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North Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010
chin:
On the way up, I saw this eagle, chained to the rail. I did not got the chance to find out what it was about. But still a nice picture IMHO. ;D
chin:
A more official description of Bukit Kasih is here.
On top of the hill are 5 small houses of worship, representing the 5 officially recognized religions in Indonesia.
In Indonesia, you have to declare a religion on your id, and can only choose one of the 5. The reason is supposedly to build harmony. How does limiting choices promote harmony? I imagine the reason is that when you choose 1 out of the 5, the OTHERS in the society feel less threatened?!
Too bad for the godless communists or the Falun Gongers who believed their leader Li Hong Zhi is the reincarnation of Budha Guanyin Jesus all-in-one.
The official link above also has the story of the faces craved on the hill.
chin:
While the monument at the bottom of the hill is pentagonal shaped with equal size for each side representing one religion, the road to the hill and the many crosses along the path simply show you who is the dominating religious force here.
Every single scenery outlook has a little picture like this one.
chin:
I took this picture at one of the scenery outlooks. There are some points of interest in this picture.
The large monument at the bottom is the pentagonal shaped one. The sulphur hot spring runs in the middle.
A bit top right of the monument is a nice white building. The building is the tomb of a former governor. he certainly picked a nice spot.
I went up the hill by this stair, and came down on the opposite side where there is a large cross on the top right of the picture.
Only after I came down, I realized that there are path to go further up. Well, I should have studied the maps before going up... :P
chin:
I took pictures of the houses of warship on the hill, but they were really just small and simple houses, many with broken windows. On the way down, I say this nice and seem to be well maintained building, sitting in the middle of nowhere!
At the back toward the right, there seems to be another unfinished or abandoned structure.
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