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West Sumatra is one of the provinces in Indonesia which is located in the middle of Sumatra Island by making Padang as its capital. As the name implies, West Sumatra is located along the west coast of Sumatra Island. The Mentawai Islands and other islands in the Indian Ocean are still in its territory. This province is inhabited by Minangkabau tribe community as the original tribe and also tribe. The Minangkabau tribe itself - or commonly called Orang Minang, is a sub tribe of Malay that has unique culture and characteristics. In addition to good at trade, smart cooking, and love to wander, Minang people also have a cultural icon that is well known around the world. The cultural icon is Rumah Gadang, which is now the official building of Rumah Sumatera.

Well, on the occasion of this article, we will cover the West Sumatra traditional house, ranging from history, architectural style, image, structure, and philosophical values contained in it. For those of you who want to know how unique Minang typical Gadang House, please refer to the following discussion !

Rumah Gadang is a traditional house of Minangkabau tribe who also has other names like Godang house, Bagonjong house, and Baanjuang house. This traditional house is a large stage house model with a rectangular shape. Just like other indigenous Indonesian houses, rumah gadang is also made from materials derived from nature. The pillars, walls, and floors are made of wooden and bamboo planks, while the roof is shaped like a buffalo horn made of fibers. Although made of almost 100% natural materials, the architecture of the gadang house still has a strong design. This house has an earthquake resistant design in accordance with the geographical conditions of West Sumatra which is located in the area prone to earthquakes. An earthquake resistant design in a gadang house is found on a pole that does not stick to the ground. The poles of traditional houses of West Sumatra are actually riding on the flat rocks on the ground. With this design, vibration will not lead to the house collapsing in the event of a large-scale earthquake though. In addition, every meeting between the columns and large cassettes in this traditional house is not united using a nail, but using a peg made of wood. With this connection system, the gadang house will be able to move flexibly even with a strong earthquake tremor.

In addition to being a cultural icon Minang tribe society, home Gadang in the past also serves as a place to live together for a Minang family. To fulfill this function, the traditional house of West Sumatra is designed in such a way in accordance with the customary rules that have been valid for a long time. The rule is for example the distribution of the space based on its usefulness, as follows :

Rumah Gadang is usually built on a plot of land belonging to the parent family and is only owned and passed down from generation to generation to and from women only. This rule has a philosophical value that the degree of women in Minang culture is highly respected.

Lampung is the southernmost province on the island of Sumatra. Its location adjacent to Java Island made Lampung in the past became one of the transmigration destination of Java's population. This causes the inhabitants of this province to be very heterogeneous. There are many tribes who live in this province, among them the tribe of Java, Sundanese, Bali, and Lampung own tribe.

Despite having a population of heterogeneous tribes, the indigenous culture of Lampung itself is still sustainable. One of the cultural heritage that we can still often see is the traditional clothes of Lampung.

Traditional clothing Lampung Lampung is a cultural heritage that is very distinctive and has a high artistic value. Traditional clothing is often used by the bride as a symbol of cultural greatness Lampung. This outfit is also sometimes used in dance performances in the Lampung area, such as dance worship, dance bedana, and so forth.

Traditional clothing male Lampung tribe is generally quite simple, ie in the form of white long-sleeved shirt, black trousers, tumpal gloves, sesururan and ultimate khikat. Tumpal gloves are sarong cloth typical of Lampung woven using gold thread. This sarong is used outside the pants, from knee to waist. After a sarong, a sheath or a piece of white cloth with a ringgit tassel is tied around the outside of the holster, while the final khikat or the square shawl is wrapped around the shoulders covering the shoulders.

The traditional bridal clothes of Lampung tribe are equipped with various jewelry trinkets. There are at least 8 jewels worn by men, including golden skullcap, neck jewelry, chest jewelry, waist jewelry, and sleeveless jewelry. Here is an explanation of some of these jewelry : 

Row board necklace is a necklace with hangers in the form of 3 small siger plates or boats arranged with different sizes. The philosophy of this necklace is a new symbol of life that they will see and continue for generations.

