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Karena waktu yang sangat terbatas, kami hanya tiga hari di Bangka, maka dari Pantai Pasir Padi kami langsung berburu oleh-oleh di toko Aneka Citra Snack, beli kerupuk, kemplang, sambal lengkong, getas ikan, snack telur cumi, snack siput gonggong goreng etc. etc. Dari sini kami sempat singgah ke rumah kawan kami SeDed alias Muchsin di jalan Ledeng, dulu kawan main kami di Kampong Ulu Muntok, dan di Jakarta sempat kuliah sama sama di Jurusan Sipil Fakultas Teknik UI, sekarang Ded sudah pensiun dari PT Timah dan rencananya akan pindah lagi ke Muntok. Malam harinya lihat Babel Expo 2009, macam macam kerajinanan, kesenian, makanan, sandang dan wisata khas Bangka Belitung di pamerkan. Selesai melihat expo, makan malam di Mutiara Seafood Jalan Raya Koba, mencicipi sop ikan krisi, kangkung cah belacan, ikan kuwe lempah nenas dan sambal belacan limau calong. Pulang ke rumah, ngobrol dan membuat rencana perjalanan ke Mentok sambil mendengarkan lagu dengan logat bangka ada juga irama gambus. Disini pertama kali saya menggunakan rechargeable mosquito swatter, raket untuk menjaring nyamuk, biasanya saya menggunakan kaki sebagai umpan lalu kalau ada nyamuk langsung di gebuk pakai gulungan koran. |
Hari Sabtu tanggal 07 Maret 2009, tibalah hari yang ditunggu-tunggu, perjalanan menuju Mentok, a trip to my home town. Usai shalat Subuh dan sarapan kami memulai perjalanan, mulai dari rumah adik kami Noviar di jalan Kemboja, melewati jembatan waduk penampungan air untuk PDAM, terus menuju jalan negara antar kota. Keluar dari kota Pangkal Pinang, kiri kanan jalan, banyak pohon karet, diselingi pohon durian, rambutan, manggis, jambu dan pohon buah lainnya, ada juga pohon keramunting, sikaduduk, simpur dan pohon serok. Sepintas tidak kelihatan kerusakan hutan akibat penambangan timah, menurut adik kami, para penambang timah berusaha agar lokasi mereka tidak kelihatan dari jalan besar, jadi mereka menggali dan mencuci pasir timah agak kedalam hutan, kalau ada kesempatan saya pingin melihat aktivitas mereka. Karena hari masih pagi, selintas kami sempat melihat acara mandi bersama di anak sungai di kiri kanan jalan, orang tua, orang muda dan anak-anak mandi dan mencuci, masih untung ada pembagian waktu antara wanita dan pria. :) |
Kualitas jalan Pangkal
Pinang - Muntok bagus, sudah hot mixed, kendaraan masih jarang,
sekali sekali berpapasan dengan bus umum sehingga kami sangat menikmati
perjalanan mulai dari Pangkal Pinang, melewati Petaling, Puding Besar,
Kelapa, Simpang Jebus, Simpang Teritip sampai Mentok kami tempuh sekitar
dua jam dengan jarak tempuh sekitar 130 km. Mulai berangkat dari Pangkal Pinang sampai ke Mentok hujan terus, padahal menurut adik kami sudah beberapa hari tidak turun hujan. |
Kami masuk Mentok melalui kampong jawe, komplek perkantoran bupati, lapangan bola, nah mulai lapangan bola ini lah memori saya mengenai jalan di kota mentok muncul kembali. Dibelakang gawang ada tebing sekitar dua meter, ditumbuhi rumput, saya masih ingat suka main prosotan disitu. Dari lapangan bola, melewati jalan tebing gadai, terus menuju lembung atau pelabuhan, disini sempat melihat orang mancing ikan, umpannya dari udang dan kelihatan sudah dapat satu ekor ikan belukang atau baung laut, samar samar terlihat pantai dan perumahan di Kampong Tanjong serta mercu suar legendaris Tanjung Kelian. Pagi itu masih kelihatan kegiatan bongkar muat hasil laut di pelabuhan Muntok, dari pelabuhan hasil laut tersebut sebagian dikirim ke pasar ikan Muntok dan sebagian lagi di kirim ke Pangkal Pinang. Dulu saya sering main ke pelabuhan, memancing ikan dan melihat kegiatan bongkar muat barang dan penumpang turun naik kapal kecil menuju Palembang, waktu itu Pelabuhan Muntok merupakan pintu gerbang Bangka, karena semua barang kebutuhan dari Pulau Jawa dan Sumatra dikirim dari Palembang melalui Muntok. Dari lembung kami menuju pasar lama yang terletak dekat Masjid Jamik dan Kelenteng Kwan Tie Miaw melewati jalan depan rumah mayor. Masjid Jamik dan Kelenteng Kwan Tie Miaw (FB Chatting: Silik Firdaus: kelenteng mentok di blogs foto abang tu namenye kong fuk miau... men org melayu banyak dak tau dak bang namenye yg sebelah mesjid