Kamis, 13 Juni 2013

Origins Of Kawah Ijen

My grandfather when he was traveling to mine sulfur.




In antiquity the opening of a crater Ijen .. And in 1964, Initiated by LICIN villagers areas.

Of the village towards the Castle Ijen crater, and that's as far 36 kilometers, the distance traveled on foot .. if it leaves at 7 pm and arrived at the crater at around 9 am, It was not until in mining but get bunder cottage. Because of the existing sulfur mining specific carrier, because to get a Ijen sulfur must cross the lake, and the event has less than 2 years old.


When sulfur was seen having a good producer ... Be the seizure of the border region, namely: Banyuwangi and Bondowoso.


Until Bondowoso getting soldiers (Or called Armet) and they shot (Destructive) BOAT, So used to cross the lake Ijen. Incidence of this annexation, only about 2 months.


After a peaceful start activity again, but do not use a boat again, But by making the road that is now used. The process of making approximately 30 days, and it can be passed to mine, it is still very very difficult to get down from the peak of Ijen. They move when getting Sepikul sulfur .. And they stopped then went back to make way for the easy route.


Number of people who co-create the only 5 people who are struggling, and it's one of them, including my grandfather. For road and they have to give a slap seatbelts and using Ganco .. They work together to bide their bodies on the cliff, to be skipped, and their day-to-day activities. Impassable when they each will mine .. Also always improving rectification way to really get passed up as it is now.


For the former mining sites (known citizens as kitchen) that took place just 9 kitchen that does not use sulfur and iron pipes but using similar stone in the pipe system, so for the sulfur flow.


Back again the story above, that of the cottage Bunder and headed back to the lodge mining Bunder then again, it's the way of the foot for 6 hours (because the road is still difficult to pass), because not only looking for results take sulfur, but their while to go down to the correct path mining, and it is done every day.


When in 1972 and 1975. Seizure happens again, but not by way of damage, so from Bondowoso issued Kodim .. To stop people who move from Banyuwangi. And within a period of 3 years, when a lot of sulfur buried .. So they are confused to market .. In the end there was peace again and move as usual.


When it is dead 3 (Bernama Mr: Jan, Banuri and a grandfather who forgot his name). other then they suffered injuries and 4 (Bernama Father: Adis, Madroji, Bohari and a grandfather who forgot his name) is not to death, the Genesis 1982 and gas is very large, then turn off.If is from our village, my grandfather traveled at 7 pm and the use of torches lighting up to take the place of sulfur at 9 am, then back to the village while carrying sulfur weighing 45 kilograms on average, when weighing up our village at 10 pm , It is always stopped when they were tired ..


Then they reached the weighing (our village) to pay them immediately exchange it with a grain of rice and only get 4.5 kilo grams of rice, and it was for 100 pounds heavier sulfur only get 45 dollars of money. if you have to wait for wages of container, was having to wait for the new 1 month in pay, Caused due to marketing is still difficult ... Residents miner's not every day taking sulfur, as if every day because they can not afford very tiring .. And soreness throughout the body do not disappear within 3 days even more ... Then towards travel very far (2 nights and 1 day).


The above is an excerpt of a story I recall when Mr. Commons grandfather had.