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Batu Lemo, Tana Toraja Place of burial or funeral bodies shaped holes in the wall rock. This place is the result of human creations remarkable Toraja. How not wake that has existed since the 16th century were made by means of sculpting.
At that time, of course with very simple equipment. Lemo is located in the village (valley) Lemo. About 12 kilometers south of Rantepao or six kilometers north of Makale.
Lemo named because some models burrow circular stone and mottled fruit resembling an orange or lime. The graves stones are considered the burrow paa '.
There are 75 holes in the wall rock. Some of them have statues lined the so-called tau-tau. The statues are a symbol of social standing, status, and their role during the life of the local nobility.
These objects are crowded with visitors since 1960. Besides watching the stone tomb, tourists can also buy various souvenirs or walking path around the object is witnessing a ripe fruit fruit pangi brown. The fruits were processed and prepared foods typically eaten as a Toraja tribe called pantollo pamarrasan
Source: http://www.wisatanesia.com/2010/06/batu-lemo-tana-toraja.html
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Friday, 16 December 2011 |
NBC - Want a trip to Nusa Five? You are likely to raise eyebrows and a moment later, you ask, where is it? Nusa
Dua in Bali is certainly familiar to you, now called Nusa treasury Five
beautiful place in Nias should complete the list of places you will go
to fill your vacation.
Previously, people familiar with the Mount Sitoli Nias Heritage Museum, Beach Lady, Peak Laowömaru, Beautiful Estuary. After the earthquake March 28, 2005 popping up new tourist sites, such as Nusa Beach Lima and Carlita.
Five
coastal tourist sites are located in the village of Nusa Foa, District
of Mount Sitoli Idanoi, Sitoli Mountain City, 16 kilometers from Mount
Sitoli or 2 kilometers ahead of the airport Airport Binaka from the
direction of Mount Sitoli.
You are not hard to find. Arriving
in the village of Foa, in front of the mosque Foa, a signpost left side
of the road emblazoned with the words "Five Nusa Beach 500 m". From this location hotmix road connected by a road onderlag-stone, sand and gravel that was compacted width of about 3 meters. All types of motorized vehicles can enter this region.
Over an area of 1.3 hectares has now been established Saung 36 units, capacity of 50-20 people. One
unit of hall 9 x 16 meters, can be modified as a model with a capacity
of 250 people, restaurant, meeting rooms 6 x 13 m, capacity 100 people, a
unit mushala, as well as ample parking space. It also provided the facility sound system, keyboard and singer. "I've spent about $ 500 million to prepare for this location," said Kurniawan Harefa, Nusa owner told NBC Lima, 26 April 2011.
With
such facilities, Nusa Five very appropriate as a place of execution of
events in the form of meetings, parties, warm-hearted. To
attract visitors, Nusa Five also carry out annual beach volleyball
tournament and to support government activities in the development of
Sapta charm to the community and visitors.
This
new tourist attractions not only offers natural beauty alone, like the
sea which gives coolness and the sounds of birds in the trees are lush,
but the service employees satisfying the visitors.
When
NBC entered the site on Tuesday (4/26/2011), a young man at the front
entrance welcomes with a smile and immediately directed us to the park
so neatly arranged. The young man then gave a warm greeting, "Welcome to our site, please choose a suitable Saung," he said kindly.
A
moment later after selecting saung overlooking the sea, a pair of
neatly dressed waiter with a smile offers a menu of food they provide. That afternoon our choice fell on grilled grouper.
Five
managers seem to be able to read Nusa opportunity to make a meeting
place which is sufficient not only intended for individual or family
visitors. Thus,
various organizations, including government officials, many are
choosing Nusa Five as a place to hold meetings or celebrations.
One visitor NBC encountered at the site revealed that each holiday and spare time he chose to spend time in this place. "If
you visit this place, I feel comfortable," said Yanuari Zebua (30), the
villagers Lölözasai, District Gidö, Nias regency, as he looked toward
the sea coast with Foa and her friends enjoy the shade of the trees
around the place.