jami tu) kelenteng dan masjid berdampingan hanya dibatasi jalan kecil menuju tanjung kelian, lewat pemakaman dan rumah adik saya Erman. Di belakang masjid ada gang kecil disebelah kanan, gang tersebut menuju ke rumah kami dulu, kalau ngantar kue ke pasar setelah subuh saya dan kakak saya Farida lewat situ. Kalau disuruh Mak ngambil ikan jualan Atok di pasar saya paling semangat lewat gang tersebut karena disitu ada rumah teman satu sekolah anak perempuan keturunan arab, siapa tahu bisa saling bertukar senyum, sayang saya sudah lupa namanya. Catatan Pak Imran (Anak Neksu) Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 3:50:09 PM Subject: pulang kampong Assalamu'alaikum Wr.Wb. |
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Kelenteng Kuang Fuk Miau itu sudah ada sejak tahun 1820-an. Dalam buku Sejarah Masjid Jamik Muntok yang ditulis Raden Affan, tokoh masyarakat di Muntok, Kabupaten Bangka Barat, disebutkan, masjid yang usianya lebih dari satu abad itu dibangun secara bergotong royong. Demi mendirikan masjid, penduduk Muntok dan sekitarnya bekerja sukarela tanpa diupah. Dana untuk membangun masjid dikumpulkan bersama. Para hartawan di Muntok menyumbang uang atau bahan bangunan untuk keperluan masjid. Mereka mendatangkan ahli bangunan dari berbagai daerah di Bangka dan Belitung, juga memesan bahan baku berkualitas dari Jakarta, seperti genteng, batu bata, batu marmer, dan batu pualam. Pendirian rumah ibadah pada masa itu tidak hanya melibatkan masyarakat Melayu yang beragama Islam. Zhong A Tiam, seorang mayor China yang bertugas mengurus warga China perantauan di Muntok, ikut memperkokoh bangunan masjid. Dengan harta pribadinya, sang mayor menyumbang empat tiang utama penyokong bangunan masjid. Tiang itu terbuat dari kayu bulin yang konon lebih kuat daripada kayu jati. Meski A Tiam beragama Konghucu, ia ikut membantu lancarnya pelaksanaan ibadah di masjid. Untuk keperluan beribadah pada malam hari, sang mayor menyuruh orang untuk mengantarkan minyak kelapa sawit sebagai bahan bakar penerangan di masjid yang selesai dibangun dalam kurun waktu dua tahun itu, yaitu pada tahun 1887. Kedekatan kelenteng dan masjid di Muntok menjadi simbol persaudaraan antarumat beragama, khususnya Konghucu dan Islam di Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung. Etnis terbesar yang mendiami dua wilayah kepulauan itu adalah Melayu dan Tionghoa. Sampai sekarang, kerukunan itu masih terjaga. Seratus tahun kemudian, setelah pendirian masjid di Muntok, pada tahun 2002 di Desa Jeliti, kota Sungailiat, Kabupaten Bangka, didirikan tiga rumah ibadah, yaitu Masjid Baiturahman, Kelenteng Dewi Kuan Yin, dan gereja. Ketiga rumah ibadah ini masing-masing hanya berjarak sekitar 50 meter. Menurut Ajam (60), pengurus kelenteng, ketiga rumah ibadah itu didirikan oleh Hermanto Wijaya, seorang guru bahasa Mandarin di Sungailiat. Hermanto mendirikan Kelenteng Dewi Kuan Yin sebagai bentuk pemujaan terhadap dewi berparas cantik dan punya sifat welas asih ini. Kelenteng Dewi Kuan Yin tak hanya dikunjungi umat Konghucu, tetapi juga penganut agama lain. Menurut Ajam, pengunjung biasanya datang ke kelenteng untuk mengambil air sumur dan mandi di kolam. ”Bagi yang percaya, air sumur bisa menyembuhkan penyakit dan air kolam bisa membuat awet muda,” kata Ajam. Karena pengurus masjid belum terbentuk, untuk sementara Ajam yang beragama Konghucu ini setiap hari merawat dan membersihkan masjid. Lusiana Indriasari & Ilham Khoiri |
Di pasar singgah ontok sarapan, adek kami meleh salah satu kedai kupi yaitu kedai kupi Akhyar, petak nomor due sebelah kanan dari arah kelenteng, sekarang kedai kupi lah full music ok, waktu kami kecik dolok ngantar kue same lakse jualan mak, kedai kupi maseh sederhane dan tempatnye di lorong tengah. Ontongnye suasane dan nuansa kedai kupi maseh cam dolok lah, banyak orang pasar dan orang polang mancing menom kupi sambel ngerahol, kuweh jugak dak dihidangkan ke meje maseng-maseng, jadi ade jak orang yang tibe-tibe langsong ngambek kuweh dari pereng dimuke kite :) Bini kami langsong pesan kopi, karena dari romah di Jakarta lah tebayang-bayang nak menom kopi O yang disareng pakai sarengan dari kaen, macam macam penganan ade disitu, sayangnye dak de lakse mentok, kate adek kami kalok nak makan lakse ade di telok biah, mudah-mudahan dak keponan makan lakse. |
