NATURE IN KALIADEM

KALIADEM

Address: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.GPS Coordinates: S7 ° 38'24 "E110 ° 23'13 .2".
Kaliadem is the place to see the beauty of Mount Merapi and the traces of the fierce eruption was in 2006.Kaliadem - Viewing of Original Face Near Mount Merapi.
Said the people, the morning is the best time to enjoy the scenery before the mist-shrouded Mount Merapi. So at 07.00 am we were headed for Kaliadem, a cool area at the foot of Mount Merapi, some 25 km north of Yogyakarta. We chose an alternative path through Maguwo because the path it has more fields than through Road Ground. Sure enough, just a few kilometers away from town, views of green rice fields directly feast for the eyes, like the Mooi Indie paintings. Cool air was soon ambushed a car through a window left open. Vague scent rice stalks; smells fresh, like the smell of grass after rain washed.
The sun has not been high when YogYES arrived in Kaliadem, some local residents seemed to be getting ready to find grass for their cattle. Although there is a thin mist, Mount Merapi does look intact as expected. Stood towering up to 2980 meters above sea level, the mountain really looks dashing. His back looks glittering overwritten morning sun, while the peak of thin smoke. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia!
Behind her looking so calm, Mount Merapi save tremendous forces of nature. Some scientists suspect a major eruption of Mount Merapi is the cause of the ancient Mataram kingdom moved to East Java in the 10th century. When it erupted, belching clouds of Mount Merapi could heat (800-1000 degrees Celsius) that slides down at speeds of up to 70 km / hour. In 1930, heat clouds from the eruption of Mount Merapi scorch the forest, 13 villages, and 1400 residents in an instant.
The last eruption of Mount Merapi occurred in 2006. Millions of cubic volcanic material spilled at Kali and Kali Gendol Krasak, a small portion remaining crashing Kaliadem and leave a trail that we can still see. Kaliadem that was once a pine forest is now buried in sand, rocks and other volcanic material. In the east appear the ruins of stalls piled volcanic material up to half the building. In the west there is a protective bunker which ironically is also buried in volcanic material as thick as 3 feet. The eruption of Mount Merapi in 2006 was also killed two people sheltering in the bunker. It took many weeks after the eruption of volcanic material is stockpiled before Kaliadem it cools and the region can be visited again.
But like any other show of force of nature, the eruption of Mount Merapi, also has a good side. Volcanic ash from Mount Merapi give fertility to the soil at the foot of the mountains and thousands of hectares of rice fields below. Millions of cubic sand spit also has to support hundreds of locals who make their living by mining sand. Four years after the eruption, the area Kaliadem was green and cool again. Pine trees that once burned, now started to grow. Kaliadem now become a tourist spot to enjoy the natural beauty of Mount Merapi at once saw proof that nature has its own balance.Mbah Maridjan, Interpreter Lock Mount Merapi.
Before going home, stopped briefly to the house YogYES Mbah Maridjan south Kaliadem. Grandfather was born in 1927 courtiers who are mandated by the Sultan of Yogyakarta to be Interpreter Lock Mount Merapi, continued his father's office.
As a caretaker, his duty to "guard" of Mount Merapi. Each year he also led the charge of ritual Labuhan Merapi, hundreds of people climb up to near the summit of Mount Merapi and prayed together to invoke the protection of the divine. The tradition is carried out every month of Rajab in the Javanese calendar.
Mbah Maridjan figure became very popular before the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2006. Early May of that year, Mount Merapi began issuing lava. Computers equipped with sophisticated sensors had predicted would soon erupt Mount Merapi. But Mbah Maridjan refused to evacuate the grounds carrying out her duties mandated by the Sultan. A few days later, Mbah Maridjan even climbed Mount Merapi and prayed all day that God will protect lives and homes. Believe it or not, Mount Merapi and then subside and the President also had time to review the site. Some of 11.0000 residents who had evacuated and then allowed to return to their homes.
Mount Merapi erupted just a month later and millions of cubic material stockpiled Gendol Kali, Kali Krasak, and Kaliadem; but no casualties except two people who died in the bunker. Since then the name of Mbah Maridjan very popular in Indonesia due to the mass media coverage of the barrage. Many people then associate the figure of him with supernatural powers, even not a few who came to him to ask for a "blessing".
Indeed, Mbah Maridjan is not like the notion of people. Mbah Maridjan is a figure of earthy, friendly, as well as religious. When we arrived at his house, Mbah Maridjan are being met but we always welcome guests to enter. Small talk was flowing in the Java language and Mbah Maridjan repeatedly threw joke. All guests were treated to drinks and potluck dish.
A guest and expressed his intention to ask for a "blessing" for his business success but Mbah Maridjan refused. "To my knowledge, which can give a blessing it is Gusti Allah; other ndak can, let alone me," said Mbah Maridjan.
Chat then went to a variety of topics, including that on Mount Merapi. Mbah Maridjan told me that every time the volcano showed signs of erupting, he is the most hassles. Day and night the house Interpreter Lock Mount Merapi will be flooded with hundreds of guests to the elderly grandfather who was barely able to rest. Guests are usually asked the same question: when do roughly the mountain will erupt? Mbah Maridjan answer was always the same, "Do not ask me. Ask Gusti Allah Wills."
As the courtiers, he received a salary of Rp. 5800 / month. The number was actually only able to buy a quart of rice, but Mbah Maridjan (as well as thousands of other courtiers) had had enough with a simple life. "Life is not excessive, must often look down," Mbah Maridjan advice on his guest.
Soon after midday call to prayer rang out from a nearby mosque. Mbah Maridjan also said goodbye to his guests to perform prayers in the mosque, we also leave to go home.
That Yogyakarta, pal. Many things are not as simple as that visible on the screen. Kaliadem, Mount Merapi, and Mbah Maridjan locals describe friendship with the surrounding nature and loyalty to the traditions of some communities in Yogyakarta, Java without the need to be in conflict with religious beliefs.