The punishment necklace is a necklace with a hanger in the form of a series of miniatures of the fruits as a symbol of prayer so that they soon get offspring.

Selempeng pinang is a long necklace in the form of a fruit or flower hanging hanger.

The belt is called sulu fur equipped with a terapang (keris) which became a traditional weapon typical of Lampung.

The bird bracelet is a flattened bracelet with accessories of an eagle flying form. Bracelet worn on the right and left arm arm symbolizes the long life and kinship that existed after marriage.

Canoe bracelet is a bracelet resembling a tire shape. Bracelets worn on the left and right arm under the bracelet symbolize this restriction on all bad deeds after marriage.

Bracelet is a bracelet worn under a canoe bracelet. This bracelet symbolizes the prayer to immediately get the offspring.

Lampung's traditional bridal attire is not so different from his men's clothes. Sesaling, final khikat, sarong rumpai (tapis) also found in this bride's clothes. However, in women there are other equipment that adds philosophical and aesthetic values such as selappai, bebe, katu tapis dewa sano.

Selappai is a sleeveless outfit with a roughly trimmed edges of ringgit tassel, bebe is a floating lotus-shaped satin floating embroidery, while a satanic goddess filter is a ringit ringer from a japanese japanese filter.

Lampung's traditional bridal attire is not so different from his men's clothes. Sesaling, final khikat, sarong rumpai (tapis) also found in this bride's clothes. However, in women there are other equipment that adds philosophical and aesthetic values such as selappai, bebe, satan goddess filtering.

Selappai is a sleeveless outfit with a roughly trimmed edges of ringgit tassel, bebe is a floating lotus-shaped satin floating embroidery, while a satanic goddess filter is a ringit ringer from a japanese japanese filter.

Although traditional clothes Lampung for women seem simple, but there are quite a lot of accessories that must be worn. Among them siger, moon month, peneken, reach siger, subang, hair flower, and various jewelry of neck and chest.

Siger is a typical gold crown worn on the bride's head. This crown symbolizes the majesty of Lampung cultural customs. Siger has 9 ruji, indicating that there are 9 major rivers contained in Lampung, the Way Watermelon, Way Sekampung, Way Seputih, Way Sunkai, Way Abung Pareng, Way Bone Onion, Way Right, and Way Mesuji.

The moon is a small 3 tested crown that sits on top of a siger with a total of 5 pieces. The traditional clothing accessories of Lampung has a philosophy as a reminder that once there were five kingdoms that had power in Lampung, the kingdom of queens dibelalau, queen dipuncak, queen back, queen dipemangilan, and queen of white blood. In addition, the moon can also symbolize the 5 life philosophy of indigenous people of Lampung, among them piil pesengiri (self-esteem), meet nyimah (open hands), nengah nyappur (live in society), juluk adek (named bergeling), and sakai sembayan (mutual cooperation).

Subang is a jewelry hanging on the tip of the earlobe. Subang usually shaped like a walnut and made of gold. In the subang there are some yellow round yellow wire that serves as a sangkuatan umbai-umbai.

Some of the neck and chest jewelry contained in traditional clothing of Lampung, among others, punishment necklace, ringit necklace, and necklace board. The parchment necklace is a necklace with 3 small siger slats or a boat that symbolizes a new life for the brides, a ringit necklace is a necklace with accessories of nine pieces of ringit, while a jeweled fruit necklace is a jewel-shaped necklace assembled symbolically to get them Offspring.

Waist jewelry in the form of a sling pinang that hung from the shoulder to the waist like a flower and fur serti a belt made of red velvet fabric decorated with brass flower petals.

Jewelry sleeves of various types of bracelets, such as bird bracelets, canoe bracelets, seed bracelets, and bracelets. The philosophical significance of the bracelets worn by women is the same as the bracelets worn by men.