Yanuari also claimed that non-governmental organizations where he worked to choose the venue for a meeting in Nusa Lima. "The atmosphere of this place is cozy and beautiful scenery, perfect as a venue for meetings," he said.
Other interesting thing is free to enter visitor attractions without having to pay money into or ticket. "We
the youth can enter this region with a free tour and enjoy periods of
courtship without the cost," said Martin Ndraha (28), a visitor.
According Kurniwan Harefa, the beaches are managed now formerly known names Foa Coast. However, until 2007, Beach Foa no longer visited by people for not properly managed. In fact, in the past Foa Coast was once a famous tourist destination for the people of Nias.
Seeing
conditions, youth with educational background of one of English
Literature in the Field of Higher Education is interested in exploring
the popularity of the site again. He then bought the land area of 1.3 hectares of the local community.
Kurniawan admitted often travel to a number of areas and look at the concept of tourism development there. From the observation that he began to develop tourist sites in Nias and build Nusa Beach Lima in 2007.
For youth born 23 November 1982, the developing tourism businesses is not easy, for him a challenge to do all my soul.
Capitalize comparative study and read a book, started to open his business in December 2007. And started its operation since July 2008.
To create a new tourist site name of the building, Kurniawan was inspired by the name of Nusa Dua in Bali. According
Kurniawan, word 'five' is taken from the five elements Afo (betel)-in
which the materials are composed of five types, namely tawuo (betel
leaf), Fino (areca), betua (lime), Bago (tobacco) and gambe ( gambier leaves).
Talk menu provided by Nusa Five, can be quite varied. Visitors
can choose different types of seafood, like grilled fish, fried shrimp
flour, flour fried squid, fried rice, fried chicken powder, cap cay, cah
kale and various other foods and soft drinks.
Now, Nusa Five has 20 employees who were recruited from the local community Kurniawan. There are 10 permanent employees, seven employees off, and three security officers. In
addition, since 2009 Nusa Five facilitating children's elementary and
junior high school to learn it for free with two subjects, namely
Mathematics and English in the place.
With
the presence of these five sights Nusa now gives additional revenue for
local governments in the form retibrusi permit trading business,
recreational license, permit crowds, billboard tax, and environmental
sanitation reports.
Source: http://www.nias-bangkit.com/2011/04/nusa-lima-nusa-duanya-nias/
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Friday, 16 December 2011 |
NBC — Consuming meat of monitor lizard or locally called biawak?
It sounds strange to hear that menu, let alone eat them. People
commonly recognizes monitor lizard as a reptile with one meter in length
with hard shell and scales in grayish color. It weighs about three
kilograms and sometimes known as wild reptile.
Richly flavored curry of monitor lizard. Photo by Jannerson Girsang.
At the beginning I doubted when a friend offers me richly flavored
curry of monitor lizard at a food stall at Jalan RRI at Iraonogeba Sub
District, Gunungsitoli. However, upon noting the proper serving as it is
the case of the meat simmered in richly flavored curry, I attempt to
try to taste it to satisfy my curiosity. In fact, the monitor lizard, or
in Latin it is so-called Varanus albigularis, turns to be delicious menu with a good cooking technique. The taste is almost similar to the beef or mutton commonly consumed.
The monitor lizard, which in Nias is locally called boroe,
here is well known by Nias people, particularly those residing in
Gunungsitoli. At least, there are three restaurants in Gunungsitoli
serving monitor lizard meat as their menus.
We go to the restaurant owned by Atulö’ö Telaumbanua, 45, who is
better known as Ama Andi Telaumbanua, to taste the menu here. Ama Andi
in collaboration with his wife has been running this restaurant since
2006. In his restaurant, the monitor lizard meat is considered the
prominent menu. “I love extreme culinary, let alone after traveling
across Indonesia for case study engaged by the government program,” he
says.
