The Legend of KRI (Republic of Indonesia Ship) Dewaruci

KRI (Republic of Indonesia Ship) Dewaruci is training ship for midshipmen / cadets, the Naval Academy, Navy. This ship is based in Surabaya and is the largest yachts owned by the Navy. The name of the ship is taken from the name of god in Javanese wayang story, namely Dewa Ruci.

KRI Dewaruci

58.5-meter vessel measuring 9.5 meters and width of the class is built on HC Barquentine Stulchen & Sohn Hamburg, Germany and is the only high-mast sailing ship shipyard's products in 1952 is still worthy of the three screens ever produced. Shipbuilding was begun in 1932, but stopped because of World War II shipyards maker badly damaged. The ship was finally completed in 1952 and inaugurated in 1953.

Dewaruci created in 1952 by H.C. Stulchen & Sohn of Hamburg, West Germany, first launched on January 24, 1953, and in July was destined to Indonesia by the Navy midshipmen and cadets ALRI. After that KRI Dewaruci based in Surabaya, was assigned as a training ship that sailed to the islands of Indonesia and also overseas.

The arrival of KRI Dewaruci 

In each visit, KRI Dewaruci never quiet at the time of the open ship carried. Where local communities and citizens can visit and look around the ship. A distinctive feature is the KRI Dewaruci various dance performances and other cultural arts from various regions in Indonesia are carried out by the crew the ship. Cultural richness and diversity of Indonesia became one of the attractions for visitors KRI Dewaruci. The crew of the ship which is also a training ship for Naval Academy midshipmen, living the life boat that requires its own physical and mental strength, but on the other hand can become cultural ambassadors of Indonesia.

The visitors, finding a distinctive characteristic of the ship Dewaruci. No wonder, according to the narrative of the crew, in every stopover in the port cities of Europe there is always a community of fans KRI Dewaruci. Especially considering the age of the ship that was built in 1953, including the antique to the size of the class who can still sail.

After visiting 28 cities (22 countries), KRI Dewaruci created in 1953, the last stopover in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which is a city of the 29th (all 23 states) who visited and is the last port before returning to homeland after traveling for 8 months. Last but not least, in Colombo, KRI Dewaruci together with the Embassy in Colombo fixed maximum Indonesian diplomatic missions. KRI Dewaruci was in Colombo from the date of 3 to 6 November 2010. 

The Origins of Leak Bali

Leak in Balinese legend refers to a terrible drama inspired by black magic key figures of the Candidate Charcoal. The story is written in the script illustrates that during the administration of grants in the 11th century there is a widow in a village called Candidate Charcoal Girah had a lovely daughter.

His daughter name is Ratna Manggali, which has reached adultery, but no one among the youth of the village and its surroundings have the courage to approach a virgin. This is because the mother is known to have knowledge of black magic, evil and practiced it, and with a bad attitude that causes many people to die and even hatred among the people increased, but is used as a temptation for the thirsty needs of black magic.

In Balinese mythology, Leak is the wicked witch. Le ak meaning witches and evil means. Leak can only be seen at night by the shamans hunters leak. In daylight he looks like a human being, while at night he was in the cemetery to find the organs in the human body uses to make magic potions. Magic potions that can change the shape of the leak into a tiger, monkey, pig or be like Rangda. If necessary he can also take organs from living people.

It is told also that Leak can be either a human head with the organs that are still hanging in the head. Leak said to be flying to search for pregnant women, to then suck the blood of babies who are still in the womb. There are three well-known leak. Two of them were female and one male.

According to Balinese belief, Leak was a human being who practice bad magic and need blood to live embryos. It also said that Leak can turn themselves into pigs or a ball of fire, while the actual shape Leyak has a long tongue and sharp teeth. Some people say that Leak magic only works on the island of Bali, so that Leak is found only in Bali.

If someone stabbed the neck Leak from the bottom towards the head when the head separated from his body, then Leak can not be reunited with his body. If the head is separated at a certain time period, then Leak will die.

Perhaps the leak story is a man who is practicing black magic and has the behavior of cannibalism. It is said that Leak flying around trying to find a pregnant woman to suck the blood of an infant or newborn child, to complete their magical abilities. There are three legendary Leak, two female and one male .. Leak said to haunt the cemetery, eat the corpse, has the power to transform themselves into animals, and even he shaped with a golden monkey or rat tooth, a ball of fire and even a giant bald. It is said that he has a very long tongue and large fangs.

This one is even known by all the inhabitants of Indonesia, is a typical memedi derived and may only exist in Bali. Wicked witch (Le means witches and evil means Ak) is usually roam the night in the cemetery to look for human organs (either living or dead) to be used as a potion to turn it into a stealth tigers, monkeys, pigs, balls of fire, or even existed as Rangda (Queen Leak, who led troops kidnap and wizards and often eat a small child).

Leak said to be visible only at night by traditional hunters Leak, because by noon he was ordinary human form. Its original form is a creature with very long tongue and sharp teeth, there is also confidence that displays the form Leak as a human head that flies with the body's organs without bodies hanging underneath (much like the legend Kuyang in Borneo with a flying head without a body also disguised as a man who always wears a robe in the daytime). Leak main prey other than small children are pregnant women who will she suction the baby's blood to survive his birth. Because of his magic works only in Bali, Leak only be found on this island.