Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Stone Jump Nias


Nias Island is very famous for its traditional stone jump.
Skip this stone is a tradition that is done by a young man whowill reach adulthood with typical 
Nias wearing traditional clothesand jump a stone that has been in the apartment with a height of 2 meters which is almost like a wall.
This assessment is the right way, in case of errors inmeloncatnya there will be injuries or broken bones.
Thus for those who would do that it must be in need of extracaution.

This tradition is also referred to as "Fahombo" ie as the assessment as a requirement for adult men to performmarriages or woo a woman, and if it fails in the rock then jumphas not been able to marry a woman.

There is also another tradition is also a reference Fahombo anicon image on the Indonesian currency on par thousand.
Want to know the picture, this picture:






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