted presidential letters regarding the Ancol Project development committee; taking care of the completeness of paperwork related to law, budgeting, and studying and completing organizational files for the implementation of the Ancol Project. After a month of working behind a desk at the DKI Jakarta Regional Government office, he was assigned as a field implementer to prepare for the construction of the Ancol Project.

Even though it was handed over to the Regional Government of DKI Jakarta, the project has become a national program because it is part of the modernization of Jakarta as the nation's capital. But the Ancol Project is a mandatory project, whose funding does not burden the state or regional budget. It is a self-propelling project or in Javanese terms, it is called the "poor duck project".

To meet the funding needs, the project relies on loans from the private sector. Because the domestic contractor did not meet the criteria from a technical point of view, let alone financing, work on the Ancol Project was offered to a foreign contractor. Proposals were provided to the United States, Japan, and France. The choice finally fell on the contractor from France, Compagnie Industriale de Travaux (Citra).

Citra is only working on the first phase of construction: filling in swamps, ponds, and scrub forests with approximately 12.5 million cubic meters of material, as well as acquiring 552 hectares of land. The first phase of construction was completed in February 1966.

“It was very fortunate that when the G30S (30 September 1965 Movement) tragedy erupted, the first phase of stockpiling was almost complete. If when the G30S erupted the first phase of this project had not been completed, it is certainly hard to imagine what would have happened," wrote Sugianto and Budiono.

When the political and economic situation gradually improved, the Ancol Project was continued under the leadership of DKI Governor Ali Sadikin, Soemarno's replacement. The construction of Ancol was carried out by PD Pembangunan Jaya. Ciputra as CEO of PT Pembangunan Jaya proposed the concept of development and development of the Ancol area to Ali Sadikin.

"Make Ancol on a par with America's Disneyland," said Ali Sadikin to Ciputra in Ciputra Quantum Leap.

According to Hermawan Kertajaya, Disneyland was approached to build one of its theme parks in Jakarta. But the effort was not successful.

"Even the name cannot be used, even if for example, they don't spend any money on the theme park being built in Jakarta," Hermawan wrote in 100 Corporate Marketing Cases.

Even though they refused, Disneyland opened itself up for Indonesia to learn. When they were about to build Dunia Fantasi (Dufan), the entire Ancol team of architects and technicians was sent to America to see and learn about Disneyland. "It's just that Ancol doesn't imitate Disneyland, but develops its own Indonesian-style fantasies and creations," said Soekardjo as quoted by Sugianto and Budiono.

Ancol continues to develop various Indonesian-flavored recreational rides. This is what is interesting and distinguishes Ancol from the mainstream of world tourism which tends to be Western. However, Ancol is no less than similar amusement parks in the world.

"Currently, Ancol is a tourist area that is included in the top five largest entertainment tourism areas in the world... Ancol is only beaten by Disneyland and Disney World," said Ciputra in the Ciputra Quantum Leap. Sukarno's desire for a tourist object to become the pride of the nation was realized.

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Digital TV Innovation Provides Latest Services

The Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia will end Analog TV broadcasts or Analog Switch Off (ASO) no later than November 2, 2022. ASO ends in accordance with the provisions of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation Article 78 Number 3 of the Post, Telecommunication, and Broadcasting Sector (Postelsiar) which is being carried out in stages starting on April 30, 2022.

Special Staff of the Minister of Communication and Information, Rosarita Niken Widiastuti said, in most areas in Indonesia on November 2, 2022, Analog TV broadcasts will be turned off.

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So to switch to Digital TV broadcasts in a very easy way, you just need to add a device called a set-top box that is added to an Analog TV set. So Analog TV can be a flat screen that is not yet digital or tube TV so that people can enjoy Digital TV broadcasts," he said, Sunday (20/10/2022) on the sidelines of the Socialization of the New Era of Digital TV Broadcasts entitled "Goodbye to Analog TV Broadcasts: Indonesia is Ready ASO” in Mataram Udayana Gora Earth Park.

He explained, Digital TV broadcasts are not subscription TV or don't pay a month but only once, namely buying a set-top box that is certified by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics. Extremely poor households will receive free set-top box assistance from broadcasting institutions providing multiplexing infrastructure (MUX). If later there is a shortage, the government will add it so that the extremely poor households get a set-top box.

For certain areas where set-top box distribution has not yet been completed and infrastructure development is still in progress, the closure of Analog TV broadcasts will be adjusted according to the readiness of the region.

"Meanwhile, for areas where the distribution of set-top boxes for this assistance has not been evenly distributed and is still in the process, it will not be closed yet. But later it will be 100 percent, of course, the Analog TV broadcast will be closed soon, "he said.

Niken appealed to people who can afford to buy a set-top box as soon as possible so they can get better broadcast quality, clearer sound, better pictures, and advanced technology.

The Information and Communication Ministry has carried out socialization on the migration of analog TV to digital TV for more than a year through various events that involve the wider community so that the transition and closure of analog TV to digital TV is massively conveyed.

"Like this morning, the Car Free Day (CFD) event was held simultaneously in 20 cities throughout Indonesia. So we come to the community, inviting the community to joint activities as well as socializing the termination of Analog TV broadcasts," he said.

The former Managing Director of LPP RRI added that there were many benefits to be gained from Digital TV. In addition to good picture quality, this Digital TV switch is also to expand internet access. So that for areas where the internet is still slow or slow, it will no longer exist after the frequency is set, they will get better and faster internet access.

"Communities in NTB and other communities in Indonesia can successfully transition analog TV to digital TV by adding set-top boxes to analog TV in their respective homes," he said.

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