Cirebon, Indonesia. - stock video

Located right on the border between the provinces of West and Central Java on the northern coastal plains of Java, the town of Cirebon is as yet not on the tourist route, yet in its heydays it was a kingdom to be reckoned with. Today, Cirebon returns to the tourist map together with the other once powerful kingdoms on Java?s north coast from Banten (once known as Bantam) and Cirebonin the west to Semarang, Demak, Kudus in Central Java and on to Tuban all the way in East Java. This swathe of coastline is known as Daerah Pesisir, the northern Java coast, where for centuries merchants from China, India, Arabia and from other islands in the Indonesian archipelago used to converge to trade in precious Chinese porcelains and silks, Indian textiles, and exotic ware from Arabia and Europe, in exchange for agricultural produce, pepper, cloves, fresh water and more.