Semarang

Semarang is a city on the north shore of Java, Indonesia. Its old quarter highlights Dutch provincial engineering including the point of interest Lawang Sewu, an enormous building that was the railroad organization's central command. Sam Poo Kong, a fifteenth century sanctuary, is an unmistakable site in Chinatown. The advanced downtown areas around Simpang Lima, a tree-lined green space in the business district.Semarang was given by the Sultan of Mataram to the Dutch East Indies in 1678. The city was imagined as a little settlement with a devout Muslim zone called Kauman, a Chinese quarter, and a Dutch post. The fortification has a pentagonal frame with just a single door in the south and five checking towers to shield the Dutch settlement from defiance activities, isolating the spaces between Dutch settlement and different zones.

Semarang has likewise been called 'The city of Jamu' in light of the fact that it is a critical place for the creation of jamu which are an extensive iety of Indonesian natural prescriptions that are exceptionally mainstream crosswise over Indonesia. Dugderan is a yearly celebration in Semarang spoiled to welcome the Ramadan month. "Dug" depicts the sound of bedug. The symbol of the celebration is an extraordinary manikin winged serpent like creature called Warak Ngendog. "Warak" remains for "sacred" and "ngendog" communicates a reward for Moslems.