DANAU RANAU

The words "Ranau' is something which calling my curiousity. Situated in the fartest place of South Sumatera, can be reach from Palembang or Lampung, this beautiful lake has an annual event called "Lake Ranau Folk Festival". This year, this festival held for 12 times also the first time they added an automotive event called "Lake Ranau Off-road Challenge". So here I am, almost a week to covers the event and try to find 'something' in Ranau. And yes, I just found :) A cozy place, friendly and humble people. Love to be here!!! It's like a final destination after me and the off-roaders, all participants and contenders exhausted by the tough event. Danau Ranau showing us, how beautiful she is by greenery and beautiful scenery, blue-green and clean white water on the lake, also blue (sometimes grey) sky with clouds flowing in between. Waowwww, I wish I can spend more days here in a homestay! But my office just calling. Hate this!!!!

A legend of Ranau
The name Danau Ranau (Ranau Lake) is based on a legend about trees called "Hara" and "Reranau". A monk is order the people in the village to cut these trees for farming activity but the trees looks still exist and no one can cut them off. Until one day, when the monk cut them by an axe of his own. The trees successfully cutted and a small spring just appears, getting big and bigger 'till the formation becomes Lake Ranau nowadays.
Ranau has several etnics and 3 of them are Ogan, Komering and Ranau. They're have different lingos but know each other well. And since my dear friend Niko Fiandri is a native Komering, this page I would like to dedicated for him also. Niko, Miss Piggy missed you, wherever you are!!! :)


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