The Old City of Penagi, a residential area at once aga is located about seven kilometers from Ranai, the capital of Natuna Regency, Riau Islands. Don’t imagine billing like the Old City of Jakarta or Semarang Old City with many large buildings of the Dutch colonial heritage.
The shop is also a place to live citizens in the stage house above the sea becomes a view at the bill. Inhabilitation is only around the hundreds of family heads alone with Malay and Chinese ethnic composition to become the majority that are balanced in it. All streamlined peacefully. It was indicated by the existence of Surau Al Facerramah, accompanied by Kelenteng Pu Tech Chi.
Although it looks like coastal villages, billers have an important role in the history of the development of Natuna Regency, the region of Indonesia in the North Natuna Sea bordered by Vietnam and Malaysia.
Motorcycle riders crossed the entrance gate of the Old City of Penagi in Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Photos of the Tan Sien Ching and his wife Gan Ciu Hoei installed in the house of their children, Yulia Tan (55), one of the residents in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Before the Natuna Regency was established in 1999 with Ranai as her capital, the excitation of the Dutch colonial period experienced the glory of the trade flashlight. The billing is also the gate at Bunguran Island, the largest island in the Natuna Islands cluster.
"All people in the Natuna Islands if shopping all the needs of yes in this bill, each corner is crowded with people and in the dermaga silih turns the boats from the islands around the loading and unloading of goods," the original daughter of the biller, Asnah (57) swims the past.
In fact, the word of a citizen, Nurhayati (52), the billing of the mall in a large city. "Almost all the front of the house in the divider is a diverse showcase of the selling goods," the female word that is professionalized as the sew.
Surau Al Advancerramah sided with Kelenteng Pu Tek Chi in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Warga riding a motorcycle with Surau Al Facerramah background side by Kelenteng Pu Tech Chi in Kota Tua Pengagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Moreover, when it comes to Ramadan, ahead of Lebaran, and the New Year of Imlek, the billing is more crowded with many people who are flying their needs.
However, it is the past story. The condition lasts until the beginning of 2000s. As the Ranai continues to develop as the center of government and commerce, the billing is getting lost. Now, the community in Bunguran Island and the surrounding islands switched to a more crowded and complete Ranai for a memorable.
"This is the result of our store is not the case, a day without any buyers is familiar with us. Even the saking of his sepi, many merchandise have been expiry when not sold," said one of the owner of the Chinese Lucky Shop, Yulia Tan (50).
Gunung Ranai became the background of the Old City of East Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
The old dermaga design pole that has been damaged is still standing in the waters of the Old City of Penagi in Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Although most neighbors have moved to Ranai or other cities to find better livelihoods, Yulia with hundreds of other tourists still choose to survive. The economy of billing is now dead in a lifetime. However, the dividers who survive the optimistic conditions will improve.
Local Islamic religions, Muhammad Taib (66) hopes that the government does not forget the Old City of Billing in the future Natuna development program. The viscous historical value is expected to be the potential of tourism that is maximized by the government to develop the billing so that it is not left behind with other areas.
“Regarding the glory in the past is difficult, but at least the attention of more than the government for this old city can help the billing citizens to evoke their more refined economy,†said Taib.
The local Islamic religion, Muhammad Taib (66) stands in the former old dermaga City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
The photo of the shops that are no longer operating in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Text and photo: Aditya Pradana Putra
Photo collage of the shops that still survive in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Warga crosses vegetables and drinks in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Nurhayati (52) sew his customer's order shirt at one of the kiosks in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Warga dismantling coconut charge from a car open in the Old City of Penagi, Eastern Bunguran, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands.
Editor: Danika Wahyu