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kelenteng |
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Usai sarapan kami menuju rumah adik kami Noviar dekat perumahan Peltim (Peleburan Timah Muntok), istirahat sejenak sebelum meneruskan perjalanan, Noviar yang paling perlu istirahat karena Noviar yang menyetir mobil. Setelah selesai istirahat dan bersih bersih, kami melihat komplek perkantoran dan perumahan Peltim, disini ada hutan kota yang dipelihara dengan baik dan menurut adik kami hutan ini merupakan nilai tambah bagi kabupaten bangka barat untuk meraih Adipura. Kemudian kami menelusuri jalan sambil melihat pemandangan pantai Pait Muntok, sedang dilakukan reboisasi, sudah mulai kelihatan pohon bakau tumbuh, di pantai ini ada anak sungai yang airnya mengalir kepantai, mudah mudahan hutan kota dipelihara dengan baik sehingga anak sungai tadi tidak kering. |
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jembatan kp ulu |
sawe lile di kpulu |
Diseberang jembatan, sebelah kanan dulu ada "kantor pos" tiap pagi banyak yang nyetor disitu alias buang air besar, bunyinya asik, plung, plung dan dibawah sudah menunggu ikan belokoh, jadi langsung didaur ulang, untung sekarang sudah tidak ada lagi, rupanya masing masing rumah sudah punya "kantor pos" sendiri. Disebelah kiri jembatan ada surau kampung ulu, didepan surau dulu ada tangga tempat mandi dan tempat kami bermain disungai, cuma sekarang kelihatannya sudah tidak ada lagi. Di ujung jembatan kami kearah kanan, ada tanah lapangan tempat dulu saya main bola, main galah panjang, main kelereng dan main gasing bersama kawan-kawan. Di lapangan dekat rumah Abang Adek itu tumbuh pohon sawo kecil, mirip sawo apel tetapi ukuran buahnya mini, kalau lewat disitu saya selalu manjat pohon sawo tersebut dan sampai di atas mulai megang megang buah sawo, kalau ada yang sudah lembut berarti sudah masak, langsung dipetik, dibelah dua, isinya dimakan, manis rasanya. Hebatnya, pohon sawo itu masih ada dan dalam penglihatan saya masih seperti dulu, cuma kali ini saya tidak berani manjat, pertama sudah tidak mampu dan yang kedua malu sama yang punya :) Adik saya Noviar sempat memungut biji sawo yang jatuh, katanya mau ditanam, sawo ini unik, buah-nya kecil kecil tetapi tidak sama dengan sawo kecik yang banyak tumbuh di kraton Jogya. Catatan Noviar Ishak Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:09:46 PM Subject: Pulang kampung Ass,
Mandipun lebih banyak di sungai depan, sm saudara2 dan anak2 ngah yang. Safri Ishak Dulu tetangga dekat romah tu, dimuke ade romah Ak Mimi Alfaca (waktu kami polang maren lah dakde gek), same romah Pakngah Bujang (Ayah Bang Robet), disebelah kanan Atok (sape lopak kami name e, duluk kerje di Bea Cukai) ... ekak agek engat dak ? Dari romah Neksu, kalok kite menuju songai, sebelah kere ade batang rambutan rapiah (di foto keliatan sikit daon e), sebelah kanan duluk ade batang nangka, batang jambu berteh, batng nangka lagek, terus batang pagar, nyebrang jalan, ditepi songai ade tangga dak terlalu lebar untuk masok ke songai. Dadang Darmawan Kalau sebelah depan rmh nek, rmh tok yak alpakah, kerje'e di kecamatan, skrng jg lah dakde. kalau dr rmh enek, nyebrang jalan, kalau lurus ada tangga turun ke songai, kalau kite jalan sikit ke sebelah kiri ade jerambah. diseberangnya kita bs menuju masjid kampung ulu (belok kiri), dan ke kanan'e ke rmh tok cik anak dan rmh tok cik lah. dulu kami sering kesana, maen catur, berjam-jam, sampe ketiduran disane sampe skrng, kalok dadang perhatikan, kalau ada org susah, anak yatim, mamah sm udeti suke berlinang air mata. mungkin kebendiorang ingat waktu kecik dulu.. Safri Ishak Kami same aak duluk belajar ngaji same Tokcik Lah, di romah Tokcik Anak tu pagi pagi ade jual roti ye .... bau harum roti e sampai keseberang songai. Men pengalaman jual kueh same lah rase e dengan pengalaman Mak kami, sampai di Jakarta pon Mak ngantar kue lumpang ke Sarinah. Fida yang ekak maksod tu apekah Feeda Mufida? Selain hari Raya Idul Fitri dan Idul Adha ada lagi hari besar lain yang ramai dirayakan yaitu Imlek, di kampung kami Kelenteng bersebelahan dengan Masjid Jamik hanya dipisah oleh jalan kecil (kawasan tangga seribu). |
