When listening to Nias Island, most people will be drawn to stone jumps, one cultural attraction that has been famous to the international world. Bawomataluo village, is one of the villages that there is a stone jump tradition, in regional languages called "Hombo Batu" or "Fahombo".
Bawomataluo weighing the sun hill, where residents and tourists can see the beauty of the sunrise and sinking. In the "Sunrise" the society will be presented a variety of custom attractions and culture.
Hombo Batu is a tradition that arises from the habit of fighting between villages, each village condensed its territory with stones or bamboo as high as two meters. Therefore, the tradition of the stone jump was born and was carried out as a preparation before the fight.
Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
The young man conducts preparation to display stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
The tradition of Hombo Batu was inherited under the falls in each family of his father to his son. However, not all Nias youth can do it even though it has practiced.
In the 1990s, stone jump attraction images adorn the money of the thousand rupiahs, and the attraction has long been the attraction of tourism in Nias Island, especially in South Nias Regency.
Tourists will be tensioned to see the youth wearing a custom dress with a two-meter high rock jumping and patting as the 'gift' form of fear will be the attraction.
Dua you are preparing to display stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
Three teenagers are preparing for stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
Kepedulian and regeneration becomes a key word so that stone jumps are kept safe, so Indonesian culture is increasingly known in the international world.
Photo and Text: Irsan Mulyadi
The young man did warm before displaying stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
The young people show stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
The young people show stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
The young man jumps together featuring stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
Tourists shoot three youths wearing the South Nias custom clothing while displaying stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
Warga and tourist activities in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
Tourists shoot three youths wearing the South Nias custom clothing while displaying stone jumping attractions in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
Siluet a teenager by wearing South Nias custom clothing, in Bawomataluo Village, South Nias, North Sumatra.
