English for Tourism Lecturer
Task Riski Amelia, M. Pd
LAMPUNG PROVINCE
M. NOVRIANTO
10814002790
Faculty of Education and Teacher Training
English Education Department
State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim
Riau
A. BACKGROUND
Lampung Province is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra and borders the province of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. Lampung is the original home of the ‘Lampung’ tribe, who speaks a distinct language from other people in Sumatra and they have their own alphabet. This province has a population of 7,596,115 (as of 2010 census. A large portion of the current population of Lampung is descended from migrants Java, Madura and Bali. These migrants came on their initiative, in search of more land than was available on the more densely populated island, and as part of the national government’s transmigration program.
Lampung is divided into 12 regencies and 2 cities. The main harbor of Lampung is well-known as Panjang Harbor and Bakauheni Harbor and also a sailor harbor like Pasar Ikan (Telukbetung), Tarahan and Kalianda in Teluk Lampung. The main airport is Radin Inten II as the new name of Branti.
B. GEOGRAPHY OF LAMPUNG
Geography Position
This province geography position is 103o48’-105 o45’ BT and 6 o45’-3 o45’ LS.
Economics
Commonly, a society that lived in the coast edges works as the fisherman and farmer. While a society that lived in the middle usually plants pepper, tobacco, clove, sweet wood etc. Lampung has many embankments; it is as the one of the biggest embankment in the world. Many people are working in this sector. Many people also are working as the sugar farmer. It proved that many sugar companies exist over there, for instance, Gunung Muda Plantation and Sugar Group.
Topology
Lampung has many mountains that have enough high top. Such as Pesagi Mountain (2262 m) Seminung Mountain (1881 m) Tebak Mountain (2115 m) Sekincau Mountain in West Lampung, Rindingan Mountain (1506 m) in Tanggamus, Pesawaran (1161 m) Rajabasa Mountain (1261 m) Tanggang Mountain in South Lampung, Sukma Ilang Mountain in Pesawaran, Krakatau Mountain in Sunda Straits, Tanggamus Mountain in Tanggamus, Betung Mountain (1240 m) in Bandar Lampung. Mountains in Lampung are less high than mountain in Java. But most of them have high-level difficulties when climbing it.
Lampung also has many rivers that existing over there. Here, mentioned with its length of rivers. For instances, Way Sekampung (265 km), Way Semaka (90 km), Way Seputih (190 km), Way Jepara (50 km), Way Tulangbawang (136 km) and Way Mesuji (220 km).
C. CULTURAL OF LAMPUNG
Cultural House
Lampung traditional cultural house has a typical like; grandstand form, ilalang plait, to avoid from a wild animal attack and to defense in an earthquake. This house is a well-known as SESAT house.
Cultural Clothes
Tapisa fabric is a woman clothes in Lampung part. It is a traditional art; traditional product that can interact the tourist to visit Lampung.
Linguistic
Lampung is one of the development places in Indonesia. Many linguists are borne from Lampung. Indonesian linguistic are developed also in Lampung. In 1990, many linguists were appeared in Lampung, for instance, Iswandi Pratama, Budi P. Hatees, Panji Utama, Udo Z. Karzi, Ahmad Yulden Erwin, Christian Heru Cahyo and so on.
Theater
The developments of theaters were initiated by the students’ art societies that want to learn an actor art and exhibition. Many theater competitions are presented in Lampung. It will attract the tourist to see the competition and exhibition.
Music
Lampung has a special music; traditional and modern music like Lampung Classic. It is played by integrated with gambus and acoustic guitar. It is usually played in festival.
Dance
There are several traditional dance of Lampung such as Sembah dance and Melinting dance.
D. TOURISM PLACES
Lampung Province has a lot of potential tourism destinations. If you want to visit to this province, you can do a cultural tour in the various old villages such as Sukau, Liwa, Kembahang, Batu Brak, Kenali, Ranau and Krui in Lampung Barat. Besides a cultural tour, you also can to visit a various festival that existing in this province, like; Sekura Festival in Lampung Barat that usually organize one week after Idul Fitri Celebration Day, Karakatau Festival in Bandar Lampung City, Teluk Stabas Festival in Lampung Barat and Way Kambas Festival in Lampung Timur. Touring to Lampung Province will feel more pleasure if you try to eat a Lampung Special Food. One of the Lampung special foods that appropriate for your taste is Seruit. Seruit is a food that composed by bake fish, vegetables that mixing with terasi, tempoyak or mango.
