Mori Ethnic Costume

   Mori Ethnic Costume

   Besides Nggembe clothes, traditional clothes next is traditional clothes in ethnic Mori , Morowali district. Traditional clothes ethnic Mori consisting of traditional clothes for women and men. Womankind blouse ordinary wearing long sleeves or language Mori called by Lambu, colored red with frosting and motives chain yellow color. To his subordinates they were wearing a long skirt red color or Hawu also a chain patterned yellow color. A crown or Pasapu used for the part of the head. As for accessories used on clothing is konde or Pewutu busoki, Lansonggilo Konde, an earring or Tole-Tole, necklace or Enu-Enu, bracelets or Mala, waistband or Pebo'o, a ring or Sinsi. Meanwhile, to traditional clothes worn men is long-sleeved shirt or language Mori as Lambu. This shirt red with ornaments motive chain yellow color same as underclothes women. To subordinate men use trousers red color or Saluara. Bate or ornamental caps used to head. A belt be supplies for traditional clothes man. 

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Nggembe Costume

Nggembe Costume

   Nggembe costume is a traditional costume from Poso, Central Sulawesi. Nggembe costume shaped is quadrangle, collared round sleeves as cloth, long blouse until the waist and shaped loose. Nggembe costume is completed by the breastplate of the or shampoo the chest and wearing sequin as sweetening fashion. Scabbard woven Donggala be accessories the bottom this outfit. Donggala who gold thread in language Kaili called by Buya Sabe Kumbaja. Way discharging use customary this undergo development, with progress discharging scabbard Donggala make the change by tying scabbard and then besides left or right folded to embellish and gave the freedom of movement for the wearer.

   Accessories used for clothing this is an earring long or Dali Taroe, necklace helix or Gemo , bracelet long or Ponto Ndate, pending or Pende. Pende or pending is a belt used at a person (girl) play dance typical Central Sulawesi. Material gold and silver as a to make a belt this by means of printed. On the inside of the Pende made a place to enter strap cloth yellow and given ornament. But with progress , the day no longer used a belt like that. A belt ordinary greater use of today to worn with this outfit .

   Meanwhile, traditional clothes for men named Koje/Puruka Pajana. This outfit consisting of two parts, that is Koje and Puruka Pajana. Koje or Dress Ceki is the shirt that part colar erect and fitting their necks up, long-armed, long a shirt until to the hips and worn over trousers. Puruka Pajana or breeches to the knee, for model tight, but the kills have to wide so as to be easily to sit and walked. A mitt on the waist, Keris, and part of the head use ornamental caps or Siga be accessories this outfit.

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Fish Soup of Heart Banana

Fish Soup of Heart Banana

   Fish soup of heart banana is special food of Central Sulawesi, precisely in the Palu city. Food with full-flavored who a tart spicy fresh this, use snapper as its main ingredient.

                  Recipes

Ingredients:

1. 250 g a wedge the heart banana.

2. 250 ml coconut milk.

3. 200 g fillet Kakap.

4. 10 g basil leaves.

5. 3 tablespoon of seasoning white base.

6. 2 tablespoon of condiment plow.

7. 2 tablespoon of lime juice.

8. 2 teaspoon of saffron powder.

9. 1 liter of water.

10. 1 fruit tomato.

11. 1 teaspoon of salt.

12. 1 stems lemongrass

Processing Way:
1. Heat oil and fried seasoning white to fragrant.

2. Input saffron, and add condiment plow, stir flattened.

3. After seasoning ripe, and scents out input let a little boiling water.

4. Input snapper and shrink fire.

5. Add the heart banana, cook until ripe add salt and flavorings with lime juice and lemongrass input coconut milk, simmer back.

6. Lift cookery soup fish the heart banana delicious ready served.

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Saluopa Waterfall

Saluopa Waterfall

   Saluopa waterfall is located in the Village Saluopa Tonusu, North Pamona Subdistrict, Poso, Central Sulawesi Province. Saluopa waterfall or often also called Air Launch Saluopa is one of the interesting sights in the province of Central Sulawesi. The waterfall is composed of 12 levels. From one level to the next level there is a staircase of stone, making it easier for visitors to get to the bottom of the waterfall at atas. There are several pools with water so clear. Around the falls there is also a tropical forest with a diverse fauna that live in it. While passing through this tropical forest, visitors will hear the sounds of animals and birds with a melodious singing. In addition to tropical forest, around the site there is also a small bridge that must be passed as to the location of the waterfall.