Thus a glimpse of Lampung traditional clothing and various accessories. May this Indonesian cultural heritage be part of world cultural heritage. May be useful !

Enterprises in the Flores woman to spend time sitting for hours while weaving is an incredible thing. All members of the body, both hands, neck, hips, legs and eyes should be well coordinated and concentration needed to do so. As in other areas of the archipelago, weaving Flores also has such a high value to follow the hassle of the weaving process itself. The more complicated the motif of a loom, the more time spent to make it. The better the weaving, the higher artistic value are arranged in it.

You can see how the weaving process mendeksripsikan feminine nature of woman. Not much to say when weaving symbolizes femininity. Even the experts how they weave used as a benchmark femininity. The young woman who uses a homemade loom result marks that he has fully become a woman. Besides weaving activity, for women Flores, also a manifestation of how high their physical defense and a symbol of dedication to the family. Women in Ende accustomed to learn weaving since they were teenagers, but not all women can weave Flores because there are certain areas that forbid related to historical reasons.

Motif woven in East Nusa Tenggara very much, from one district to other districts vary. Father Bosco research results concluded that there are two major categories of weaving, which is a type of traditional ikat and songket embroidery. Flores belt type spread from the central part from Ende to East Flores regency until Lembata, while weaving songket embroidery lot made of Nagekeo District to West Manggarai.

East Sumba Weaving for example, is dominated motif of horses, deer, shrimp, dragon, lion, scarecrow and trees skull. While weaving TTS further highlight the motif of birds, lizards, crocodiles and motives Kaif. Other tribes more used motif of flowers or leaves. From the research, it is known that weaving motif Flores is a derivative of patola in India, such as an elephant or birds were then developed with a wide variety.

Although now ikat colors derived from chemical dyes but much remains to preserve the natural dyes such as indigo or with noni extract. Even fabrics woven in Alor use marine life such as sea cucumbers and squid as a natural dye weaving. This innovation is realized in line with the trend of being environmentally friendly resound in Indonesia. By avoiding chemical staining, mean kepeduliaan on the environment has been demonstrated. Waste from the textile dyeing industry chemicals often contaminate the water quality of the river as a dumping ground. Besides color of natural materials and thread of cotton makes the color is not as bright as modern thread but it is more durable and reveals the colors more and more beautiful.

Ikat design manufacture Flores performed by binding warp threads that can last for weeks, sometimes for months. Often dyeing is done one by one for each prospective sarong although sometimes done at the same time for a few pieces of cloth gloves. Weaving Flores made with basic ingredients of cotton yarn twisted by the weaver himself. Coarse yarn and dyed indigo blue color. Fabric adorned with decorative bright colorful geometric shapes.

Flores woven fabric cover generally apart into clothing complements traditional dress in traditional ceremonies and rituals. Some areas in the province produce woven fabrics are beautiful as in Manggarai, Ngada, Nage Keo, Ende, up to about Lio, Sikka, until Lembata and Alor in East Flores. Each area has a variety of motifs, patterns and preferences of different colors in making ikat. Such diversity is a form of manifestation of symbols that represent the ethnic, indigenous, religious, and other things of everyday people Flores.

The village of Arborek is fast rising as a pioneer among the 18 beautiful villages in West Papua that have embarked on developing local regulations for community-based marine conservation, With recently claiming the 1st spot in 2015 Provincial village Competition for West Papua ,the village of Arborek has gained an outstanding reputation among both the local authority and international community. With the assistance of the national and local government, from research centers, and non-government organizations, the local people have succeeded in formulating local regulations.

With a population of only 197, interaction with locals is a stones throw away from a number of Homestay options available on this island. Finding underwater beauty is not so difficult here. Along the Arborek pier, divers can simply plunge into the water and instantly find a most intriguing illumination of the glittering of a gorgonian fan just below the surface. People in Arborek are hospitable and very industrious, creating exceptional handicrafts from sea pandan leaves to make the most of their time each day. Arborek is fascinating both underwater and in the village.

