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#1Pic1Day: Tertinggi di Dunia | Highest in the World (Everest, Tibet, 2005)

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Highest in the World (Tibet, 2005)

Rows of snowcapped mountains surrounding the highest point of Everest are seen from behind the cloud. There is also politics behind the naming of the world’s highest peak. The countries where Everest is located refuse to use the name of the British scientist Sir George Everest as the name of the mountain. The Tibetans call Everest as Qomolangma, “The Holy Mother”. The Chinese also preserve the name, spelled in Chinese as Zhumulangma, and never use Everest in their English-language legal documents. Later, the Nepalis also rename the peak as Sagarmatha.

Tertinggi di Dunia (Tibet, 2005)

Barisan pegunungan di samping puncak Everest, menyembul dari balik pelukan awan tebal. Di balik penamaan ini juga ada politik. Negara-negara yang menjadi tuan rumah gunung tertinggi di dunia ini menolak untuk menggunakan nama ilmuwan Inggris Sir George Everest sebagai nama dari puncak gunung ini. Orang Tibet menyebut Everest sebagai Qomolangma, “Ibunda Suci”. China juga mempertahankan nama itu, dalam bahasa China ditulis sebagai Zhumulangma, dan tidak pernah menggunakan nama Everest dalam dokumen resmi mereka dalam bahasa Inggris. Kemudian, Nepal juga menamai puncak itu sebagai Sagarmatha.

 

About Agustinus Wibowo

Agustinus is an Indonesian travel writer and travel photographer. Agustinus started a “Grand Overland Journey” in 2005 from Beijing and dreamed to reach South Africa totally by land with an optimistic budget of US$2000. His journey has taken him across Himalaya, South Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, and ex-Soviet Central Asian republics. He was stranded and stayed three years in Afghanistan until 2009. He is now a full-time writer and based in Jakarta, Indonesia. agustinus@agustinuswibowo.com Contact: Website | More Posts

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