My blog

My blog

 

Hello! Welcome to my blog!
Let me introduce myself.
My name is helen monika citria. I'm 15 years old.
I'm a student in Senior High School number 1 Pontianak and I'm in the 11th grade.
My class is Eleven Science 4.

My hope in english is to be able to speak in english well and fluently.

My purpose in english is to learn more in english and as a preparation for future .

My Favorite Item :)

    Hello , My name's helen monika citria . I want to tell you about my favorite item .My favorite item is doll.

I have a doll named winnie the pooh, I really liked it, I get the doll from my friend asa birthday gift, the doll has an attractive color that is red and yellow, all I want to sleep I always hugged the doll, the doll had feathers soft and form a very funny that make me happy while playing it, the doll is winnie the pooh.

Carbide Cannon

CARBIDE CANNON

               Carbide cannon is made of logs split and hollowed  inside, then the cups back and tied with rattan tightly ,along the kapuas river kapuas bridge there is some group faction of the canon from both sides of the river,facing each other.
               The canon is made of large diameter wood approxiametly 50 cm- 100 cm,with a length of between 4 -7 meters.

          Previously, carbide cannon made from coconut tree or nut tree. Along with the enactment of the golden age of industrial wood, coconut and nut trees were replaced with wooden spindles.

            Carbide cannon as the only game played by community banks of the Kapuas River in Pontianak City deserves to be preserved. 
            Carbide cannon is one of the attractions when Idul Fitri’s day come to Pontianak, the future will be more interesting if it supported by the government in order to increase tourism.
          For people who like challenge, they can feel an incriedible sensation when try carbide cannon.

          Since the first, carbide cannons from the hardwood was rung only at certain moments such as night takbiran. It has become tradition and “trade mark” of Pontianak city. Once a booming sound to repel kuntilanak, now even to encourage tourism.

         The goal of play carbide cannon is to inform the public that the time of Maghrib arrived to Pontianak. 
         And the sound of cannon was used as sign of coming azan Maghrib at the time. Now, carbide cannon still at Pontianak, especially for the citizens the banks of Kapuas River.