Greetings in our villages, Bajau (bajo) tribes located above the sea in Torosiaje Village, Pohuwato District, Gorontalo.
Bajau tribes are well known as marine moisturizing tribes and ulung fishermen in searching fish, dive without aids in a long time as well as the ability to see natural signs to find out a variety of things.
Nelayan is the main profession of Torosiaje Bajau tribe and some of the boaters and also the buildingers. Boats become the main transportation for 1.448 soul living in the village, each house has a boat as a substitute for motors or cars such as people living on the ground.
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Sebuah boat crosses the central part of the Torosiaje village to bring goods and passengers to land.
The boat also holds an important role in various custom rituals. The culture of the ancestors is still very condensed here, various traditions, rituals and villages are still adhered by the Torosiaje Steelu tribe community. As the implementation of the rituals of the shelves, where the indigenous figures and religious figures replace the flags of the fight mark. The flag was made from a kafan fabric written several sentences in Arabic letters through a ritual at night, and the installation of the flags in the morning in the front of the village.
Beginning when the sun has not been rising up to sunset, the shade of the engine sounds the boat and the silih turns, the wooden boat attached the machine has an important role in the daily life of the Steelu society.
The local government also provides its role in the development of Steelu Torosiaje shelter, various programs have been carried out there, ranging from the increase in the economy of society through fisheries, school development, public facilities, health, free internet to tourism.
It is one of the front of the Torosiaje Bajau tribes who plant flowers in pots.
The people of the tribes of steelu struck the sea teripang in Torosiaje village.
For fisheries, the government provides fish seeds to be cultivated by Bajau tribes, the lower part of the house and also the waters around the perkampungan into the fish shot location.
While for tourism sectors, the Torosiaje village has been used as tourist villages, where the transportation services of boat ojek, food stalls, tour guides to ‘homestay’ provide a considerable impact for community income.
Photo and Text : Adiwinata Solihin
The number of bocah tribes Bajau played bicycles in Torosiaje Village.
Dua bocah playing gadgets by utilizing free wifi facilities.
The people of the Bajau tribe did the repair of damaged mesh in sewn ways.
Ratusan small fish swim around the settlement of Bajau tribes in Torosiaje Village.
The tribe of Bajau completed the boat order that became the main transportation in Torosiaje village.
The merchants use boats to store statutory materials, vegetables and kitchen spices in the village of Torosiaje.
The number of boat roads waiting for passengers in the village dock of Torosiaje.
The village of the village of Bajau Torosiaje.
Editor : Yusran Uccang
