As many as 80-90 percent of the 355 items on display in this museum is the result of a collection of Chinese residents in Kalabahi, Toby Retika. When he decided to leave Kalabahi, the overall results of the collection was handed over to the Government of Alor regency in September 2003.
For example, a dragon boat, it is very important and sacred, which is the representation of ancestors who came to use the boat as well as the implementation of traditional ceremonies. There are weapons bows and arrows, weaving areas, as well as award-winning collection, the moko.
This museum, perhaps not only in Indonesia, but also in the world, whose only ambition is to collect large amounts of moko. There have been a most moko moko 23 ... [
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Written on 27 Apr 2010 | Posted in
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Island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara island was originally named Snake. In the language of Lio, Nusa Nipa. Flores was the name given to Portugal when I first came hundreds of years ago. After all of that distant island from Jakarta, Indonesianness had developed.
Flores historical significance is manifested in the form of a painting entitled "Nusa Nipa" in a triplex. The painting was still posted as part of the collection at the Museum of Bikon Blewut in Sikka, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
Paintings by Fra Goris Leki (1993) basic color is blue. The shape of the island which is an image of a snake wrapped around carrying some gold jewelry, and sunlit.
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Written on 19 Apr 2010 | Posted in
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Candi Kuning Bali
Nusa Tenggara is a sprinkling of 566 islands stretching eastwards from Bali. The six main islands of interest to tourists are Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Komodo, Flores and Timor. In contrast to Bali's lush vegetation, these islands have a rugged landscape of rich volcanic soils and harsh limestone outcrops. Together they have forty volcanoes, 25 of which are still active.
At least 50 distinct groups of people live in Nusa Tenggara with their own dialect, culture and religious events influenced by animist rites and ancestral worship.
Lombok Island:
Lombok Island is a tropical paradise with magnificent stretches of natural beach, excellent diving and snorkelling off the three coral-ringed Gili Islands and traditional native villages, ancient temples and palaces. Mount Rinjani dominates Lombok with its high peak and ... [
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Written on 17 Apr 2010 | Posted in
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Laiwangi National Park-Meru-feed Wanggameti representatives of all forest types on the island of Sumba, including Elfin Forest is a rare and valuable species diversity is high enough that there are mainly at an altitude of 800 meters above sea level.
In this area there are types of plants including guava forests (Syzygium sp.), Pulai (Alstonia scholaris), fig (Ficus sp.), Almond (Canarium oleosum), cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), honggi (Myristica littoralis), suren ( Toona stireni), taduk (Sterculia foetida), Kesambi (Schleichera oleosa), and hangkang (Palaquium obovatum). Laiwangi National Park-Wanggameti a habitat of several wild animals such as long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis), wild pig (Sus sp. ), lizard (Varanus salvator), Timor pythons (Python timorensis), and partridges (Gallus ... [
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Barong, the Lion
Balinese Hinduism is deeply interwoven with art and ritual, and is less closely preoccupied with scripture, law, and belief than Islam in Indonesia. Balinese Hinduism lacks the traditional Hindu emphasis on cycles of rebirth and reincarnation, but instead is concerned with a myriad of local and ancestral spirits. As with kebatinan, these deities are thought to be capable of harm. Balinese place great emphasis on dramatic and aesthetically satisfying acts of ritual propitiation of these spirits at temple sites scattered throughout villages and in the countryside. Each of these temples has a more or less fixed membership; every Balinese belongs to a temple by virtue of ... [
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Written on 14 Apr 2010 | Posted in
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Some electronic books in the Indonesian tourist guide you can