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Discover Lasem
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Exploring the soul of Indonesian heritage
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Praesens
Cultural Heritage
Harmony in Diversity
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Praeteritum
History
Memory
Nostalgia
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Futurum
Conservation
Strengthen Local
Connect Global
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History
Lasem is a kecamatan (district), that lies in the coast of Java Sea in the Regency of Rembang. It is located mored or less 12 km to the east of capital of Rembang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
Lasem has a long history, including both pre-historic and historic eras (2000 BCE until today). It possesses massive tangible heritages scattered across 45km square. These include the remains of pre-historic (Plawangan Kragan and Leran Archaeological Site), Hindu-Buddhist, Islamic, and colonial periods.
Lasem owns intangible heritages that have been passed down from Hind-Buddhist, Islamic, Javanese, Arabic, and Colonial (Dutch/European) traditions. Its area has also a wide-ranging geographical landscapes that includes seas, beaches, rivers, plains, hills, plantations, rice fields, and farms. In Indonesia, Lasem is well known as home to multicultural society that maintains tolerance towards its diverse communities. Nowadays, Lasem develops a tourism concept that is based on cultural heritage conservation and community.
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The Town of
Opium Funnel
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During 18th and 19th centuries, Lasem was serving as a port for the largest opium trade on java along with the neighboring town of Juwana.
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Opium House, Soditan Villlage.
Photo by: Feri Latief
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The remnants of such riches can still be seen in the Chinatowns of Lasem, Soditan, Gambiran, Karangturi, and Babagan. “Great and splendid buildings adopting Fujian Chinese, Chinese-East Indies, Indische Empire, and colonial architectures are scattered across Lasem Old Town.”
A total of 250 buildings, both wellpreserved and abandoned, still survive to this day. The uniqueness of Lasem’s Chinatown lies in the absence of two-storey, elongated shophouses. Each of the entire buildings stands on plots in minimum sizes of 1,500 sqm.
In 1860s, opium trade saw a decline as the Dutch established a monopoly of it. Consequently, Batik houses began to flourish in the area, and Lasem soon moved toward becoming a ‘Batik town’ as its Batik products were gaining attention, especially in Malaysia and Singapore.
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Little Tiongkok
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By the end of 19th century, Lasem has been knowing as Little Tiongkok.
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Fujian Kampong, Soditan Villlage.
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Cu An Kiong Temple, Soditan Village
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Touristic activities in Lasem has been around since early 20th century, and it is largely due to the fact that the district has intangible heritages originating from the pre-historic, Hindu-Buddhist, Islamic, and Colonial as well as post-colonial periods.
In addition, the acculturation of Islamic, Javanese, Chinese and European traditions has colored the culture in the district, attracting tourists.
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Harmony in Diversity
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The spirit of tolerance in Indonesia nowadays has been shaped by the history.
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