The moment of the charm of the culmination of The Sun 2024 on 21-23 September 2024 is a tourist attraction coming to the City Of Pontianak to feel and see firsthand the occurrence of natural phenomena where the sun is in the highest position in the sky.
“I deliberately visited today to Pontianak with the group because I wanted to witness firsthand the moment the seconds of the sun culminating. Want to see when the culmination, there is no shadow visible because the sun is right above the object at this location,” said tourist from Jakarta, Daniel when watching the culmination of The Sun 2024 at the Pontianak equator Monument, Saturday.
Pontianak city in the eyes of Daniel, has its own charm. In addition to the equator Monument with its culmination event, its culinary wealth is also an attraction to enjoy. The food is delicious and varied with traditional flavors. The people are also friendly.
“Especially the number of coffee shops, I just had breakfast at a coffee shop,” he said.
The phenomenon of the culmination of the sun at the Pontianak equator monument is a rare event that occurs twice a year, namely on March 21-23 and September 21-23, when the sun is right on the equator. The phenomenon of the culmination of the sun at the Pontianak equator monument is of interest not only to tourists, but also to researchers and astronomy lovers. This event is expected to continue to encourage tourism and education in the City Of Pontianak.
Exactly at 11: 35 PM The Sun is above zero degrees latitude and longitude of the Earth. Any object that is under it does not cast a shadow. This phenomenon is called culmination.
The culmination moment that occurs twice a year in the City Of Pontianak is always celebrated with a series of special events by the Pontianak city government through the Department of Youth, Sports and Tourism (Disporapar) Pontianak city. No exception at the peak of the culmination point commemoration held at the equator Monument, Saturday (21/9/2024).
Various agendas were held, ranging from performing arts entertainment, astronomical observations, launching the Pontianak 253rd Anniversary logo to establishing eggs.
Acting (Pj) mayor of Pontianak ANI Sofian co-founded the egg with invited guests. He said, this activity will continue to be carried out every year.
“The enthusiasm of the community is high because it has resonated nationally. But we will continue to evaluate for the sake of improvement to be more innovative and creative,” he said.
Ani Sofian mentioned the need for collaboration with many sectors to increase the vibrancy of activities. In addition, it plans to improve the quality of infrastructure in the Tugu Khatulistiwa area to further attract tourists.
“Now there are some who have been rehabilitated. In the future, it will certainly become a magnet for tourists, the plan is also to build a planetarium, greenery and arrangement of traders in this area,” he explained.
The culmination of this culmination point was chosen as the charisma of the archipelago Event (KEN) by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf), further increasing the enthusiasm of the community. Ani Sofian welcomed the enthusiasm of the community has been high because it has resonated nationally.
“But we will continue to evaluate for the sake of improvement to be more innovative and creative,” he added.
The moment of this culmination commemoration, Ani Sofian invites the public to participate in the 2024 Regional Head election (Pilkada) Democracy party, next November determining the governor-deputy governor, mayor-deputy mayor.
“Reflecting on the success of the presidential election in February as a picture of the implementation of the elections later, do not waste the opportunity to determine our leaders,” he said.