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Komentar FB Lilik Sukarsono 28-January-2010 Safri Ishak Yang Lilik tanyakan itu namanya buah Nam nam, ukuran dan bentuk buahnya
mirip kue pastel, kalau sudah masak rasanya manis manis asem .... enak
.... insya allah akan saya tambahkan keterangan di blog saya. |
Dari kampong ulu, lewat tebing salam, simpang tiga, belok kiri menuju arah tanjung kelian, disebelah kanan jalan ada gedung bekas SR 3, dulu saya sekolah disitu mulai kelas tiga sampai lulus kelas enam. Sekarang kondisi bangunannya sudah uzur dan digunakan untuk kantor Badan Narkotika Kabupaten Bangka Barat, rencananya akan dibangun gedung baru. |
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Dari SR 3, jalan terus, ketemu simpang empat belok kiri, ketemu lagi simpang empat belok kanan dan pas di hook sebelah kiri jalan, rumah adik kami Erman. Dulu lokasi ini merupakan kebun dan sekarang sudah ada rumah dan TPA yang dibangun oleh adik kami. Masih ada sisa tanaman dulu yaitu pohon manggis yang tumbuh dekat rumah. Disini kami ngobrol dan disuguhi macam macam kueh, istri adik kami Nani ahli membuat kueh, roti, makanan khas Mentok dan merias penganten. |
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Selesai ngobrol, kami melanjutkan perjalanan menuju Tanjung Kelian, dalam perjalanan kami melewati kebun adik kami Erman, dikebun itu tumbuh buah lake, buahnya bulat sebesar jempol tangan, warna hijau, bisa dipakai untuk peluru ketapel. Tidak jauh dari kebun Erman kelihatan bekas kebun Atok Tanjung, sayangnya tidak kelihatan lagi pohon rambutan dan tanaman buah lainnya yang dulu banyak tumbuh disitu. Sebelum sampai ke Tanjung Kelian kami singgah dulu di Pantai Batu Rakit dan Pelabuhan Ferry Tanjung Kalian Muntok - Tanjung Api Api Palembang. Dengan dibukanya pelabuhan ferry ini masa tempuh, jarak tempuh dan tonase barang yang diangkut jadi meningkat. |
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TANJUNG KELIAN OLD LIGHTHOUSE The old lighthouse was built in 1826. It is located about 9 km of Muntok district. In the surrounding area we still can find wrecks of Dutch and British ships, which were torpedoed by Japanese warships during the Second World War, on 16 February 1942. Take our time to climb up 199 steps to reach the top of the lighthouse and enjoy the spectacular view from the height of approximately 60 M above sea level. We can see the whole beaches in Muntok. (source) Tanjung Kelian selayang pandang. |
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Catatan Mufida Salim 01-APR-2009 To: Pak Sapri Assalammualaikum. .. pe kabar pak? fida baru bace cerite Polang Kampong , pertame bace e kemaren sore, tp karene lah nak polang kerje jd bace e dak serius. Pas pagi ni sampai tempat kerje langsung buka age, serase nemu harte karun rase e... bedebar2 bace e , kepengen nanges adelah,,, sebab kangen kampong,,, pas bace rase e kite ikut juga dalam cerite pak Sapri ni... .Dak sabar bace kalimat per kalimat sampai paham benar cerite tu. ape agek pas liat gambar Tanjong Kelian,, weeew rase e pengen pesan tiket polang.... Salut buat Pak Sapri , cerite e TOP BGT.. ditunggu cerite2 yang buat ati ni bedebar2 rase e... Wass, Feeda |
Dari Tanjung Kelian kami menuju Tanjung Ular lewat Batu Balai, tanjung ular diproyeksikan akan menjadi daerah industri dan penampungan batu bara, didekat tanjung ular kami melihat penduduk tempatan memelihara ayam Merawang yang konon merupakan keturunan ayam dari negeri Cina. |
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Selesai makan siang singggah kerumah Pak We Mat dan We Mok kakak mak kami di Kampong Telok Rubiah, usia Pak We 92 tahun dan Mak We 81 tahun, Alhamdulillah mereka dalam keadaan sehat. Dari sana kami balik lagi ke rumah kontrakan adik kami untuk shalat dan istirahat sejenak, kami sempat lihat lokasi yang rencananya akan dibangun rumah adik kami, disebelah belakang lokasi tersebut tanahnya agak tinggi dan banyak batu besar kata orang sana batu gunung, antik. Ada yang jualan pempek udang lewat, beli, dicoba, rupanya rasanya enak, baru tahu saya :) |
