Mystical Story
The Story of Lawang Sewu (Iconic Mystical Tourist Attractions of Semarang)
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...Lawang Sewu's...
Lawang Sewu, you must have heard of this building. A few years ago, this Dutch heritage building was very popular, especially among the citizens of Semarang. Not only because of its long history, typical colonial architecture, but also because of the scary stories that haunt this Dutch heritage building.
...Origin of the name "Lawang Sewu"...
People may know this building by the name of Lawang Sewu, but you know if it is not the real name of Lawang Sewu. At the beginning of its construction, the building was named Nederlands Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij. While in Javanese, Lawang Sewu means a thousand doors.
But just because the name is "Lawang Sewu", does not mean this building really has a thousand doors. In fact, Lawang Sewu only has 429 doors. But if the number of door holes, totaling 928. But just like most other Dutch buildings, Lawang Sewu has many large windows that when viewed from afar will look like doors. And that's why people call this building "Lawang Sewu"
...Formerly, Lawang Sewu was a railway office owned by the Netherlands...
Unlike now, Lawang Sewu used to be the administrative office of Indische Spoorweg Maatscappij (NIS), a private railway company from Netherland. The first NIS office was at Semarang station, but because the place was insufficient, the Dutch government finally decided to build a new building.
The construction of the administrative office of Indische Spoorweg Maatscappij (NIS) began in 1904 and was completed in 1907. Construction began with the excavation of the soil as deep as 4 meters and then replaced it with a layer of volcanic that makes this building so anti-earthquake.
...In addition to being an office, Lawang Sewu also serves as a prison...
Behind the hustle and bustle of railway company workers, Lawang Sewu also has a dark side that is far from the impression of an office. In addition to the first and second floors serving as offices, this office also has a basement and a third floor.
The third floor is a loft and basement that serves as a prison for prisoners in colonial times. When Indonesia fell to the Japanese, these dungeons and attics became the cruelest prisons for the Netherlanders.
...Mute witnesses battle against the Japanese army...
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Bawa Tanah Prison In Lawang Sewu there is a dungeon that is said if you come to the place will find things that make the heart beat faster. Many horror stories milling about Lawang Sewu this in the community.
Based on the stories of those who go to the basement will find a shadow like a human with green eyes will light up to the person who came to the basement.
It is said that this area was used as a detention facility, and they were left jostling in a narrow area to death. In addition there is a bright green-eyed shadow, when approaching the dungeon will smell a strange smell, like blood rancid. The smell is closely related to prisoners killed in prison because they run out of oxygen due to crammed in the prison.
The ghosts of those who died roamed around the rubbers and the smell of blood burst forth. In addition, there is a scary story from the squat prison is also no less creepy with other prisons in Lawang Sewu. The prisoners were forced to enter with squatting and jostling positions and then soaked by water to the brim and all the prisoners died horribly in the box. The spirits of the prisoners who are not calm are believed to haunt the contents of the prison and will enter visitors whose minds are empty.
...Horror Story ...
Many testimonies from some people who cross this area have experienced the appearance of a large black ghost figure resembling genderuwo.
In addition there is also in the corner of the ceiling of the main room there is a broken-faced pocong. The pocong often shows visitors who deliberately intend to test their guts and disturb them. The figure of the pocong was wandering in the corner of the room.
When entering the room in Lawang Sewu will also feel followed by people who follow from behind, but when they see there is no one. While the clattering of footsteps is very clearly heard in the ears from behind.
It is said that the voice without the appearance that continues to follow it is the ghost of the prisoners who still like to disturb visitors at Lawang Sewu.
In addition, another famous horror story in the form of beautiful long-haired women with typical Dutch clothes dominated by white. This woman often shows her appearance anywhere and often annoys visitors with a horrible look that can make people goosebumps.
The diversity of the story makes this building as a building full of mystical and horror stories in Indonesia.
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