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Pada tanggal 12 Maret 2010 saya mem-post Masjid Al-Huda yang terletak di Kampung Genting, Serasan, di Google Earth.. Seseorang, entah dari negara mana, telah bertanya kepada saya, tentang pulau yang menarik perhatiannya itu. Begini bunyi imelnya:
Hello Yusuf,
I saw your picture in Panoramio, about Masjid Al Huda Kampung Genting Serasan.
http://www.panoramio.com/user/4272476
How do you go to that island? It that Island belongs to Malaysia?
I would like to get more information about it.
----------------------Cheers,
Wilson Chin
http://wilsonchin.blogspot.com
Yang mengharuskan saya menjawab imel tersebut adalah kallimat pada baris kedua terakhir (It that Island belongs to Malaysia?), karena "mencintai tanah air adalah sebagian daripada iman". Demikian bunyi salah satu hadis nabi yang menurut Quraish Shihab hadis tersebut palsu karena mencintai tanah air adalah sifat kodrat manusia, apapun agamanya. Ya, masuk akal. Lalu, saya sampaikan sedikit informasi yang diminta. Begini jawaban saya::
Hello Chin,
The island's name is Serasan.
Serasan derived from the word "Sir Hasan". Not many people know the
origin of the word "Serasan", even the Serasan's native people. There
is a history that says that Serasan derived from the word "serahan"
(= something that be handed), because the island was handed over by the empire
of Sarawak to the local population as a gift. The history may be true, but
"Serasan" is derived from "serahan" that can not be
trusted.
Serasan is not belong to
Malaysia, but belong to Indonesia. Based on the story above, formerly perhaps.
I come from Serasan. I was
born in Serasan. The mosque is located in the front of my old house. To go to
Serasan, you can through Pontianak or through Tanjungpinang. If from Pontianak,
with Binaiya (formerly Bukit Raya) directly to Serasan. If from Tanjungpinang /
Kijang, with Binaiya to Letung - Tarempa - Natuna / Ranai - Midai - Serasan.
Serasan has a beach, which is
called "Pantai Sisi" ("Sisi Beach") or "Sisi",
which is a very beautiful beach, has a very white and clean sand.
"Sisi" is very wide and long, which spans almost throughout length of
the island. In the "Musim Selatan" (the wind blows from the south),
the fishermen can go to sea for fishing only by riding a very small traditional
boat (one boat just adequate for one person), although at night. In contrast,
in the "Musim Tare" (the wind was blowing hard from the north that
caused the waves breaking on the shore as high as 2 m), only a few of brave
fishermen who go to sea for fishing (particularly fishing
"gerinsi"/"terisi" [Nemipterus balinensis]) which can only
pass through from the west edge or the east edge of the beach (arround the
middle part of the beach, waves are very big and dangerous). The big wave is
highly sought after by lovers of water skateboard sport. Do you want to see the
picture of this beach? Please, visit yusuf211523.blogspot.com. I took a landscape by
standing on the west end of the beach in the "Musim Selatan".
Now, I have posted the information in my blog.
Now, I have posted the information in my blog.
Hi, everybody, M. Yusuf and Mr. Wilson Chin (The Borneo Explorer/ Travel Blog from Sarawak). I’m not sure whether Mr. Wilson Chin is following your blog here. But anyway may I join the discussion here regarding the island Serasan’s original name.
BalasHapusI was born in Serasan too, Kampung Air Sekain in 1947. Attended SD (Sekolah Dasar/Primary School) Pak Gunung, Pelempak from Class/year 1-3 then after that together with my father, a Sarawakian, we migrated to Kuching Sarawak, and I continued my study and staying in Malaysia from then on till today.
As M. Yusuf said the word ‘Serasan’ comes from ‘Sir Hasan’ might be right as the name ‘Sir Hasan’ resembles the title ‘Sir’ from the British Empire awarded to the Sultan or a royal family in Brunei. But to my knowledge as was told by my old ancestors and forefathers, the name ‘Serasan’ comes from the word ‘serahan’ as the island was ‘diserahkan’, handed over by the Brunei sovereignty which was based in Sarawak to a representative of Lingga Sultanate in the island. Thus the island and some others of Pulau Tujuh were under the administration of Sultan Lingga and Riau. It wasn’t the Empire of (British) Sarawak handed over as you said but the Bruneis as it was at that time Sarawak was under the sovereignty of Brunei Sultanate including Sambas well before the arrival of British Empire.