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Setelah istrirahat sejenak kami melanjutkan perjalanan kami ke Gunung Menumbing, di kaki gunung terdapat sungai yang merupakan hulu sungai yang mengalir di kota Mentok, diantaranya sungai babi, aek poteh, aek kemang, sungai sekip, sungai arang arang dan sungai kampung ulu. Catatan From: Herman Harun Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:06:41 PM Subject: Re: Name Sungai same Udang Lanji Lanji Re: [Mentok-Bangka] thanks saye tambah ye om safri Bang, ni tambahan name2 songai: |
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kerang, lokan, sengkor, kerapu |
jahan, talang, hiu, kakap |
sembilang, sengkor, sarden |
tenggiri, daging hiu totol
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anak Bangka di Hong Kong "Bpk Safri Yth: Selamat malam! Saya sangat tertarik pada foto-foto Bpk di Mento, Maaf saya ingin ngumong bahasa daera BK, ku n renye makai gambar Bpki" From: Safri Ishak <safrish@yahoo.com> From: "supardi@sina.com" Terjemahan http://supardi.blog.sohu.com/143011100.html dalam
bahasa Inggris (Google Translater) I gave him a blog a message that he was pleased to restore me and asked me to the next meet in Bangka. I think this is what we in Bangka Belitung have the the relationship between the Chinese and the local indigenous reflection, integration of exchanges, or even marriage, the basis of mutual understanding and trust built up, less alienation, of course, difficult to sow discord occurred opposite emotions. Next time I go to Jakarta, I will visit some of his garden, a good understanding of the text of Island history and natural conditions, to learn more about the Nanyang flowers of knowledge, xing XU, and he would not necessarily ven. I will be a row several times, will Safri full of Bangka-style pictures,
introduced to everyone, but also to do some shows I hope you like it,
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Indonesian
Folklore
http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/ |
Kelingking
Folklore from Bangka Belitung http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/2008/10/kelingking.html |
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Umpit and
the Wild Hogs
Folklore from Bangka Belitung http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/2008/09/umpit-and-wild-hogs.html |
A long time ago in Bangka, lived a hunter. His
name was Umpit. |
Putri Pinang
Gading
Folklore from Bangka Belitung http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/2008/06/putri-pinang-gading.html |
A long time ago in Belitung, there were a couple
of husband and wife. The husband was a fisherman. The husbands name
was Pak Inda and the wife’s name was Bu Tumina. They lived
alone in their house. They did not have any children. |
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Bangka-Belitung Islands is a province of Indonesia, which includes two main islands, Bangka and Belitung, and several smaller ones that lie from the east of Sumatra to the northeast of South Sumatra province. The Bangka Strait separates Sumatra and Bangka, and the Gaspar Strait separates Bangka and Belitung. The South China Sea is to the north, the Java Sea is to the south, and Borneo to the east is separated from Belitung by the Karimata Strait. The province was formerly part of South Sumatra, but became a separate province along with Banten and Gorontalo in 2000. In 2004 its population was 1,012,655. The capital is Pangkal Pinang. These islands have significant mining (the largest producers of tin in Indonesia). They also produce white pepper CPO etc. Bangka Belitung also has many beaches and smaller islands which have attracted tourists from around the world. The famous beaches are Matras beach, Parai beach, Tanjung Pesona beach, Batu Bedaun beach, Remodong beach, Pasir Padi Beach, Tanjung Kelian Beach, Rebo beach, Telok Uber Beach and many others. Administrative divisions Bangka-Belitung is divided into six regencies (kabupaten) and 1 city (kota): * Bangka (regency
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Advertising