   The water that came from the mountain is very clear, so that the rocks in the water can be seen clearly. Interestingly, the mossy rocks and not slippery, so that visitors can easily rise to the top level through the stones. In addition, visitors can also play around the water on the stones on it while take pictures with the waterfall background. Among the splashing waterfall rainbow colors sometimes appear very beautiful and fascinating. Although in the vicinity of the waterfall is not available accommodation facilities, but visitors can stay at several hotels in the city of Tentena.

   Tentena town, capital of North Pamona, located about 54 km from the town of Poso, or about 258 km in the city of Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi Province. From the Palu to the Tentena City can be reached by using a four-wheeled vehicles and two-wheeler in about 7 hours.While Saluopa Waterfall is located about 12 miles west of the City of Tentena. From City Tentena to the location of the waterfall can be reached by four wheel drive vehicles or motorcycles. Then proceed on foot as far as 500 m to the location of the waterfall.

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Manda Cake

Manda Cake

   Manda cake is a traditional cakes made of cassava grated is a cereal offering traditional origin Sulawesi exactly Palu city. Plantain be the contents of cereal offering steamed this. A sweet taste the right felt complete with a sense of savory of shredded coconut who became toppings.

                   Recipes

Ingredients :

1. Cassava grated 500 grams and disposed 50 ml the water

2. 50 grams of sugar

3. 1 / 2 teaspoon of salt 

4. Vanilla powder 1 / 8 teaspoon

5. 12 drops dye orange

6. Plantain 2 pieces, boiled, cut thick 1 cm 

Material for sprinkling :

1. Coconut in grate harshly 100 grams

2. Salt 

Processing way :

1. First, mix together cassava, sugar, salt, vanilla and dyes and stir flattened. 
2. After that, take a little batter and give pieces bananas and notching a batter in the form of a box size 3x3 cm. 
3. Next, broiled for approximately 30 minutes to mature. 
4. For the sprinkles: mix together all the materials and stir flattened and broiled over a fire was for 15 minutes. 
5. Last , sprinkle material a sprinkling on the cake.

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Tambi House

Tambi House

   In Central Sulawesi, place the resident lived called Tambi. This house was the residence for all groups the community. The form of this house terms rectangle with average size 7x5 square meters and facing toward the north-south , because should not be facing or their backs to the sun. A glance construction this house is like fungi shaped prism made from leaves sagu or palm fibers. Uniqueness a house on platform this is roof which also serves as a wall. A pedestal the house consisting of an arrangement of a block of wood, while foundation made of natural stone. Access to this house by means of a ladder, the number different suit high his house. Tambi used by public usually has the stairs were is odd and to head of customary were even. Poles buttresses this house made of bonati wood. In it just one lobona (a room major) divided without partition and having rooms, only to the center of lobona there are rapu (a kitchen) who as well as warmer room when cold weather. It's inhabitants sleep use a sleep made of nunu bark (banyan). Around the wall this house extending asari (para-para) versatile, it can be used beds delimited, a depository objects inheritance or objects other valuable. As an ornament, usually this house has engraving at the the door and its walls. Motives engraving is particularly animal shaped or herbs. Consists of engraving pebaula (head of a buffalo and bati). Pebaula is a symbol wealth, and bati was a symbol welfare and fertility.

   On motive of plants (pompininie) usually made of various cloth bark colorful, formed into motive flowers then fastened with the rod. Cloth bark it was a result of woven traditional of bark nunu and ivo. Reputedly, pompeninie it has magical powers who can ward off disorder an evil spirit. Because Tambi have only one chamber main, so it has outbuilding that cannot be separated, namely Buho (sometimes called Gampiri). Building having two this floor, serves as deliberation places or receives guests (bottom floors) , and as lumbung rice ( the top floor ) .Because of their functions as a hospitable, so just off Tambi. Other buildings which called pointua very simple, a place mashing rice, where there are dimples called iso shaped quadrangle long 4 pieces propped and sometimes there were also dimples round called iso foam.