Tempoyak is a kind of food that constituted by fermentation result of durian. It will be more delicious if it is eaten with rice, yellow pindang fish, and serbat. For Lampung, Seruit is not only as the food but also as the tradition part and culture of Lampung. It marks a collective among family member of Lampung Community. In Lampung Barat, there is a tradition well-known as Ngumbai Lawok, it is organize to answer Muharram 1st in Islamic Year. It shows the thanks form for our God Allah with his graces that always be done by the fish man community in Lampung Barat.
In various festival of Lampung, there are many arts and cultures that performed by the dancer and artists. For example, Sekura Parties as the citizens party that celebrated by the community of Lampung Barat in every beginning of Syawal moon. In this attraction, the artists and dancers use a masker to close their faces and bodies in order to unknowable in Sekura tradition. Some regions in Lampung Barat likes: Belalau, Balik Bukit, Batubrak, Sukau, Kenali, and Liwa still alive this tradition. Usually Sekura is organize coincide with Idul Fitri Celebration Day.
In Lampung also has a National Park which is called as Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP). BBSNP is a national park that aimed to protect tropical rainforest of Sumatra Island and with the diversity that existing over there. UNESCO make into BBSNP as the world heritages. BBSNP is stated as the natural security in 1935 and became a national park in 1982. In beginning the size total of this national park is 356.800 Ha. But, at the present time the size total is just 324.000 Ha by using GIS.
Another National Parks in Lampung is Way Kambas National Park. It is located on Way Jepara Taman Nasional Way Kambas secara administratif pemerintahan terletak di Kecamatan Way Jepara, Labuan Meringgai, Sukadana, Purbolinggo, Rumbia dan Seputih Surabaya, Kabupaten Lampung Tengah, Propinsi Lampung. In Way Kambas National Park, it is has many potentials sectors. There are:
Potential Plant
Way Kambas National Park has many potentials plant that lived over there. For example: Api-api (Avicenia marina), Pidada (Sonneratia sp.), Nipah (Nypa fructicans), gelam (Melaleuca leucadendron), Salam (Eugenia polyantha), Rawang (Glocchidion boornensis), Ketapang (Terminalia cattapa), Cemara Laut (Casuarina equisetifolia), Pandan (Pandanus sp.), Puspa (Schima walichii), Meranti (Shorea sp.), Minyak (Diptorecapus gracilis), Merbau (Instsia sp.), Pulai (Alstonia angustiloba), Bayur (Pterospermum javanicum), Keruing (Dipterocarpus sp.), Laban (Vitex pubescens) dan lain-lain.
Potential Animal
Way Kambas National Park has many protected animals such as; Sumatera Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), Sumatera Elephant (Elephas maximus), Sumateran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrensis), Tapir (Tapirus indicus), Bear (Helarctos malayanus), Forest Dog (Cuon alpinus), Deer (Cervus unicolor), Forest Rooster (Gallus gallus), Rangkong (Buceros sp.), Owa (Hylobates moloch), Red Lutung (Presbytis rubicunda), Orangutan (Hylobates syndactylus), Forest Duck (Cairina scutulata), Pecuk Ular Bird (Anhinga melanogaster) dan sebagainya.
Potential Tourism
Elephant Training Center (PLG) Karangsari
The wild elephants are trained in PLG. It is training center established in 1985 and produced 290 trained elephants. These elephants are able to utilize in attraction, wood carrier, forest keeper, forest patrol and so on. In attraction, an elephant able to play football, to dance, to honor, to swim and others
Way Kambas, for camping.
Way Kanan, for researching sumatera rhinoceros with complete facilities such as laboratory and researcher public building.
Some photos of the Lampung’s Tourism
Kamak Masker Arts Sekura Batik Arts Ranau Lake
Masker Arts (Sekura) Way Kambas National Park
Cibubur Lake Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
E. Conclusion
Bangka Belitung has many potentials tourism especially natural tourism. It is very natural and untouched by human. The government tries to protect the forest with its diversity, even though there is still strive to steal the diversity of forest. From whole natural tourism, I prefer to visit Way Kambas National Park for my holiday. Just now, I just read and know from the media the beautiful and the diversity of it. In addition, there is an elephant training center over there. I want to visit it and see the elephant training center. I will do a journey to surround the forest with riding the elephant. It will be a nice experience for me. I do hope you always love our natural forest and its diversity. Let’s keep it from the destroyers.
References
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampung
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampung
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