News, Maglang – Oftentimes with the wide coverage of the case of the murder of Brigadier J, the name Dusun Sampo in Bodosoko District, Magelang Regency, Central Java suddenly became popular.
Since the name of the former head of the Propam division, Inspector General Ferdy Sambo, has been widely discussed, this village has also become a source of laughter for the community, especially from outside the area.
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From downtown Magelang, the distance to travel is about 20 kilometers or about 30-45 minutes by motorbike.
The access road is rocky and winding and runs through farms.
However, once the village arrived, it looked clean and tidy, and even Sambo Hamlet had just been declared Pancasila Village by the Magelang Regency government.
Not just a name, Sambo Hamlet has its own history since the Dutch colonial period.
Bodosoko Kwato Village Secretary, 56, said Sambo is the name of the community’s ancestors.
Around the 1700s, or during the Dutch colonial period, a traveler named Wira Sambo first discovered the place at the foot of Mount Merbabu.
According to Kowatu, Wira Sambo was a proponent of Islam who was later called Kaiyi and Wakuno.
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According to the stories of his elders, Wira Sambo came from the Solo Palace Sunanate.