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Semarang is a city on the north coast of the island of java, Indonesia. It
is the capital of the province of Central Java. The city of Semarang is headed
by a Mayor. The northern part of the city built on the coastal plain while the
southern parts, nown as Candi !ama and Candi "aru, are on higher ground.
The city has an area of ##$.%& m
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and is divided into %' subdistricts.
The %' districts are( )est Semarang, *ast Semarang, Central Semarang,
+orth Semarang, South Semarang, Candisari, ,ajahmungur, ,ayamsari,
-edurungan, ,nu, Tembalang, "anyumani, ,unungpati, Mijen, +galiyan,
and Tugu.
Semarang features a tropical wet and dry climate, with distinct wet and
dry seasons. The city.s wet season lasts from +ovember until May, while the
dry season lasts from June to /ecember.
The population of Semarang is appro0imately %.$ million people,
maing it Indonesia.s 1fth largest city, and is predominantly Javanese,
though with smaller numbers of people from many regions of Indonesia. The
city is nown for its large ethnically Chinese population. The main language
spoen are Indonesian and Javanese. Sometimes 2oien Chinese or
Mandarin is Spoen among the Chinese residence.
3s a result of its large ethically Chinese population, the city boasts
several Chinese temples. The greatest one is Sam -o 4ong5,edung "atu6,
built in honour of the Chinese ,reat 3dmiral 7heng 2e who visited the area
in %89$. "lendu Church, a %&$: -rotestant church built by the /utch, is
located in old town 5called ;<utstad=6. Tugu Muda 5>outh Monument6, a
monument to heroes Indonesia.s independence struggle, is located in a large
roundabout surrounded by famous buildings such as ,edung !awang Sewu
and the Semarang Cathedral. -emuda Sreet, one of the roads leading into
the roundabout, is a major shopping street.
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the Syailendra Java. It is located near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
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over the world.
InAuenced by the ,upta architecture of India, the temple is
constructured on a hill 8' m 5%$9 ft6 high and consists of eight step lie stone
terraces, one on top of the other.
The 1rst 1ve terraces are sBuare and surrounded by walls adorned with
"uddhist sculpture in bas?reliefC the upper three are circular, each with a
circle of bell?shaped stupas 5"uddhist shrines6.
The entire edi1ce is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top
circle. The way to the summit e0tends through some 8.D m 5some : mi6 of
passages and stairways.
The design of "orobudur, a temple?mountain symboliEing the structure
of the universe, is similar to the temples built at 3ngor, Cambodia.
The "orobudur Temple, rededicated as an Indonesian national in %@D:,
is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.
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The 'egend of %i (ahit 'idah
5a foltale from South Sumatera6
3s the story goes there lived a might young man named Serunting in
Semidang land, in South Sumatera. 2e was so powerful due to the son of
very powerful giant and the princess of land, -rincess Tenggang, Serunting
had a brother?in?law named 3rya Tebing since 3rya Tebing.s sister was
Serunting.s wife.
"oth young men had a Buarrel due to Serunting.s jealousy over 3rya Tebing.
*ach of them had rice paddies side by side, which were separated by a fallen
tree.on this decayed fallen tree, some mushrooms grew. The ones that grew
overlooing to 3rya Tebing.s rice paddy turned into gold, while those which
grew overlooing to Serunting.s rice paddy turned into useless thatch grass.
This made Serunting envious. +o matter how hard Serunting tried to move
the decayed tree, the mushroom overlooing 3rya.s rice paddy remained
gold forever.
*ventually, a violent 1ght broe out between them. 4nowing that Serunting
was mightier than 3rya Tebing, 3rya stopped the 1ght. 2e persuaded his
sister to 1nd out the weaness of Serunting mighty power. Serunting.s wife
told 3rya that Serunting concealed his soul into highest thatch grass which
remained unshaen even when the wind blew it.
