Mentawai Islands, The Best Place For Surfing And Enjoying Nature Islands In Indonesia
Mentawai Islands District is a district located in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
The Mentawai Islands are a cluster of islands that are geographically located in the Indian Ocean and administratively into the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Mentawai Islands are on the west side of the province of West Sumatra. The original inhabitants of Mentawai have different cultures with the Minangkabau being separated by the sea.
The Mentawai Islands has four major islands, namely:
Siberut Island
Sipora Island
North Pagai Island
South Pagai
Most of the inhabitants of the islands in the Mentawai Islands district comes from the island of Siberut. Mentawai tribe physically society has a culture of the Neolithic periode in which these communities are not familiar with the technology of metalworking, as well as planting and the art of weaving.
Half the population of this district are animists, then mostly Christians and Muslims. After the independence of the people in this district has been mingling with other tribes in Indonesia, especially after the district became one of the transmigration areas.
The Mentawai Islands or Kepulauan Mentawai is one of the popular tourist attractions in Indonesia, this tourist spot located in the province of West Sumatra Mentawai islands, one advantage of the tourist attractions Mentawai islands are best-surfing spots in Indonesia.
Mentawai has many beautiful islands with waves are big, which is great for the sport of surfing. Since 1990, Mentawai visited by tourists for surfing. The waves in Mentawai is the world's third excellent waves for surfing.
In addition to surfing, this area also as a tourist destination to find out more in life Mentawai tribe, seeing the natural beauty Mentawai investigate the lives of animals in the Mentawai and others.
Some foam bed is stored in the custom house in the Mentawai Butui, District of South Siberut, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra. The existence of manufactured goods was very striking in comparison with other uma contents, such as animal skulls and cooking equipment are all made Mentawai residents.
The bed was for the tourists. They also buy, also other items such as bags, said Aman Jazali, sikerei who inhabit the custom house. Sikerei is a ceremonial leader.
According to Jazali, almost every week there are foreign tourists-usually from America and Europe-staying 1-2 nights at uma. There are two appeal there, experience the exotic life of the Mentawai tribe and enjoy a flow of clear, distant Butui River and surrounded by white sand and rocks in front of uma.
The exoticism Mentawai
The presence of foreign tourists also makes a number of places in Mentawai overgrown luxury resort, especially in coastal areas that have good waves for surfing. In the resorts that guests enjoy the exoticism Mentawai consists of 213 islands as well as to surf.
The waves in the Mentawai islands by various organizations is the third best global surfing after Hawaii and Tahiti.
In Mentawai, surfing is usually done in Nyangnyang Island, Coral Majat, Masilok, Botik, and Mainuk. Peak tourist visits in July and August. At that time in the Mentawai waves reached a height of 7 meters.
Mentawai tribe
Mentawai tribe is native to the Mentawai Islands. As Nias tribe and tribe Enggano, they are supporters of the Proto-Malay cultures that settled in the archipelago west. Mentawai residents residential areas, in addition to the Mentawai also on the island of North Pagai and South Pagai. This tribe is known as gatherers and when it was first studied are not familiar with farming. Typical tradition is the use of tattoos all over his body, which is linked to its role and social status.
biosphere reserves
Mentawai also play an important role in conservation. Since 1981, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) set Siberut Mentawai Island as one of the biosphere reserves so that their existence should be protected and kept away from exploitation.
Plus their exoticism Siberut Mentawai four endemic primates, namely monkeys Simakobu or pigs (Simias concolor), bilou or dwarf gibbon (Hylobates klosii), Joja or monkey Mentawai (Presbytis potenziani), and the Mentawai macaque (Macaca pagensis).
To investigate this wealth Mentawai primates, Primate Center, University of Gottingen, Germany, in cooperation with Bogor Agricultural University established the Siberut Conservation Project.
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