Turgo Hill is the nearest hill from View Cabin or Gardu Pandang. This hill is also functioned as the belt for the peoples living down of Mount Merapi from the cold larva of Mount Merapi. However this hill is not effective in protecting the peoples from hot clouds of Mount Merapi and they still need to go to the bunker in order to save themselves. Based on the perception of the peoples living around down of Mount Merapi or near Kaliurang area, Turgo Hill is very important to prevent larva come to the lower area, including goes to the city of Yogyakarta. Through this hill the cold larva may come to the Boyong River first and then go to the river stream. Only those who live around or near the river stream who are in danger of cold larva of Mount Merapi. However, people need to appreciate to the benefit that was given by Turgo Hill in protecting them from one of the danger of Mount Merapi, called as called larva. The potential danger which is also jeopardize the life of human being near Mount Merapi is the hot cloud or wedhus gembel in local term. Why it is called as wedhus gembel it might be because the form of the cloud almost similar with the form of a goat. Goat in local Javanese term called as wedhus. If you are not going to bath the smell of your body is like goat or wedhus. In local language ambu ne koyo wedhus or your smell is like goat.
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