Known as the Arborek Tourism Village, the community is known for its handicraft in making hats and noken (string bags). Unlike most women in other villages who also give a hand to their husbands as fishermen, nearly all mothers in this village produce handicrafts for a living. Although they are convinced that catching lobsters and work in pearl agro-production are much more profitable, yet they feel that handicraft is more distinguished and more graceful work for women. This is a village worth visiting. Only one and half hours from Waisai, Raja Ampat’s capital, the village of Arborek is awaiting visitors from around the world.

Get Around

This tourism village is not too extensive in terms of size. The land covers around a 7-hectare area, so that it will not take much time and energy to travel around the village. There are around 40 families living in the village. Should you stay in the village, walking is probably to only means to be familiar with your holiday destination.

For snorkeling, you don’t need to travel far because you can find interesting underwater world even by the Arborek pier. Walking down the village trails will give you the very opportunity you will not want to miss, as people and especially children will warmly greet and get acquainted with you. For diving, it will take about 15-20 minutes by motorized boat to the dive spots.

Get There

The Arborek Tourism Village is located in MeosMansar in the district of, West Papua. To reach this location, it is easier to start your journey from Sorong. There are several flights that you can take from Jakarta, Bali or to Sorong.

For sea transportation, ships calling on the Port of Sorong are the Dorolonda, the Labobar, GunungDempo, Sinabung, and Tatamailau. From, you can take a motorboat from the Sorong Fishery Port to Waisai, capital city of the Raja Ampat district.

There is a boat from Sorong to Waisai. From Waisai, you can continue your less-than-two-hour journey by using a rented longboat. The longboat can be arranged via homestay or the local dive shop.

North Maluku is a tropical paradise in eastern Indonesia. This is a marine tourism, cultural, archaeological, historical, and no customs. This area was originally the former territory of the four largest Islamic empire in the eastern part of the archipelago known as the Sultanate of Moloku Kie Raha (Sultanate of Four Mountains in Maluku) is Bacan, Jailolo, Ternate, and Tidore.

The capital of North Maluku is located in Sofifi, District of North Oba. Since August 4, 2010 this area replaces its largest city, Ternate, which serves as a temporary capital for 11 years for infrastructure readiness in Sofifi.

North Maluku province consists of 395 large and small islands scattered in the waters amazing. The island has been inhabited by as many as 64 pieces and are not populated as much as 331 pieces.

One of uninhabited islands is Dodola. This island is an example of a beautiful tropical beach. White sand covering an area of ​​16 km around the beach with clear water. On the island, visitors can do a lot of interesting activities such as swimming, sunbathing and diving. Maitara island also offers fantastic sea life. The island lies in the middle of the island of Tidore and Ternate.

North Maluku has a maritime tourist attraction in the form of islands and a beautiful beach with a marine park as well as various types of ornamental fish species.

Natural attractions such as rock holes spread almost throughout the region. There are also travel at the same national park forest with endemic species in the world ranking to 10.

The nature reserve zone consists of several types, both on land and in the sea like Nature Reserve Mount Sibela in Bacan, Obi Island Nature Reserve, Nature Reserve Taliabu and Taliabu Island Nature Reserve on the island Seho.

Cultural Nature Reserve area that has historical value archeological spread in North Maluku province includes the nature reserve of culture in the city of Ternate, Tidore, West Halmahera, Central Halmahera, South Halmahera District, and North Halmaerah.

Ternate and Tidore has had traders from various countries since the 16th century. European nations hunt for precious spices that point and seek to monopolize it. Currently the spice is still considered valuable but not as valuable as before. Nutmeg and cloves abound here used as a cooking spice and candy.

