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People from Surabaya, East Java: Xaviera Hollander, Surabaya, Try Sutrisno, Tony Gunawan, Wieteke Van Dort, Meinoud Rost Van Tonningen

People from Surabaya, East Java: Xaviera Hollander, Surabaya, Try Sutrisno, Tony Gunawan, Wieteke Van Dort, Meinoud Rost Van Tonningen


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 143. Not illustrated. Chapters: Xaviera Hollander, Surabaya, Try Sutrisno, Tony Gunawan, Wieteke Van Dort, Meinoud Rost Van Tonningen, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Rudy Hartono, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Floris Arntzenius, Reyn Altin Johannes Lumenta, Sutomo, Hugo Van Lawick, Ruslan Abdulgani, Slamet Abdul Sjukur, Jacob Van Helsdingen, M. T. Haryono, Ong Hok Ham, Wang Gungwu, Andre Wetzel, Njoo Kiem Bie, Alan Budikusuma, Johannes O., Ken Kawan Soetanto, Minarti Timur, Gordon Barton, Stefani Hid, Johan Quanjer, Putra Sampoerna, Soe Tjen Marching, Herman Meyboom, Supaham, Just Gobel, Agustiar Batubara, Sandra Angelia, Ahmad Dhani, Jan Kok, Raam Punjabi. Excerpt: Surabaya - Statue of the shark and crocodile in the city's legendSurabaya is locally believed to derive its name from the words sura or suro (shark) and baya or boyo (crocodile), two creatures which, in a local myth, fought each other in order to gain the title of "the strongest and most powerful animal" in the area according to a Jayabaya prophecy. This prophecy tells of a fight between a giant white shark and a giant white crocodile. Now the two animals are used as the city's logo, the two facing each other while circling, as depicted in a statue appropriately located near the entrance to the city zoo. This folk etymology, though embraced enthusiastically by city leaders, is unverifiable. Alternate derivations proliferate: from the Javanese sura ing baya, meaning "bravely facing danger"; or from the use of surya to refer to the sun. Some people consider this Jayabaya prophecy as a great war between Surabaya native people and invaders in 1945, while another story is about two heroes that fought each other in order to be the king of the city. The two heroes were Sura and Baya. The earliest record of Surabaya was in a 1225 book written by Chau Ju-Kua, in which it was called Jungala, t...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781155382807
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 222 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155382803
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Xaviera Hollander, Surabaya, Try Sutrisno, Tony Gunawan, Wieteke Van Dort, Meinoud Rost Van Tonningen
  • Width: 152 mm


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