Krakatau is still an active volcano in the
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Mountain Krakatau
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
DEBUS (Whistle)
Attraction is very dangerous as we used to know called Debus, Debus said that martial arts originated from the area of al Madad. The longer the martial arts is growing and growing up in all circles of society as art entertainment offerings to the public. The show is still very strong core of martial arts or martial arts movement and use of weapons. Debus arts offerings are many uses and focus on one player immune to attacks with sharp objects, and such a sharp weapon is called with the whistle.
Art is growing and developing since hundreds of years ago, coinciding with the development of the religion of Islam in Banten. In awalna this art has the function as the spread of religion, but in dutch colonial period and during Sultan Agung's reign Tirtayasa. Martial arts are used to evoke the spirit of warriors and the people against the occupation of offerings made dutch. Because at that time the power is not balanced, The Netherlands which has a very complete weapons and sophisticated. Continue to press fighters and people of offerings, the only weapons they have none other than martial arts heritage ie whistle, and they do a guerrilla insurgency.
In doing this attraction every player has a severe condition conditions, before performing a ritual they perform the ritual given by their teachers. Usually done 1-2 weeks before the ritual performed. In addition, they also claimed to have strong faith and be confident with the teachings of Islam. Abstinence for whistle players are not allowed to drink alcoholic beverages, gambling, playing a woman, or steal.And the players must also believe and not doubt hesitate in carrying out these actions, the offenses committed by a player can be very dangerous to the player's soul.