Advertisements are seen on the seats of shopping carts, on the walls of an airport walkway, on the sides of buses,and are heard in telephone hold messages and in-store public address systems. Advertisements are often placed anywhere an audience can easily or frequently access visual, audio and printed information. Organizations that frequently spend large sums of money on advertising that sells what is not, strictly speaking, a product or service include political parties, interest groups, religious organizations, and military recruiters. Non-profit organizations are not typical advertising clients, and may rely on free modes of persuasion, such as public service announcements. Advertising spending has increased dramatically in recent years. In 2006, spending on advertising has been estimated at $155 billion in the United States and $385 billion worldwide, and the latter to exceed $500 billion by 2010. While advertising can be seen as necessary for economic growth, it is not without social costs. Unsolicited Commercial Email and other forms of spam have become so prevalent as to have become a major nuisance to users of these services, as well as being a financial burden on internet service providers. Advertising is increasingly invading public spaces, such as schools, which some critics argue is a form of child exploitation. Egyptians used papyrus to make sales messages and wall posters. Commercial messages and political campaign displays have been found in the ruins of Pompei and ancient Arabia. Lost and found advertising on papyrus was common in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Wall or rock painting for commercial advertising is another manifestation of an ancient advertising form, which is present to this day in many parts of Asia, Africa, and South America. The tradition of wall painting can be traced back to Indian rock art paintings that date back to 4000 BCE.[5] History As the towns and cities of the Middle Ages began to grow, and the general populace was unable to read, signs that today would say cobbler, miller, tailor or blacksmith would use an image associated with their trade such as a boot, a suit, a hat, a clock, a diamond, a horse shoe, a candle or even a bag of flour. Fruits and vegetables were sold in the city square from the backs of carts and wagons and their proprietors used street callers or town criers to announce their whereabouts for the convenience of the customers. As education became an apparent need and reading,
as well printing developed, advertising expanded to include handbills.
In the 17th century advertisements started to appear in weekly newspapers
in England. These early print advertisements were used mainly to promote
books and newspapers, which became increasingly affordable with advances
in the printing press; and medicines, which were increasingly sought
after as disease ravaged Europe. However, false advertising and so-called "quack" advertisements
became a problem, which ushered in the regulation of advertising content. As the economy expanded during the 19th century, advertising grew alongside. In the United States, the success of this advertising format eventually led to the growth of mail-order advertising. In June 1836, French newspaper La Presse is the first to include paid advertising in its pages, allowing it to lower its price, extend its readership and increase its profitability and the formula was soon copied by all titles. Around 1840, Volney Palmer established a predecessor to advertising agencies in Boston. Around the same time, in France, Charles-Louis Havas extended the services of his news agency, Havas to include advertisement brokerage, making it the first French group to organize. At first, agencies were brokers for advertisement space in newspapers. N. W. Ayer & Son was the first full-service agency to assume responsibility for advertising content. N.W. Ayer opened in 1869, and was located in Philadelphia. At the turn of the century, there were few career
choices for women in business; however, advertising was one of the
few. Since women were responsible for most of the purchasing done in
their household, advertisers and agencies recognized the value of women's
insight during the creative process. In fact, the first American advertising
to use a sexual sell was created by a woman – for a soap product.
