WHEN
THERE IS A FREE TIME
 These old woman and her grandchild
(in the picture) look restful, her fingers are lively to accompany
her thought to plait sleepingmat. Facutally, her works have still
been needed up to now. This photo gives us something illustration
to discribe a neutral model life of a villager in an area of
Malang Regency. As the head of the traditional music and dance
mask studio "ASMOROBANGUN", located at Kedungmonggo
- Karangpandan village, Pakisaji district, Malang Regency, a
grandfather KARIMUN has concentrated his attention upon his work
since he was adolescence up to now. He has an obsession to
develop and make the Malang traditional mask dance live and live
forever, included in making or creating the masks themselves
as souvenirs. He has created many kinds of mask-souvenirs in
many sides and forms that they all are beautiful and interesting
to see and to have.
MOUNT KAWI
Mount Kawi is the tomb of Grandfather
Imam Soedjono, one of the 70 noblemen who took arms against the
Dutch accupation led by Prince Diponegoro in 1825 -1830. Next
to the grave of Grandfather Imam Soedjono is the tomb of Grandfather
Djoego, a local figure who first pioneered
a new technology in farming. To many visitors, a pilgrimage to
the tombs will bring fortune in their works such as trade, health,
farming, etc. The suggested time to visit the sacred sepulchers
is customarily on Thursday evenings or Jum'at Legi (Javanese
Calendar). The tombs themleves have long been equipped with adequate
facilities for both pilgrims and vacationers.
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