10 Things You Should Know About Nias
His name is often heard on television and print media, especially since some of the disasters that occurred in the island. Due to the isolated location, Nias, which in the local language called Tano Niha, is one of the gems equator with natural and cultural richness that is still maintained continuity, through the lens of a camera, here are ten things you should know before deciding to go to one of the tropical surge best in Asia. Original Text by Barry Kusuma, executive summary by Darmansjah
How To Get There
From Jakarta, you could use some airlines such as Lion Air, Batavia Air, Citilink Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air to the field. Once there, you can travel sea or air to reach the island of Nias. The fastest way to the island located west of Sumatra Island is a long journey by plane 50 minutes. Airlines serving the route Medan - Nias (Gunung Sitoli) is Merpati Airlines and Wings Air. For sea journey, you will depart from the Port of Sibolga in Central Tapanuli. Running time is 10 hours by ship or ferry passenger baisa, or about 4 hours by fast boat.
How To Explore
In Nias generally very rare vehicle. If you're lucky, Binaka Airport, you can use the 'motorcycle rental', public transport is very limited in number and are always packed full of passengers. Therefore, before leaving you should first book a rental vehicle. One thing to note is the condition of uneven road construction and never finished until whenever, where not all villages can be traversed using four-wheeled vehicles. Ask the car rental facility to the hotel where you stay.
Where To Stay
You can choose from dozens of hotels and inns in the town of Gunung Sitoli. These include: Wisma Soliga-Wisama Soliga Soliga located about 4-5 km from the city center and has a meeting room, restaurant, tennis badminton and mini zoo. You can rent cars and buy plane tickets at this hotel. Diponegoro 432 road, mountain Sitoli T. 0639 21815/081361230001 e.mail: Wisma_soliga@yahoo.com. Miga Beach Hotel, surrounded by beautiful gardens, this beachfront hotel offers a natural feel thick and buildings that look like old buildings. Jalan Diponegoro 507, Mount Sitoli T. 0639 21460/081397648200 F. 0639 22500 e. mail : migabeachhotel@yahoo.com
NIAS ISLAND is located 125 kilometers to the west of the island of Sumatra, directly facing the Indian Ocean. Nias Island has two outer islands immediately adjacent to the Indian Ocean, the island Simuk in Tello Island, South Nias regency, and the Wunga island of Nias district in the North. With its position just above the line of fire rings, Nias Island in addition to having unpredictability of the weather risk for disasters. After the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 that impact the deaths of hundreds of people in Nias and the earthquake in March 2005 that destroyed most of the village on the island of Nias, a series of natural events in a smaller scale often occur in these islands. But the location is isolated Nias surge for adventure travel enthusiasts as unspoiled natural.
REACHING FOR NIAS ISLAND, you can choose the path of sea or air. There are some airlines that connect the airport Binaka Gunung Sitoli in Nias to Medan's Polonia Airport, with a flight time of about 55 minutes. Alternatively you can use ocean transportation aboard the ferry from Sibolga to Gunung Sitoli dengna 8-10 hours long journey. To reach South Nias, use the road with the distance of 2 to 3 hours.
'Ya' ahowu ", so a
typical greeting residents
of Nias. Often translated
as 'blessed hope', says this means attention
to the happiness of others with
the hope to be
blessed by the Almighty. Another meaning of brotherhood.
This expression will be the opening sentence to start a conversation with a population of Nias.
One
of the world's
best surfing locations.
Sorake beach is very popular among surfers,
mainly from Australia, because the waves are very
challenging. It lies directly opposite the Indian Ocean makes waves height of
waves reaching 3-5
meters. Interestingly, high
waves and it has
five levels of difficulty and is not affected by
the ebb and flow of the wind and sea water. Not so far from Sorake beach
there Lagundri Coast surfers who
are also in demand by the world because the
waves are spectacular. Both
beaches are often hosts international surfing
championship in the Botohilitano village
is located about 13 km from Teluk Dalam,
the capital of South Nias regency. In addition to the above two beaches,
Nias also has
many other surfing sites like Pulau Asu, Bawa and Pulau Telo.
Bawomataluo
is one of the traditional village
culture as well as the story village has
existed since ancient megaliths. Has meaning sunrise, the village located at an altitude of 400 meters
above sea level it has enough cool air and panoramic Sorake
Beach and
Lagundri beautiful
beach. Uniquely this
village looks like a vast land filled with rows of houses
facing each other. Of stairs into the village, we could see a row of
traditional houses Nias residents and house
king on the left and
a village hall on
the right. Although centuries old,
these buildings are still intact and well
preserved. The buildings were
never restored unless a roof is replaced with
zinc to make it more durable.
WAR DANCE termed Faluaya.
This dance is performed by the men who served ask
night with armor attribute. Their bodies are decorated with various
trinkets that add to the
impression of horror to scare the opponent. Right
hand holding a spear or machete is a major weapon, while his
left hand holding a shield to
deflect enemy attacks. Under the
command of a commander, of
hundreds of residents to start
preparing the formation of a dynamic dance waving
machetes and spears.
A culture that characterizes Hombo Batu. Tradition that has lasted for hundreds
of generations is somewhat unique and inviting
the curiosity of tourists visiting the
Bawomataluo and other
traditional villages in Nias. There's an
interesting story behind the tradition
of a six-foot jump over a stone which is also referred
to this fahombo. According to local tradition was
created as a forum for physical and mental
test of the young
men before the age of consent.
Wearing traditional dress, they should be able to
jump over the stone using a particular technique
with the risk of muscle
injury or broken
bones when landing the wrong premises. It
is an honor for the family if the boy
can jump over a
stone, because it means he has reached a
sufficient age to
marry or go into
battle. Although the
current war between the village
was never again occur.
Hombo Batu still
continued as a form of ritual ceremonies and
cultural symbol of the people of Nias.
CRAFT Wood Cut,
carved animal motifs such as lizards, monkeys, snakes crocodiles and humans can
easily be found on the walls of traditional houses. Population of Nias, as the
Balinese and Asmat, is known as a reliable craftsmen. From a young age they
have termpil wall carvings or sculptures made of wood.
HERITAGE MUSEUM NIAS
is a place that should not be missed by lovers of history. Located in the
largest city of Mount Sitoli, the museum stands thanks to the hard work of
Pastor Johannes M. Hammerle, German citizen who has lived in Nias 36 years, has
a collection of objects of cultural heritage of Nias, which amounted to
thousands. The collection consists of artifacts household appliances, megalith
statues of wood and stones, jewelery, traditional weapons, currency, custom
clothing, symbols of nobility to the original traditional houses called Omo Hada Nias. In addition to providing
various facilities such as public library, cafeteria, up to a mini zoo,
visitors can snorkel comfortably from the edge of the pier that is in this
museum. Not only that, in this museum you can experience how to live in
traditional houses with a tariff of about $ 15 per night.
Megalithic relics
are scattered on the slopes of the hills near the valley of the river. Among
the houses there were human statues, menhirs, dolmen, sakofagus and results of
megalithic culture are being created to honor the ancestors and are believed to
protect people from misfortune. Variations in the megalithic heritage Orahili
Gomo has its own characteristics different from other megalithic culture, both
in Indonesia and the world.
Wow. I think it's a great place just like Peza zone. I want to explore that place.
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