Relics of the past, among others Kadaton Kadaton Sultan Sultan of Ternate and Tidore. You can see the legacy of the rich culture and history in the museum and kedaton. You can visit the fantastic building is a pyramidal Sultan Mosque, the mosque is located south of the palace in Ternate.

As in Maluku, multiethnic society here consists of 28 sub-ethnic with 29 local languages. North Maluku is dominated by Muslims.

The style of social and cultural life in the province of North Maluku in general is very typical that a marriage between local cultural characteristics and culture of North Maluku embraced Islam four Islamic sultanate in North Maluku in the past.

North Maluku people's lives are affected by the condition of its territory consisting of the sea and islands, hills and tropical forests. The villages in North Maluku are located on the coast and most of the others are located on small islands. Therefore, the pattern of life such as fishing, hunting, planting crops, and trade is still very influenced the dynamics of social and economic life of society in North Maluku.

Tourist Agency :

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Because it is dominated by Muslim you can find lots of halal food here. Of course, seafood is plentiful here. Variety of rice dishes and fish Atut try. Taste is also a typical cold drinks during hot weather.

Food is typical in Ternate is papeda as well as in Papua can you taste here. There was also the coconut crab, halua walnut, bagea, fufu smoked fish and fish gohu.

Ternate you can achieve with domestic flights from Jakarta via Makassar or direct flights from Makassar and Manado.

The remote Halmahera island, also called Gilolo or Jailolo, is the largest island in Maluku (the Moluccas), K-shaped almost like a miniature Sulawesi. With white sandy beaches, unspoiled forests and the spectacular Mt Mamuya in the distance, this island offers stunning scenery. This is a rugged and mountainous landscape and much of the island is still covered in forest.

The most popular activities on the island involve exploring its beautiful waters. Surf at Dorume Beach, known for its huge waves, especially in December; which is the best time for surfers to visit. Along with it’s massive surf, the attraction here is the very fine sands of the beach that seem to glitter in the sun as they contain metallic grains.Take in the scenery at the peaceful Talaga Biru, which literally means Blue Lake. This is a small natural pond with crystal-clear water, located near Mamuya village in Galela district.

Bemo (a motorized becak/rickshaw), mikrolet (blue minibuses), bentor (motorbike driven vehicle), ojek, and becak are all common land transportation on Halmahera Island. 

There are a number of ways to reach Halmahera Island. Halmahera does not have any sizeable airports. Most air traffic comes through the provincial capital airport of Sultan Babullah Airport on Ternate Island. You can take a short hop from here to Galela Airport on Halmahera Island near Tobelo.  

There are cruise liners that visit Halmahera. PELNI serves several alternatives cruise to Ternate twice a month. These liners will transit in several towns such as Semarang (Central Java), Surabaya (East Java), Makassar (South Sulawesi) and Bitung (North Sulawesi). You can continue your trip by speedboat to Kota Baru for about 45 minutes, or you can get on a ferry from Bastiong Ferry Harbor, which will take two hours. Both of them will lead you to Sofifi (Halmahera).

"Butterflies are funny, why did you fly?" Travelers, you are familiar with the children's song? If you want to continue the lyrics, came to Bantimurung National Park in South Sulawesi because there you can see lots of butterflies fluttering freely. This national park could be heaven for you who are exasperated with this winged beast. No wonder that the National Park Bantimurung a proper spot educational tours for children.

Location Bantimurung National Park

Bantimurung National Park can be reached by private vehicles, both motorcycles and cars. You can also take a pete-pete or public transport in the local language. Access is also quite easy with the asphalt road that has been smooth. From Makassar, this place can be reached in about 1-2 hours. Bantimurung National Park entrance ticket is Rp 20,000 * per person, inclusive of entrance tickets to the baths, caves and travel freely use the facilities inside.

