BATU BANGKA AND CAVE OF BEGIRI - SUMBAWA ISLAND

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BANGKA STONE: It is an historical evidence that was born from the story for generations by people of Batu Bangka Village.


a stone shaped like boat now become a beautiful landscape surrounded by green forest and bush

grove. but the interesting stories of this object is not make people interested to visit it. The villagers also believes the history of Batu Bangka (Boat Stone) that starts from an adventure story


In the past on a sailing boat that overturned and later became stone.the construction certainly like a capzised boat, length is approximately 50m, and middle or the diameter to reach 6m.
unique case of this object is when we snap our leg on it then we will hear buzzing or echo from the it beat.and according to the villagers around them to believe that on the inside there is space,


unfortunately no one has ever tried to prove it, why?, because until now the community is still

believe in mystical things contained in the object. The south side of Batu Bangka there is a Stone Cave

the mouth is very small and difficult to pass or penetrate, the cave by the local community called CAVE

BEGIRI, there is an interesting history of this Begiri Cave. according to local elders, long time ago there lived a mother and son in a jungle, when her mother started a sickly her son is the only one who feed her and other purposes. but as time passed, the child begins to feel bored and lose patience, he is no longer take care of her mother as usual, his mother's illness began to worsen, and the child increasingly losing patience, then he put his mother in a large jar and throw it into a cave in the woods, but he still taking the time to take care of the mother, until he knew that the mother has turned into a big snake with a unique appearence, Until the time then, the caves closed by a stone that makes the child could no longer see his mother. The legend has becomes stories from generation to generation within the local community, and that's why, until today we still can see the snake- a unique snake, small and black color in the forests surrounding the area that the community is called BLE Begiri (SNAKE BEGIRI).



To reach the village of Batu Bangka, it took only about 25 minutes from the capital of Sumbawa Besar. and 5 minutes walk

to reach to the location of the Batu Bangka object, and a 10 minute walk to the location of Cave Begiri. This location can also be reached by

two-wheeled vehicle or four wheel.

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