BAGUS KUNING

The hill is located in Kacamatan Seberang Ulu II, exactly in Komplek Bagus Kuning Plaju where there is a Grave of Ratu Bagus Kuning wich considered secred because according to a legend. Ratu Bagus Kuning was a person having a supernatural power as well as one who acted as Prophet Mohammed’s treatise through pious Ilsamic leaders to spread islam religion in the area where they had power, namely Kawasan Batanghari Sembilan in the XVI century.

Ratu Bagus Kuning had 12 followers (moslem leaders) as follower:

1. Penghulu Gede
2. Datuk Buyung
3. Kuncung Emas
4. Panglima Bisu
5. Panglima Api
6. Syekh Ali Akbar
7. Syekh Maulana Malik Ibrahim
8. Syekh Idrus
9. Putri Rambut Selako
10. Putri Kembang Dadar
11. Bujang Juaro

To the end her life, Ratu Bagus Kuning never got married and menstruation, In addition, in this area there is a some monkeys wich were from evil spirit. People say because the monkeys lost the fight with Ratu Bagus Kuning, they swore that they together with their descendants would be loyal followers of her.Until now the number of the monkeys remains the same.

Ratu Bagus Kuning was buried on the bank of Musi river. Long time ago, on the top burial place stood a tall building protecting; however, after sometime it disappeared mysteriously.

One can get to this place by taking any public transportation heading to Plaju

KEMARO ISLAND

2. KEMARO ISLAND

Somewhere in the middle of the Musi River there is an island called "KEMARO ISLAND". The name means that the island never gets flooded even thoug the Musi River gets high tide. From distand island looks like a floating one.

The island has a legend of love affair between "Siti Fatimah", the daughter of Palembang King. who was proposed by the Son of Chinese King named "Tan Bun Ann". Tan Bun Ann was required by Siti Fatimah to prepare 9 jugs containing gold. Tan Bun Ann parents agreed with it, and to avoid an attack from pirates they covered the jugs with salty food and vegetables. When the ships arrived in Palembang, Tan Bun Ann examined the jugs. To his surprise, he found out that the jugs only contained salty food and vegetables. He became so disappointed and furious that he threw out all the jugs to the river. However, one of the jugs hit the ship wall and broke into pieces that the gold inside camo into sight.

Feeling very regretful on what he had done, he decided to dive and get himself drowned into the river. Seeing this, Siti Fatimah did the same while saying "if a land emerges at the bank of this river, it is the place where I am buried".

Buddhist Temple

Buddhist Temple

Buddhist Temple

Buddhist Temple

On the island lies the Buddhist Temple that is always visited by the Buddhist followers, particularly during the celebration of Cap Go Meh. They are Indonesian Chinese living in Palembang, people from other regions of Indonesia, and even those coming from overseas such as Singapore, Hongkong, China, etc. To get to the island, one can take a ketek, speed boat , cruise ships, and Dragon Boat from the jetty of Benteng Kuto Besak or the one at Intirub factory.

celebration of Cap Go Meh

celebration of Cap Go Meh

ATRACTIVE PLACE TO VISIT

1. Musi River / Sungai Musi

Dividing South Sumatra Province from east to west, Musi River is 460 km in length having eight big tributaries : Komering, Ogan, Lematang, Kelingi, Lakitan. Semangus, Rawas, and Batanghari Leko. These account for the name of Batanghari Sembilanfor South Sumatera.

Nobody knows why and when the river is named Musi River. In India there is a name Musi. Perhaps due to the relationship between Sriwijaya Kindom and the kingdom in India the word Musi is used, or presumably the word is derived from one of Kayuagung verieties meaning "follow". Whether or not Musi means flowing, a futher study is necessary to conduct.

         Along the Musi River, the are floating houses, PT. PUSRI (a fertilizer factory), Pertamina (oil company), Bagus Kuning area, Lawang Kidul Mosque, Ki Merogan Mosque, Benteng Kuto Besak (a fortress), floating food stalls, and Community Activities.
               On the celebration of the brithday of Palembang City and the Indonesian Independence Day, there are some attractions on the Musi River such as Bidar Race (Boat Race) and competition of decorated boats. The spectators come from not only Palembang and other towns but also overseas
                To enjoy the Musi River scenery, one can take Ketek (small boat), a speed boat, or for a large group people, they can hire "Sigentar Alam" or "Putri Kembang Dadar" cruise ships.

WELCOME TO PALEMBANG CITY

Palembang City is one of the big cities in Indonesia which is also the capital of South Sumatra province. Palembang is the second largest city in Sumatra after Medan. This city was once a center of the kingdom of Srivijaya, before later moving to Jambi. Siguntang Hill, in the western city of Palembang, until now many people still sacred and regarded as the former center of purity in the past.

Palembang is the oldest city in Indonesia, this is based on the inscriptions found on the Mount Kedukan Siguntang Hill west of Palembang city, declaring the establishment of a Wanua interpreted as the city is the capital of the kingdom of Srivijaya on June 16, 682 AD . So that date as a benchmark for the birthday of the city of Palembang.          
The city was attacked several times by foreign powers, where the worst damage occurs when the assault forces and the invasion of Java in 990 years the Chola kingdom in 1025. But now the city is the center clean up and beautify themselves increasingly becoming an international city.
Palembang City itself so far into the water the most beautiful tourist center nicknamed "the Venice of the East".