Folklore: Batu Pengantin (Matrimonial Stone) at Lereng kelir,Gertas, Brongkol, Jambu, Semarang Regency

Folklore: Batu Pengantin (Matrimonial Stone) at Lereng kelir,Gertas, Brongkol,  Jambu, Semarang Regency

Lereng Kelir Semarang is one of the tourism objects in Semarang regency, sub-district of Jambu, specifically in Brongkol Village at Gertas, with the concept of the bamboo post where we can see the scenery from a height deserves that beautiful scenery for your Instagram feeds. From this bamboo post of Kelir Hillside Semarang, there are so many tourists who visiting this attraction at the peak of Kelir hillside to see the mountain ranges scenery.

The sub-district Jambu is flanked by a lot of mountains so that it's perfect to see the green natural scenery from the peak of Kelir, hence this attraction becomes one of the places that we must visit to enjoy the natural beauty in the District of Semarang. From Kelir hillside we can see almost all of the area of South Semarang.

For the location of the Kelir Hillside itself is in Gertas Hamlet, the route from Semarang City itself takes around 2 hours. When the visitors have arrived in its parking area the visitors have to walk by foot or rents motorcycle which rides by the local residents to take us to the peak of Kelir hillside or we can hike for 1 hours or more. The road is quite steep and requires lots of energy, but it will disappear when we enjoy the fresh air from nature.

On the way to the Bamboo post at Kelir Hillside, the visitors will find a big stone called the bride stone in the edge of the mountainside which is fenced by wood. The residents of Brongkol village called that stone as the bride stone, therefore that hill is usually called by the local resident as the Bride stone.

The name of bride stone is not that short given, there are story and philosophy of the bride stone by the people in that area. According to the elders and youths of Gertas hamlet, it was told that in the past there is a couple who met at the top of the stone but in the day when they were met this couples were disappeared and never come back. This background of the story becomes the beginning of that appellation because, in that stone, the couple disappeared. This folklore is believed as the origin of Matrimonial stone in Kelir hillside tourism, in Jambu, district of Semarang.

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