TANGKUBAN PERAHU

Tangkuban Perahu, or Tangkuban Parahu in Sundanese dialect, is an active volcano, 30 km to the North of the city of Bandung, the capital of the province of West Java, Indonesia. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or to the side of the crater to view the hot water springs upclose and buy eggs cooked in the hot surface. It is this volcano erupted on the island of Java and the last in 1983.

In April 2005 the Directorate of Volcanology and geological risk mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors to climb the volcano. "Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains - Anak Krakatoa in the southern tip of the island of Sumatra and Tangkuban Perahu in Java: picked up an increase in volcanic activity and an accumulation of gases"

Seen from the city of Bandung, the mountain of Tangkuban has a unique shape is similar to an upside down boat (Bahasa Sunda: Tangkuban = invests, Parahu = boat). Uniquely it is believed that he has a very close relationship with the legend of Sangkuriang.


Legend

The name translates roughly "lying (a) boat" or "boat rally" in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in West Java. Lying outside his son "sangkuriang" for disobedience and in her sadness she received the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and not is has been able to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize its just Nevo when he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the celebration of the marriage, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a dam in the Citarum River and build a big boat to cross the River, both before the sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical creatures OGRE - buta hejo or green giant (s) - to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and asked its workers to disseminate the cloths of silk rojas to the East of the city, to give the impression of the imminent exit of the Sun. Sangkuriang was fooled and believe that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished ship, causing severe flooding and the creation of the ship's hull Tangkuban perahu.