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Stone Jump Nias Cultural Traditions
Jump Stone Nias
The tradition of the island of Nias, jumping from stone and was known outside the country. In fact, this tradition has become a popular icon of the island of Nias. The tradition of jumping the stone is also an attraction for tourists visiting the island of Nias. Many tourists are curious about the tradition that players must go beyond the stone structure about 2 meters high.
Tradition is also known as fahombo stone is a tradition that is carried by a young Nias to show he was considered worthy of an adult and mature physically. While fahombo cut these young men should wear local costumes.
Prior to this, the boys must follow a special ritual. Stone structure, which is transmitted to a layman rather high. Shape of the stone structure as a pyramid, and a flat top, about 2 meters in height and width of 90 cm and a length of up to 60 cm. Not just a little more than a stone structure, but also a good technique to avoid accidents.
Young people who are willing to wear clothes as a springboard cantilever and small first to pass these tall buildings. According to history, this tradition was originally a tool to test the island of Nias human mental and physical health. In addition, all the men who fought against mandatory before proceeding to the ritual stone jump. And most important for young Nias island if they can not make this tradition can not seduce a girl. This is because, for those not jump over the stone is considered not deserve to be married.
One last thing to note that all regions have a tradition of skipping stone on the island of Nias. The tradition of jumping the stone in some villages. For tourists wanting to see this tradition can be visited directly Bawomataluo village in the south, the island of Nias regency, North Sumatra.
To get to the island of Nias tourists can choose between two roads, waterways and air. If you want the way water can be started from the port of Sibolga. This trip was taken with a fast boat to Watu take about 4 hours. But if you want to travel faster through the air path. The trip can be started from Medan Polonia airport and is approximately 1 hour to get to Nias.
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Karo Batak Traditional House
Karo Batak Traditional House
Custom home is one of the nation’s cultural assets. Each region has a custom home with unique characteristics and each of them. However, unfortunately the day more and more people are leaving the area of custom homes and move in a regular house. Only some regions, people, or tribe which still survive in the custom house.
One of the interesting custom home is Batak Karo traditional houses. This custom home is also known as custom home Siwaluh Jabu. Siwaluh Jabu has a sense of a house inhabited by eight families. Each family has its own role in the house.
Karo custom home is different from other tribal house and the peculiarities that characterize the traditional Karo house. It’s very majestic horns given. The process of establishment up to life in a traditional house was governed by customary Karo, and therefore called a custom home.
In addition, the uniqueness of this house is the absence of a limit each room bulkhead. However, the division is using custom lines are very strong, though not visible. Each room already has a name and anyone who should occupy the room.
Placement of families in traditional house is determined by the traditional Karo Batak Karo. Broadly speaking, this custom home consists of Jabu ginger (downstream) and Jabu Julu (upstream). Jabu ginger is also divided into two parts, namely the end of the timber and Jabu Jabu sendipar tip of wooden houses.
However, there are times when Batak Karo traditional houses of eight rooms and is inhabited by eight families. While in this house there were only four kitchens. Each divided in two, forming Jabu Jabu-Jabu sedapuren bena wood, wood tip sedapuren, sedapuren lepar bena wood, and Jabu sedapuren lepar wood tip.
For tourists who are curious about this custom home, they can visit traditional Batak Karo village. This tribe can be found in the Highlands Karo, Karo, North Sumatra. At this place tourists can also see other Karo culture that is no less interesting
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The beauty of Ubud, Inspiration novel Eat Pray Love
Ubud Bali
BEAUTIFUL Bali seemed never quite to be discussed. You can just choose, frenzied party at Kuta or typical local spiritualism in Ubud Bali? Ubud, the village is full of culture, is situated on the slopes of the mountains with views of rice fields and valleys and hills.
Entering Ubud Bali’s like entering a very different region. In fact, as reported by the Daily Mail, Monday (24/10/2011), spiritualism and tranquility of Ubud became the inspiration for novelist Elizabeth Gilbert to write a best-selling novel Eat, Pray, Love.
This is where Elizabeth Gilbert met a local astrologer who predicted that he would stay on the island and met his first love here. So fantastic up to this novel was appointed as a blockbuster movie starring Julia Roberts.
Although it has a lot of modernization in the presence of fast-food restaurants, bars, dance performances of the night, but the family tradition and ritual routine to the Hindu gods are still very guarded in everyday Balinese society.
Hospitality community, as well as the preservation of local traditions and outstanding natural beauty is the right combination to attract tourists to visit this place.