The ne0t day, both young men continued to 1ght. 2aving nown the secret,
3rya Tebing pierced the thatch grass with his spear. Serunting fell and his leg
badly injured. Serunting new that his wife had betrayed him so he left land
angrily. 2e headed his way to Mount Siguntang amd ased the ,od of
Mahameru for mighty power. The god told him to sit, meditating under a
bamboo tree until his body was completely covered by the bamboo leaves.
Serunting did it for two years and succeded in getting the mighty power.
)hatever he spoe, it would turn into immediately. From then on, people
called him ;Si -ahit !idah= 5the bitter tongue6. )oe to him who dare to
oppose Serunting. *very body feared of him because every one who came
across with Serunting turned into a some by his curse.
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%. 3nswer these Buestions(
a6 )hat made Serunting a mighty manK
b6 )hat was Buarrel between serunting and 3rya Tebing aboutK
c6 2ow did 3rya Tebing defeat SeruntingK
d6 2ow did Serunting feel when he lost the 1ghtK
e6 )hen did Serunting get the power from the ,od of MahameruK
f6 /o you thin Serunting.s new power is a blessing or a catastropheK
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#. )hat do the underlined words refer toK
a6 "oth young man had a Buarrel.
b6 The ones which grew overlooing to 3rya Tebing.s rice paddy . . . . .
c6 This made Serunting envious.
d6 *ven when the wind blew it.
e6 2e did it for two years.
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The green knight
3 dying Bueen ased her husband to do wheather their daughter ased of
him, and the ing promised to do it. Meanwhile, a widow of a count and her
daughter did everything to mae themselves the princes. favourites. The
persuaded the princess to have them stay in the castle and then the window
told her that they could not stay unless the ing married her. The princess
implored the ing to do it and when his objections could not convince her, he
married the women.
3s soon as she was her stepmother, the woman began to maltreat the
princess. The ing, seeing this, had a summer palace built for her and sent
the princess to a summer palace. 2e went there one day to bid her farewell
because he was going on a long journey to a great tournament. She told him
to send her regard to the ,reen 4night. 3t the tournament, he did not meet
,reen 4night, but on the way home, he came through a forest where he
found a herdsman and ased him whose animals they were. 2e was told they
were the ,reen 4night.s. he went on found a marvelous castle where the
,reen 4night, a handsome young man, lived. 2e gave him his daughter.s
greetings. The ,reen 4night had never heard of her. 2e said that she might
thin of the green of the graveyard, but he made the ing welcome and gave
him a gift, either a green boo or caset with his portrait.
The ing returned home with a green boo from the ,reen 4night. The
princess had not now why she has spoen of the ,reen 4night and when
she went through the pages of the boo, he Aew in as a bird and counted
her. She recogniEed him as the man she dreamed of and he came to court
her. *ven, he promised to marry her. 2e always visited her secretly to avoid
her stepmother, but her stepmother learnt of it. She put a pair of poisoned
scissors in the window. In the others, she put a poisoned nail in the oar he
used to row out. In all, he was injured and stopped visiting the princess.
The princess, not nowing why, overheard two birds taling of the ,reen
4night.s illness and saying that nine young snaes in her father.s stables
could cure him. She got the snaes, went to the ,reen 4night.s castle and
got a job in the itchen. There, she persuaded the coos to let her coo the
soup for him. For three days, she fed him a soup made from three of the
young snaes and he recovered.
<ne morning, he went to the itchen. 2e did not recogniEed her. *ven, when
she ased to marry him, he refused it because he had already promised to
marry a princess. Finally, she cleaned herself up so that he recogniEed her. In
all, they married.
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%6 )hat did the ing promise to the BueenK
#6 )ho were taing care of the princess after the Bueen passed awayK
:6 2ow was the princess. stepmother behaviour to the princessK
86 2ow did the ing sand the princess. regard to the ,reen 4nightK
$6 2ad the princess and the ,reen 4night now each other very wellK
'6 ;. . . when she went through the page of the boo, he Aew in as a bird
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&6 )hy did the ,reen 4night visit the princess secretlyK