K O M O D O

NO comparison = NO competition

Why V O T E  ! ? !

My dear friends,

My BIG question: Why do we have to vote for Komodo?

The title of my post on August 18, was: "Vote Indonesia's Komodo! Vote! Vote! Vote!"

After going over the New7Wonders of the World competition more in detail, one BIG question pops up in my mind.

Look at the 28 finalists. What are they? They all are really Wonders of the World of Nature. Here is the list of category of the finalists.

The only one single finalist that is unique is Komodo. Komodo is an island group in East Indonesia, and inhabited by Komodo Dragons. The other 27 finalists are just landscapes or seascapes. Nothing more. Komodo is the only finalist with something very exceptional, very extraordinary: the prehistoric giant lizard, the Komodo Dragon.

My dear friends,

The uniqueness of Komodo Islands and it’s Komodo Dragons is undeniable after I watched  videos and read about the only prehistoric giant that still exist in our world today.  

Please stop reading and watch the three You Tube videos before you continue.

The first two videos are: "Komodo, the Land that Time Forgot" part 1 and part 2. You will see that even without the presence of the Komodo Dragons, the Komodo Islands are breathtaking and awesome.

 
The 3rd video is a National Geographic video.

Komodo is not just one of the World Wonders of Nature. It is a great heritage and we do not need to vote for it! NO! Komodo is the NUMBER 1 Wonder of the World of Nature today and forever unless or until the Komodos are extinct!

But alas! It is in the competitors list of the New7Wonders of the World. (Sorry, I never understand how it got landed there). 

There is the well known saying of “Don’t compare Apple with Orange.” That's what is happening here. The right thing that should happen is compare the other 27 finalists with each other and just vote for the number 2 to 7. Because we already have the Number 1: Komodo.   

But again, fact is that Komodo is one of the 28 finalists. SO, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO VOTE!

Now please don’t apply your slogan “Right or Wrong my Country,” or in this case maybe “Good or Bad my Wonder of Nature.” Don't let yourself being boxed by your continent  Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, or your Country, or Fatherland, Homeland, and so on. We are talking about “Our Beautiful World,” “Our Beautiful Planet” with the land and sea, and the air around and above us. 

For example, I am writing this not because I am Daud the Indonesian Californian, or because I am Indonesian or American. I am Son of planet Earth. 

Now, since we are facing the reality, we have to Vote, Vote, Vote Komodo! Shower and let the ballot boxes overflow with Komodo votes. It is less than 1 month left now. Voting trend lately shows Komodo's position is going down!

Go to http://www.new7wonders.com/ and vote Komodo!

Former Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla asks Indonesians to support Komodo

(By Eamonn Fitzgerald on October 4, 2011 in Komodo)
 

Former Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla and a group of more than 70 businessmen, public figures and journalists are visiting Komodo Island today to support its candidacy in the New7Wonders of Nature. 

Indonesians simply need to type KOMODO and send it to 9818 via Telkomsel, XL and Indosat to cast their vote.

The Komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis, is found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang and Gili Dasami. A member of the monitor lizard family 
(Varanidae), it is the largest living species of lizard. 

Photo: Jusuf Kalla (centre) gets up close to a dragon on Komodo Island: http://bit.ly/m1daeL

If you like legends, here is a lovely one.

 

Long long ago, a mythical princess lived on Komodo, whom people called Putri Naga or Dragon Princess. She married a man named Najo and bore him twins: one was a baby boy, and the other a baby dragon. Her son, named Si Gerong, was raised amongst men; the dragon she called Orah, and reared it in the forest. Neither knew anything of the other ...

Years later, manly Si Gerong shot a deer whilst hunting in the forest. But as he stepped forward to take this quarry, a large lizard appeared from the thicket and seized it hungrily. Si Gerong tried hard to chase the beast away, but in vain. It stood firm over the carcass, warning him off with bared teeth and hissing sound.

Si Gerong raised his spear to kill the lizard, when suddenly a radiantly lovely woman appeared: the Dragon Princess. Swiftly, she pared the foes, telling Si Gerong, "Dont kill the animal, she is your sister Orah. I bore you together, consider her your equal because you are "Sebai" (twins)."

From then on, the inhabitants of the island treated the Komodo´s with kindness. Old Komodo´s who could no longer fend for themselves were fed by their human "brothers".

The name of the cave where the egg hatched is LOANG ATAWINI, "Woman´s Quarters". It is situated on the Southern part of Komodo Island. It is also the place of the grave of Najo, the man who was the husband of the Dragon Princess. The tomb is sacred, and the Dragon Princes is supposed to be there at all times ...

 

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