As to Atulö’ö, there is an increasing number of monitor lizard meat
lovers in Gunungsitoli. In a week they get up to one ton of monitor
lizard supplies. They are caught from some places in Nias including
Alasa, Sirombu, Lahewa, and Tuhemberua. “Up to the moment, we got supply
of monitor lizard meat from Nias,” says Atulö’ö who has travelled
across many regions in Indonesia after graduating from Machine
Engineering Vocational School (STM) majoring in Chemical Engineering.
Prior to serving the simmered lizard meat, the supplied reptiles are
kept in one cage behind his house yard. “”We get the supplies from some
markets that have known us as their customer,” he adds.
In this restaurant, the monitor lizard meat is then cooked in various
menus such as soup and richly flavored curry. He still uses manual
tools to cook the meat. Atulö’ö collaborates with his wife and his six
employees to go through the cooking processes.
In addition to the great taste, monitor lizard meat in fact has many
benefits as it could serve as the medication for uric acid. As to
Atulö’ö, two Dutch and French professors who have ever tutored him
during his case study in Indonesia, gave him this information. It is
also believed that monitor lizard can make the skin shiny as told by
many sources taken from internet.
Thanks to that sort of information, the number of the reptile meat
lovers is increasing. Yosima Halawa, 28, is the example. The woman
loves to consume monitor lizard meat. “People say it serves as the
medication of uric acid. But I prefer consuming this reptile due to the
great taste,” she says smilingly.
Similarly as what Yosima says, Syukur Zendratö, 26, also admits the
delicious taste of the cooked monitor lizard meat. “It tastes like
chicken meat. Let alone, it is said that the meat could cure uric
acid,” says the young man who consumes this reptile meat after his
colleague told him.
You need not to worry about the price. One portion of the cooked
monitor lizard meat in this restaurant costs IDR10,000. It is really
affordable.
Do you want to have more than monitor lizard meat? If you are extreme
culinary lover, the restaurant also provides other special menus such
as escargot (locally called sigi), frog (talaho), bat (bögi), scaly anteater (sigölu), deer (nago), mouse deer (laosi), snake (gulõ), and crocodile (buaya).
However, it would be better to order first due to the mounting demand
which leads to run out of stocks. “All animals are mostly derived from
Sirombu, Mandrehe, Alasa, and Idanögawo” says Atulö’ö Telaumbanua.
The most expensive culinary in this restaurant is scaly anteater as
it costs IDR25,000 per portion. This kind of meat is quite high-priced
because the scaly anteater costs up to IDR300,000 per kilogram. Are
anxious to taste them?
Source: http://www.nias-bangkit.com/2011/04/rendang-biawak-kuliner-ekstrem-nan-lezat/
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Friday, 16 December 2011 |
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PONTIANAK, KOMPAS.com - Indonesian likely to become the international language of conversation in the world. More and more foreigners are interested in learning the Indonesian language.
Only by learning the Indonesian language, foreign citizens can understand the cultural diversity of Indonesia is very typical. To that end, Indonesia should be a good cultural packaging so that more and more foreign nationals who want to understand it.
Body Language Researchers Ministry of Education and Culture, Dendy Sugono, Wednesday (14/12/2011), said the cultural diversity of Indonesia is the most important factor that causes a lot of foreigners want to learn Indonesian language.
"Only by learning the Indonesian language, foreign citizens can understand the cultural diversity of Indonesia is very typical. To that end, Indonesia should be a good cultural packaging so that more and more foreign nationals who want to understand it enough to learn the Indonesian advance," said Dendy.
Indications began receiving the Indonesian language in international relations is the high interest of foreign nationals studying Indonesian at the center of learning Indonesian in their country.
"Countries of the existing central Indonesian language is the countries in Europe, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Egypt, and Russia," said Dendy.
Besides Saudi Arabia, which includes signage Indonesian can also be found in Frankfurt, Germany. "In Saudi Arabia, there are reasonable written in Indonesian language on the board of directions. When in Germany, it is rather special because the Indonesian language is one of six foreign languages to be learned in school," said Dendy.
Source: http://oase.kompas.com/read/2011/12/14/15021075/Bahasa.Indonesia.Berpeluang.Jadi.Bahasa.Internasional
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