Obama plans to visit Bali in November: Governor

blog Minangkabau today-US President Barack Obama has announced plans to visit Bali in November, Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika said Wednesday.
“I just met US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel. He told me Obama would visit Bali, most likely in November,” Pastika said.
He added that US State Secretary Hillary Clinton would also go to Bali in July, to attend an international meeting and to check on preparations in Bali to welcome Obama.
Pastika said Bali would be ready to receive the US president.
“Security will be coordinated by the central government, the National Police and related institutions,” he said.
Obama had earlier planned to visit Bali in 2010, but cancelled the visit because of home affairs problems

Minangkabau East era

The term is borrowed from the term proposed by Drs. M. D. Mansoer et al, in his book, History of Minangkabau, Minangkabau say experienced two periods, namely East Minangkabau period that lasted between the seventh century until approximately the year 1350 and the period between the years 1347-1809 Pagaruyung Minangkabau.

He said that the old kingdoms, pepper trade center, center of economy, politics and culture that first arose and developed in Minangkabau is in the valley stream and river Batang Hari Dareh. The area was developed in the seventh century until the mid-fourteenth century.

At age Minangkabau History

What is meant by the time of the early history of the Minangkabau is the era that includes the period between the first century AD to the seventh century. In this period the pre-history still continues, but this time equipped with the oldest written stories about such Minangkabau term Tsi San-Fo from Chinese news that can be read as Tambesi contained in Jambi. In other parts of Indonesia have also been writing such as news or in the Kutai kingdom Mulawarman Tarumanegara Kalimantan and West Java. But the news was not much we can take as material to construct a story of history, because it's still very little and each one seemed to stand alone without any relationship at all. To this day provides a time Soekomono Proto History of Indonesia, namely the transition from the prehistoric era to the era of history.

TRACK of MINANGKABAU HISTORY

IntroductionTo search for ancestors on earth when it comes to the Minangkabau Minangkabau, it needs to be talked about long heritage as megaliths found in the regency and other places in Minangkabau who has thousands of years old.
In the regency heritage of this megalith found in Nagari High Durian, Guguk, Tiakar, Suliki Mountain Gold, Harau, Kapur IX, Base, Koto Baru, Mahat, Koto Gadan, domains, Polite Tower, High Koto, Ampang Tower.
Like most other megalith culture originated from the old stone age and grow up to the Bronze Age. Megalith culture is a subculture Dongsong. Megalith like contained therein also spread to the east, was also present in Nagari Aur Duri in Riau. Malay Peninsula, Burma and Yunan. Street culture adopted by cultural Dongsong. In other words we can say that the megalith culture in the regency Dongsong contemporary culture and supported by the same tribe.
According to the experts that advocates Dongsong culture is the first Austronesian peoples living in the area of ​​Yunan, South China. They came to the archipelago in two waves. The first wave of the New Stone Age (Neolithic), which is expected in 2000 BC. The second wave came at about the year 500 BC, and these are expected to become the ancestors of the Indonesian nation now.