Although tame by today's standards, the advertisement featured a couple
with the message "The skin you love to touch". In the early 1920s, the first radio stations were established by radio equipment manufacturers and retailers who offered programs in order to sell more radios to consumers. As time passed, many non-profit organizations followed suit in setting up their own radio stations, and included: schools, clubs and civic groups. When the practice of sponsoring programs was popularised, each individual radio program was usually sponsored by a single business in exchange for a brief mention of the business' name at the beginning and end of the sponsored shows. However, radio station owners soon realised they could earn more money by selling sponsorship rights in small time allocations to multiple businesses throughout their radio station's broadcasts, rather than selling the sponsorship rights to single businesses per show. This practice was carried over to television in the late 1940s and early 1950s. A fierce battle was fought between those seeking to commercialise the radio and people who argued that the radio spectrum should be considered a part of the commons – to be used only non-commercially and for the public good. The United Kingdom pursued a public funding model for the BBC, originally a private company, the British Broadcasting Company, but incorporated as a public body by Royal Charter in 1927. In Canada, advocates like Graham Spry were likewise able to persuade the federal government to adopt a public funding model, creating the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. However, in the United States, the capitalist model prevailed with the passage of the Communications Act of 1934 which created the Federal Communications Commission.[8] To placate the socialists, the U.S. Congress did require commercial broadcasters to operate in the "public interest, convenience, and necessity". Public broadcasting now exists in the United States due to the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act which led to the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. In the early 1950s, the DuMont Television Network began the modern trend of selling advertisement time to multiple sponsors. Previously, DuMont had trouble finding sponsors for many of their programs and compensated by selling smaller blocks of advertising time to several businesses. This eventually became the standard for the commercial television industry in the United States. However, it was still a common practice to have single sponsor shows, such as The United States Steel Hour. In some instances the sponsors exercised great control over the content of the show - up to and including having one's advertising agency actually writing the show. The single sponsor model is much less prevalent now, a notable exception being the Hallmark Hall of Fame. The 1960s saw advertising transform into a modern
approach in which creativity was allowed to shine, producing unexpected
messages that made advertisements more tempting to consumers' eyes.
The Volkswagen ad campaign—featuring such headlines as "Think
Small" and "Lemon" (which were used to describe the
appearance of the car)—ushered in the era of modern advertising
by promoting a "position" or "unique selling proposition" designed
to associate each brand with a specific idea in the reader or viewer's
mind. This period of American advertising is called the Creative Revolution
and its archetype was William Bernbach who helped create the revolutionary
Volkswagen ads among others. Some of the most creative and long-standing
American advertising dates to this period. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw the introduction of cable television and particularly MTV. Pioneering the concept of the music video, MTV ushered in a new type of advertising: the consumer tunes in for the advertising message, rather than it being a by-product or afterthought. As cable and satellite television became increasingly prevalent, specialty channels emerged, including channels entirely devoted to advertising, such as QVC, Home Shopping Network, and ShopTV Canada. Marketing through the Internet opened new frontiers for advertisers and contributed to the "dot-com" boom of the 1990s. Entire corporations operated solely on advertising revenue, offering everything from coupons to free Internet access. At the turn of the 21st century, a number of websites including the search engine Google, started a change in online advertising by emphasizing contextually relevant, unobtrusive ads intended to help, rather than inundate, users. This has led to a plethora of similar efforts and an increasing trend of interactive advertising. The share of advertising spending relative to GDP has changed little across large changes in media. For example, in the U.S. in 1925, the main advertising media were newspapers, magazines, signs on streetcars, and outdoor posters. Advertising spending as a share of GDP was about 2.9 percent. By 1998, television and radio had become major advertising media. Nonetheless, advertising spending as a share of GDP was slightly lower—about 2.4 percent. A recent advertising innovation is "guerrilla marketing", which involve unusual approaches such as staged encounters in public places, giveaways of products such as cars that are covered with brand messages, and interactive advertising where the viewer can respond to become part of the advertising message. This reflects an increasing trend of interactive and "embedded" ads, such as via product placement, having consumers vote through text messages, and various innovations utilizing social network services such as MySpace.
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Garden
See traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants such as parsley. Xeriscape gardens use local native plants that do not require irrigation or extensive use of other resources while still providing the benefits of a garden environment. Gardens may exhibit structural enhancements, sometimes called follies, including water features such as fountains, ponds (with or without fish), waterfalls or creeks, dry creek beds, statuary, arbors, trellises and more. Some gardens are for ornamental purposes only, while some gardens also produce food crops, sometimes in separate areas, or sometimes intermixed with the ornamental plants. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby rather than produce for sale). Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space. Landscape architecture is a related professional activity with landscape architects tending to specialise in design for public and corporate clients. The term "garden" in British English refers to an enclosed area of land, usually adjoining a building. This would be referred to as a yard in American English. Flower gardens combine plants of different heights, colors, textures, and fragrances to create interest and delight the senses.
