Commemoration and Aquarium Kampung Luar Batang

The buildings in Kampung Aquarium until melted lantah fish market has been crushed by the wheels of a bulldozer. None of the buildings are standing, except the initial story before the founding of the village.

Aquarium of the village name is not just any name them. It turned out that the origin of the village is what makes this village known as the hometown Aquarium.
"In the past we know, this is a zoo sea water, so many aquariums. And also where the research from LIPI," said Mansyur, Chairman of Sunda Kelapa Heritage in the ruins of Kampung Aquarium, Thursday (04/14/2016).
Unfortunately, the zoo and a place of observation LIPI was abandoned after the removal of the zoo which is now known as Ragunan. Thus, there is no longer the former explaining that this land is a former marine zoo.
"Jakarta first two zoo, the zoo land in Taman Ismail Marzuki, here zoo sea. However, after the construction of Ragunan zoo, all moved there. In TEAM made the campus, here abandoned." Mansyur said.
From there, the fishermen began to occupy the former land of the zoo. Until then called with the name of the village aquarium.
Different regions, different story anyway. Kampung Luar Batang, which is currently still standing in the village next to the Aquarium, has a story that is not less interesting.
Luar Batang village name can not be separated from a Yemeni cleric named Habib Husein bin Abubakar Alaydrus. He served to spread Islam in North Jakarta, before he died the name of this village was Kampung Baru. However, after his death, this village is more famous as the Luar Batang. Approximately what is it cause?
"Because it is out by the time he carried the coffin to the cemetery, that was not no body, her body was not there. The term was that he was not in the coffin, I put the rod out of the brackets. Maybe because it was too long turned into Luar Batang." said Chairman of Heritage's Sunda Kelapa.
Mansyur said it was one story that was widespread in the community. There are many more stories beginning of the sacred name of the village is. For pursing what exactly the true history of this village, he was preparing a book which will unveil the history of the villages on the north coast of Jakarta.

Source: detiknews