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Bandung Sea of Fire

 Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes. British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smokebillowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The Greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where therewere a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot. The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militiawas not comparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo Halo Bandung”. To remember what they did and struggled, they built the Bandung Lautan Api monument.

Manado, Indonesia

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Manado Manado is a capital city from North Sulawesi. Manado has 98 sub-districts and villages. Manado is located in Manado Bay, and is surrounded by mountainous areas and its coastline is reclaimed land which is used as a shopping area. This city had 408,354 residents from 2010 Census, making it the second largest city on Sulawesi Island after Makassar City.  The people of Manado are often called "Warga Kawanua", which in Minahasa means "residents of the land". The term "Kawanua" is also believed to come from the word "Wanua", which in Old Malay (Proto Malay) is interpreted as "Residential area". The city of Manado has many natural tourist destinations that are popular among local and foreign tourists. Among them, Bunaken National Park which has been inaugurated by UNESCO, Manado Tua Island, Siladen Island, Malalayang Beach, Lake Tondano, Mount Lokon, Mount Klabat and Mount Mahawu. This is all about my Hero's Hometown, thank you guy...