Stiflingly hot feeling because of sunshine in the dry season vanished when we arrived the original cold of lakes in Gunung Kidul districts. The domination of Karst mountains causes Gunung Kidul regency have many dolin lakes. Some of the lakes do not have springs. They just receive absorbing water from karst mountains and rain water and never dry in the dry season.
The existence of the lakes is easily detected by looking at environment scattered at Karst mountains. Around Karst mountains, we will easily find small or large lakes. However, most of the lakes have been built by wall, trivialisation, and without trees. The sitution makes the lakes loose their beauty.
One of the lakes that still has this beauty, with the water that never dry, is Towet lake in Girisekar village, Panggang subdsitrict. By walking stone path as long as 500 m, from the main province street which connects subdistricts Saptosari and Panggang, we can enjoy coolness in the middle of dryness which is now entering the country.
In some distance, we faintly will hear laughter of village girls and children when we descend the path to the lake. The air coolness will touch us when we arrive below the huge Bulu tree which its thick leaves and big gnarlet. Whereas, the clock is at 13.00. the hot sunshine seems to be swallowed by the shadows of old trees which stands accross the lake bank.
The greenish water lake seems reflecting the sunshine. Some children plays in the water while they are watered their cows. Whereas their mothers is fascinately washing clothes and taking a bath with a dress still in their body. Some boys appear fishing using tree branches.
Laughter of village people and sound of water flowing in a small stream intones dance of peace. It is not astonishing why people feel like home, sitting around the lake and doing their activities hourly. I also feel peace and cool although I did nothing except sitting, forgeting my thirsty because of long journey.
The Towet lake will become a main source of water for washing and showering by people of K saptosari and Panggang subdsitricts. because in July, many lakes in Gunung Kidul will lost their water.
A villager from Girisekar, Wiryo Wijoyo (85) said that Towet lake never dries. All people realize they have to take care of the lake. They always keep cleaning it and the environment around it at least 4 times a month. The various trees standing on its banks are kept in order that they still can catch rain water.
Not far from Towet lake, we can visit Pakem lake which also locates in Girisekar. It also never dries in the summer. There are still some lakes that never dry in the summer such as Luwenglor lake in Girimulyo village and Sumurwuni lake in Giriwungu village. At certain times, the visitors can do mass fishing when fishes in the lake are ready to catch, by paying for each person Rp. 25.000 (2,5$)
According to survey held by Gadjah Mada University, there are 282 lakes throughout Gunung Kidul district. 217 of them dry in the summer. The dried lakes happens mostly because of the trees around it are vanished, or the bottom of the lakes get trivialisation. That is why they can not afford of preventing from evaporation caused by strong sunshine.
When you visit Gunung Kidul and you feel hot, you can visit for a while these origin lakes. Without paying anything, you can feel coolness and peacefulness of the lake that enable to cure your unhappy feeling. We also can enjoy the happiness of daily life of villagers that still can laugh at in the front of prolong dry season.
(mawar kusuma, kompas)
The existence of the lakes is easily detected by looking at environment scattered at Karst mountains. Around Karst mountains, we will easily find small or large lakes. However, most of the lakes have been built by wall, trivialisation, and without trees. The sitution makes the lakes loose their beauty.
One of the lakes that still has this beauty, with the water that never dry, is Towet lake in Girisekar village, Panggang subdsitrict. By walking stone path as long as 500 m, from the main province street which connects subdistricts Saptosari and Panggang, we can enjoy coolness in the middle of dryness which is now entering the country.
In some distance, we faintly will hear laughter of village girls and children when we descend the path to the lake. The air coolness will touch us when we arrive below the huge Bulu tree which its thick leaves and big gnarlet. Whereas, the clock is at 13.00. the hot sunshine seems to be swallowed by the shadows of old trees which stands accross the lake bank.
The greenish water lake seems reflecting the sunshine. Some children plays in the water while they are watered their cows. Whereas their mothers is fascinately washing clothes and taking a bath with a dress still in their body. Some boys appear fishing using tree branches.
Laughter of village people and sound of water flowing in a small stream intones dance of peace. It is not astonishing why people feel like home, sitting around the lake and doing their activities hourly. I also feel peace and cool although I did nothing except sitting, forgeting my thirsty because of long journey.
The Towet lake will become a main source of water for washing and showering by people of K saptosari and Panggang subdsitricts. because in July, many lakes in Gunung Kidul will lost their water.
A villager from Girisekar, Wiryo Wijoyo (85) said that Towet lake never dries. All people realize they have to take care of the lake. They always keep cleaning it and the environment around it at least 4 times a month. The various trees standing on its banks are kept in order that they still can catch rain water.
Not far from Towet lake, we can visit Pakem lake which also locates in Girisekar. It also never dries in the summer. There are still some lakes that never dry in the summer such as Luwenglor lake in Girimulyo village and Sumurwuni lake in Giriwungu village. At certain times, the visitors can do mass fishing when fishes in the lake are ready to catch, by paying for each person Rp. 25.000 (2,5$)
According to survey held by Gadjah Mada University, there are 282 lakes throughout Gunung Kidul district. 217 of them dry in the summer. The dried lakes happens mostly because of the trees around it are vanished, or the bottom of the lakes get trivialisation. That is why they can not afford of preventing from evaporation caused by strong sunshine.
When you visit Gunung Kidul and you feel hot, you can visit for a while these origin lakes. Without paying anything, you can feel coolness and peacefulness of the lake that enable to cure your unhappy feeling. We also can enjoy the happiness of daily life of villagers that still can laugh at in the front of prolong dry season.
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