Hello everyone, how are you? You've read my story about my visit to the Jacatraweg area. Currently, the name of the road is Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta. Previously, this place was an elite area outside the walls of Batavia. Jacatraweg was also a silent witness to the skin-breaking incident.
Starting with the story of Jalan Jayakarta. Jacatraweg is outside the Batavian fort. Jacatraweg is a Chinese farm and village. Batavia began to develop, Mr Cornelis developed the southern area of Batavia to build housing and other things. Prince Jayakarta was the leader in Jakarta and broke ties with Banten.
One of the tourist attractions in Jayakarta. Then the Zion Church appeared and the wine factory appeared. Zion comes from the word hill in Israel. Church for Portuguese (Protestants). North Jakarta is a Portuguese village. Zion Church is the oldest church building in Jakarta. In the Sion Church, there is the tomb of the 20th governor of Batavia.
Skin breaking is an extreme event carried out by the Dutch. Performed on a Dutch traitor, Peter, of European and Thai descent. Broken skin is the name of a tragedy carried out by the Dutch colonialists on the people who betrayed them. This skin-breaking incident happened to a resident of Asian descent named Pieter Erbeveld. Governor General Zwaardecroon carried out the order to break the skin.
Punishment was carried out outside the fort. This place is where the skin-breaking event takes place. And after the execution, a monument was built. However, currently, the inscription does not exist at this location. The city of Batavia continues to grow and is now Jakarta. Many shops were built and the inscriptions are kept in the Jakarta History Museum.
Several places in Indonesia are mentioned from several places. One of them, is the name of this market, the Pecah Skin market. This market also contains several other mystical stories besides the tragedy story. I don't know the story for sure. My tour guide didn't tell the story completely. But, I was quite creeped out by the story. The story is mystical here.
This temple is not that old either. It only existed around 2006, then. This temple was born after the New Order after Indonesia carried out reforms. This temple is one of the stories about the existence of Chinese groups in Jakarta. I once told you about this place. You can read the full story in my story.
I want to tell you about the founding of this place. This place was founded at the end of 1800. This monastery has Chinese and Indonesian-style architecture. There is a dominance of red and gold, these two colors symbolize wealth and happiness. I once told you about this place.
The name of this place is Raden Ateng Kertadria. He was one of the people who became a close friend of Pieter Erbeveld, a person who was a victim of Dutch cruelty and a victim of the skin-breaking incident. This place was considered one of the sacred places when Raden Ateng was hiding
Souw Beng Kong was a captain in his time. He was the first Kapitan from China appointed by Governor General Zwaardecroon. He was the person who owned the most land in Jacatraweg at that time. His descendants still exist today. However, this tomb is not maintained and has experienced subsidence. That's all I can tell you, see you in the next story.
Nurdiani Latifah
My name is Nurdiani Latifah. I live in Jakarta – Indonesia, and after 25 years I live in Bandung. I am a media staff at an NGO in Indonesia. I have worked in this institution for almost 2 years on issues of women and peace. I have been a journalist in Bandung for 3 years.
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