GEBANG PALACE OF BETTER KNOWN AS NDALEM GEBANG, WAS A RESIDANCE OF SOEKARNO'S PARENTS.
THIS IS THE HOUSE WHERE SOEKARNO SPENT THEIR TEENAGE YEARS.
The location of this house is not too far away from Soekarno's cemetary, about 2km to the south, in Jlan Sultan Agung No. 69, City of Bolitar, to be exact.
Actually, this house is owned by Mr. Poegoeh Wardoyo, the husband of Soekarno's sister, Sukarmini. Even though both parents stayed over in there as well.
one can say that house has many memories about Soekarno.
While living in Gebang Place, Soekarno has a habit, in the late afternoon, to tke a walk in Bon Rojo. Soekarno levod going in out of villages in Bendogerit. while walking,
he was always follewed by children and teenagers, while singing and joking around. As time goes by, Soekarno made more and more friends.
they usually got together in Ndalem Gebang until just before sunset.
Nowdays, Gebang palace became a museum to reminisce about about Soekarno's. that is why, this palace became a storage place of Soekarno's belongings which are display for tourists.
In this house, every june there are a lot of tourist visiting , both for Soekarno's day remembrance and yearly Pancasila Day event by the local government of Blitar.
PLANS TO SELL
You prabably heard f or read news about Gebang Place being on sale. it was heard that this plan to sell the place was because limitation in funding for house maintenance.
to raise such fund, the building manager, in this case the family living in Blitar, with heavy heart ask for charity money from the visitors. even so,
it was not enough to cover maintenance cost.
It would be really ashamed that a house where Soekarno once reside in childhood would be manged by a private party/ it is possible that the palace be turned into hotel, supermarket, or even a shopping mall.
of course a history chain will be broken with the selling of this historic place. the palace will just be another story in hostory books. it is for that reason that the government's help is needed to protect and preserve the country's history asset.
it will all in a cause to respect the triumph of this country's hero.