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Flower
In addition to serving as the reproductive organs of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans, mainly to beautify their environment but also as a source of food. Flower specialization and pollination Each flower has a specific design which best encourages the transfer of its pollen. Cleistogamous flowers are self pollinated, after which, they may or may not open. Many Viola and some Salvia species are known to have these types of flowers. Entomophilous flowers attract and use insects, bats, birds or other animals to transfer pollen from one flower to the next. Flowers commonly have glands called nectaries on their various parts that attract these animals. Some flowers have patterns, called nectar guides, that show pollinators where to look for nectar. Flowers also attract pollinators by scent and color. Still other flowers use mimicry to attract pollinators. Some species of orchids, for example, produce flowers resembling female bees in color, shape, and scent. Flowers are also specialized in shape and have an arrangement of the stamens that ensures that pollen grains are transferred to the bodies of the pollinator when it lands in search of its attractant (such as nectar, pollen, or a mate). In pursuing this attractant from many flowers of the same species, the pollinator transfers pollen to the stigmas—arranged with equally pointed precision—of all of the flowers it visits. Anemophilous flowers use the wind to move pollen from one flower to the next, examples include the grasses, Birch trees, Ragweed and Maples. They have no need to attract pollinators and therefore tend not to be "showy" flowers. Male and female reproductive organs are generally found in separate flowers, the male flowers having a number of long filaments terminating in exposed stamens, and the female flowers having long, feather-like stigmas. Whereas the pollen of entomophilous flowers tends to be large-grained, sticky, and rich in protein (another "reward" for pollinators), anemophilous flower pollen is usually small-grained, very light, and of little nutritional value to insects.
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Wedding
Photography Wedding photography is a major commercial endeavor that supports the bulk of the efforts for many photography studios or independent photographers. History
Until the later half of the 19th century, most people didn’t pose for formal wedding photos during the wedding. Rather they might pose for a formal photo in their best clothes before or after a wedding. In the late 1860s, more couples started posing in their wedding clothes or sometimes hired a photographer to come to the wedding venue. Due to the nature of the bulky equipment and lighting issues, wedding photography was largely a studio practice for most of the late 1800s. Over time, technology improved, but many couples still might only pose for a single wedding portrait. Wedding albums started becoming more commonplace towards the 1880s. By then, the photographer would start including the wedding party in the photographs. Often the wedding gifts would be laid out and recorded in the photographs as well. In the beginning of the 20th century, color photography became available, but color photography was still too unreliable and expensive so most wedding photography was still practiced in black and white. The concept of capturing the wedding "event" came about after the Second World War. Using film roll technology and improved lighting techniques available with the invention of the compact flash bulb, often photographers would simply show up at a wedding and try to sell the photos later. Despite the initial low quality photographs that often resulted, the competition forced the studio photographers to start working on location. Initially, professional studio photographers might bring a lot of bulky equipment, thus limiting their ability to record the entire event. Even candid photos were more often staged after the ceremony. In the 1970s the more modern approach to recording the entire wedding event started evolving into the practice as we know it today. Technology During the film era, photographers favored color negative film and medium-format cameras, especially by Hasselblad. Today, many more weddings are photographed with digital SLR cameras as the digital convenience provides quick detection of lighting mistakes and allows creative approaches to be reviewed immediately. In spite of diminishing film use, some photographers continue to shoot with film as they prefer the film aesthetic, while others are of the opinion that negative film captures more information than digital technology, with less margin for exposure error. Certainly true in some cases, it should be noted that exposure latitude inherent in a camera's native RAW image format (which allows for more under- and over- exposure than JPE) varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. All forms of RAW have a degree of exposure latitude which exceeds slide film - to which digital capture is commonly compared. Currently however, it is fair to say that many professional labs have a greater capacity to provide services in post-production for film compared with digital[citation needed], such as quickly generate adequate prints in the event of some over- or under- exposure. This should change over time, with manufacturers like Kodak announcing a commitment to further develop streamlined services in the area of professional digital lab output. Technology has evolved with the use of remote triggers and flashes. Wedding photographers are now able to take advantage of travelling light and having the ability to use creative lighting.
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