Collections Bantimurung National Park

Bantimurung National Park has a land area of ​​about 43,750 hectares and is home to many different species of butterflies are beautiful. Bantimurung National Park is also unique. How come? In one place you can find a cave with stalagmites and stalatit charming and karst areas that are suitable as a breeding ground for butterflies.

Collection Bantimurung National Park is also quite a lot, that there are 100s more species with 20 species of butterflies are protected by the government because it is included in the rare category, such as Cethosia Myrana, Papilo Adamantius, Troides Haliphron Boisduval, troides hypolitus Cramer, and Troides Helena Linne which is known to exist only in South Sulawesi.

So many butterfly species that exist, Alfred Russel Wallace made a national park Bantimurung nickname as 'The kingdom of butterfly' or royal butterfly. The existence of waterfalls and tropical vegetation make butterfly species in the National Park Bantimurung receive adequate food supply so that the relatively fertile breeding rate and rapid.

Exploration Bantimurung National Park

Coming to the National Park Bantimurung not always about butterflies. If explored further, travelers can also find the coming attractions to refresh the mind. Moreover, if not Bantimurung Waterfall is famous for. In this place you can play around with the water or just air-Selfi with buddy-buddy.

Bantimurung Waterfall has a height of about 15 meters and is quite unique. Why unique? This is because the water as if flowing from a large mound of limestone with a width of almost 20 meters. Find a waterfall like this is not easy. That's why many travelers waterfall splash deliberately challenging the slide down. It was so refreshing. Conditions were clear and clean water is inviting travelers to feel the chill of Niagara Bantimurung.

Not only waterfalls, the park also has a butterfly museum which will provide complete information about the collection of winged animals in the form of preserved specimens. There is also a dream Goa and Goa Batu who had staglatit and beautiful stalagmites, karst hills that look tall, as well as the Statue butterfly with a large enough size. These places are never empty of visitors. Moreover, if again the holiday season school children.

The atmosphere in the National Park area Bantimurung also very cool. If you come to-do, must have added exciting. Travelers, if you're satisfied to explore the collection Bantimurung National Park, do not forget to buy souvenirs butterflies are preserved at the gate entrance yes. Fruit of the hand could make the evidence that you've menjejakan foot in Bantimurung National Park.

Tana Toraja is safely protected beyond the lofty mountains and rugged granite cliffs of the central highlands of the island of Sulawesi and the home of the Toraja people. 'Discovered' and opened to the world from their long isolation only since the beginning of the last century, the Toraja today still adhere to their age-old beliefs, rituals and traditions, although many of her people are modernized or have embraced Christianity.

The nobility of Toraja are believed to be descendents of heavenly beings who came down by a heavenly stairway to live here on earth in this beautiful landscape. To keep up the energy of the land and its people, the Toraja people believe that these must be sustained through rituals that celebrate both life and death, which are attached to the agricultural seasons. Tourists to Toraja, therefore, are either attracted by its unique culture and rituals, most of which are mostly centered around graves and death ceremonies. While others prefer to avoid the morbid images and go trekking through the spectacular, almost untouched Toraja countryside visiting remote villages, or exhilarate in rafting the Sa'dan river rapids.

A Bemo, the local transport, is the best way to get to know the locals, besides chartering vehicles (minibuses or Jeeps) with or without driver. Enjoy walking around villages.

To get to Tana Toraja one must fly to Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar, capital of the province of South Sulawesi. As a hub for East Indonesia there are many airlines flying to and from Makassar. The only way to Toraja from Makassar airport is overland. There are no flights between Makassar and Toraja.

There are also buses to Rantepao that leave Makassar daily. The journey takes around 8   hours and includes a meal stop. Tickets must be bought in town but coaches actually leave from DAYA bus terminal, 20 minutes out of town by bemo. Several companies in Rantepao run buses back to Makassar. The number of buses each day depends on the number of passengers. It is best and easiest to contact an experienced travel agent to arrange and take care of your full itinerary to the Toraja highlands.