French Heroes Adventure Ends in Sabang

French Heroes Adventure Ends in Sabang
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French Hero Ends in French Heroes Sabang Ends in Sabang
Dutch cemetery or better known as the Chinese cemetery in the city of Sabang
Colonial-style buildings lined up neatly in the area of ​​Kota Atas, Sabang City. On each front of the fence of the building from the 19th century is listed various information about the building. According to data from the cultural and tourism office of the city of Sabang, there are about 180 colonial-style buildings in Sabang. Starting from offices, hospitals, inns, shops, and residential homes.
Sabang, once a prima donna for explorers from all over the world, until finally, in World War I Sabang played its war as one of the most important ports of the ship in the Straits of Melaka. The Netherlands and Japan have desperately defended the island because of its strategic position. But, every time to sabang, or Pulau Weh, there is a sense of curiosity that never goes away from my mind. Where is the tomb of the perpetrators of history on the island that only has an area of 121 KM 2 this?
Day before dusk. Tired from the hustle and bustle of balohan that I had been enjoying earlier unbearably tired. I, decided to go back to find lodging and decided to explore Sabang once more. After all, no ships sailed to Banda Aceh that day. The east wind is reaching its peak, making the waves in the Weh Island waters very insecure for shipping. Why not try to solve the pent-up desire so far? Looking for old tombs of Dutch colonial relics!
It's almost three times I circled the Upper City, then to the Lower City, then up again up. Until finally I was a little lost in seputaran Kuta Ateuh, districts like works, city of sabang. A bar stood tucked away from the lush leaves of mango trees. I was hysterical with joy, when I saw the brown marking pole bearing the words "European Tomb"! Yeee ..

French Hero Ends in French Heroes Sabang Ends in Sabang
At first glance, these tombs seem unkempt. But, there are still observers of sabang history who take care of it
My motor is pointing according to the pointing board. Down the densely populated settlement. The streets are a bit narrow, forcing me to lower the speed of the motorcycle that I rented this morning at the port of Balohan. Before long, a collection of tombs lay before me. From the still landed wet, to a collection of old tombs that are not neglected. I stopped my place at a tomb gate that looked very shabby. Paint peeling, mold thrives all over its walls to make an impression gothic gates increasingly felt.

"This tomb has actually been several times in pugar. Even when the period of post-tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction, the International Labor Organitation also donated most of the funds to build a fence around the graveyard. "Albina explained to me over the phone some time after my return to Banda Aceh.
At first glance, it looks so creepy. Some tamarind trees grow thick as if unkempt. Overshadow the old tombs that are under it. From the front of the gate, my eyes follow the path that leads to the middle of the burial area. Frangipani trees grow increasingly crazy. Merangas sejadi-jadinya. As if to cover the whole story of the history of the inhabitants of the tomb.
On a stone plaque mounted on a black gate wall with gold-inked writings, I discovered that the place had become the burial of European and European civilians and Danish, Greek, French, German and Dutch. This tomb has existed since the 1800s. In contrast to Kerkhof Peujut Banda Aceh, most of the inhabitants of the tomb are Dutch soldiers who died from war with the sultanate of Aceh, in Het Kerkhof, they died because of age, disease, and war.
"For the French captain's tomb, renovated just last year by the French Embassy. In marble stones, in the layout. They were being intensively performing a search for historical sites related to the history of French heroism. "Excited, member of House of Representatives' Sabang city continues to explain to me about a tomb that looks different is in the middle of the graveyard.

Exactly on October 28, 1914, in the cold cold winter in Penang there, the legendary German warship in World War I called SMS Emden succeeded in sinking his enemy ship. The captain, managed to fool the ship of an allied British fleet on the island pinang. Emden installed a fake chimney so that it looked like an Allied ship from afar. Emden who broke through the Port of Penang succeeded in sinking a number of British, Russian and French warships.
Today it is a bad day for Jacques Carissan, the captain of the ship Le Mousquet of France. The vessel must smell the cold of the bottom of the ocean, drown. Le Mousquet drowned in combat at close range against Emden in the waters of Penang-the Strait of Malacca. The captain survived the deadly attack, but he was injured quite badly. Luckily for him, the Germans tried to behave the knights by transporting the wounded and congratulations on his ship. Then, they took the people to the island of Weh, Indonesia.
Carrisan died and was buried in the town of Sabang. The hero of the French navy, became a byword in his hometown.
"The original captain of the French captain was taken and taken back to their country. As authentic proof and one of the historical evidence for the museum in france. So, headstone in the tomb is not original anymore. "I am still loyal Albina heard stories about the captain of the French.

French Hero Ends in French Heroes Sabang Ends in Sabang
Behind the kemboja, is the tomb of the French captain
"Every few years, the French navy comes to Sabang and performs military-style ceremonies as a form of respect for Captain Jacques. I hope, later this could be the basis of military cooperation between Indonesia and France. Or, the nearest one, I hope the future, these sites will become one of the tourist attraction of europe. Particularly from the French "Albina lid.
The time is getting dusk, the prayer time of the evening will reverberate. Me, still have to buy rice wrap for dinner. The east wind is blowing harder. Occasionally the afternoon sun shone out of the clouds. This place, still looks the same since yesterday. Unlike the Japanese fort at Anoi Itam. None of the visitors came to see a great historical site in this city of sabang.
Probably true as what Albina said, not many people know, if there is a hero from France buried in this Dutch burial area Merbabu. Let alone people from outside the city of Sabang, in the city itself was not much to know. Fortunately, the activists of the Sabang Heritage Society are constantly buzzing this story, so that it will not disappear in time.
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Uploaded by weekly tabloid Mind Freedom dated February 29, 2016 in the History section (Of course, the version published in the media already do the conversion as necessary "