Krakatau Festival
Krakatau Festival
Krakatau
Festival is an annual festival held in Lampung province. The event participated
by all regencies and cities in Lampung province is also the largest annual
event in the travel agenda for the province because it can attract many
tourists to come to see Krakatau Festival. This festival has been held since
1991 and is usually held between June and October each year.
This festival
is meant to commemorate the devastating events in the past, the eruption of
Mount Krakatau on August 26th – 27th, 1883. The eruption
of Mount Krakatau occurred at that time was an earth-shattering explosion as
the eruption’s sounding voice could be heard to a radius of about 4500 km from
the center of the explosion and killed about 36,000 people. Even volcanic ash
produced by this eruption could be felt up to New York, United States, and also
lead to global climate change due to the volcanic ash had covered the
atmosphere for two and a half days causing the sun shines with a dim within one
year after the eruption.
That is
exactly the reason why holding Krakatau Festival as well as to introduce
tourist potential of Lampung Province. This festival has its own significance
for the people of Lampung Province since the beginning, this festival was a
form of the province's efforts to clarify that Krakatau is owned by the
province of Lampung since Krakatau first region had experienced obscurity into
which territory, whether West Java or Lampung .
In addition,
the festival is also held to show that the area around Mount Krakatau is a
tourist attraction that can be relied upon except Way Kambas National Park. In
the Krakatau Festival series of events, there are many exciting activities that
can be seen and followed, such as exhibitions, cultural performances, sports, Mount
Krakatau tour and many more
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