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Lalampa

Lalampa

   Lalampa is a kind of food made from rice glutinous and wrapped with the leaves of a plantain in between there are flesh of marine trout that has been seasoned. How to make Lalampa quite unique, glutinous that has been washed clean later steamed, after mature glutinous wrapped using banana leaf with a round shape resembling pieces lengthwise, it just its size slightly smaller .Glutinous which is wrapped are then burned a few minutes above burning coals the coconut kneecap. In the Toboli region, parigi moutong district, Central Sulawesi, many stalls hawking Lalampa, this food are already known that areas, the project in the region of around Toboli place the traders hawking lalampa is the way a trance main/Sulawesi who became corner the meeting between main areas on the island of Sulawesi, which is a road toward Palu, Manado, Gorontalo, Poso, and Makassar. So, it's not surprising when the region is always crowded passed through passerby who was traveling out of town.

   Lalampa in the Toboli have a sense of a typical, in addition to not too spicy as its place of origin, Lalampa Toboli always in present in a state of fresh and warm. One stall owners admitted, a day he can make more than 2000 seeds Lalampa, with the assistance of employees which consisted of five people. Lalampa s fit enjoyed when cold weather, or ahead of the afternoon, especially when the company a cup of coffee black, can make the eye added literate because reactions from a sweet taste, bitter and slightly spicy.

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Pontanu Dance

Pontanu Dance

   

   Central Sulawesi has a rich culture, ranging from traditional costume, tradtional house, traditional songs, traditional weapons, and also the traditional dances. On the traditional dance of Central Sulawesi also variety, that is Modero and Pontanu.

   Pontanu dance is a traditional dance from Donggala area, Central Sulawesi and one of traditional dance that famous in Central Sulawesi, especially in Donggala area. This dance usually dance by female dancers and movement in this dance describe the activity of the woman are weave Buya Sabe or Donggala slipcover. This dance created as an appreciation of the weavers slipcover and to introduce other people about the Donggala silpcover. Then, this dance displayed on various events such as welcome the important guess, cultural festival, even tourism promotion.

   Pontanu dance is usually displayed by the dancers woman. The number of dancer dance pontanu it usually consists of four people dancer or more. With clad fashion typical,  dancer dancing by its movement that is distinctive and followed by intoning traditional music. Movement in this dance describes the weaver which was weave and combined with an art movement dance typical. For movement in a Pontanu dance is usually more dominated by motions of the hand soft and a movement of the legs header. In a dance pontanu usually beginning with dance movements that dikreasikan. Then in the midst of performances dancer dance with a movement like weaving. In a the end of usually ended with spread scabbard typical Donggala carried each dancer and and exhibited to the audience. Scabbard they are usually also played like hoisted like flag. In Pontanu dance usually accompanied by traditional musical fanfare central sulawesi as ngongi and double . Ngongi itself is a kind of musical instruments such as gong, while the double is the type of musical instruments such as on a kettledrum. To the rhythm of played usually adjustable with the motion of the dancers sehia visible in harmony. A costume used the dancers in a dance pontanu usually a fashion customary.In fashion superior usually use his loose sleeveless called to the nggembe.While for inferiors use scabbard typical donggala which is called by buya sabe.To accessories dancer usually use dali taroe (an earring), polosu unte (a konde), and ponto (bracelet). In addition, dancer also enforce scabbard additional folds and slid at the waist. Scabbard will employed to dance at the end dance.

   With progress in, Pontanu dance continued to be preserved and developed in the area C

entral Sulawesi, especially Donggala region. This dance is still often shown in various events such as welcoming guests important, the art show, culture festival, even tourism promotion. With progress in, various creation and variations also are often added luminance the sideshow .This is done so that more interesting but does not drive off his trademark features.

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Bada Valley

Bada Valley 

 Central Sulawesi is the island that keeps every beautiful thing in case of natural sightseeing and the ancient heritages. One of the ancient heritages that we can see in the megalithic stones that settled in Bada Valley. Bada Valley or Napu Valley, located in the Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains hundreds of megaliths going back to the 14th century and there are numbers of ancient stones that standing along the paddy field and green prairie.

   Those megalithic rocks have beautiful shapes that unfold throughout the valley areas. The shaped is carving humans, animals, Kalamba and much more. According to existing sources, the numbers of megalithic stones have 1,451 pieces. These rocks are relic of pre-history that was allegedly older than Borobudur temple, but no one has to know the purpose and usefulness of these rocks at that time. The area of Lore Lindu National Park is dominated by mountainous granite rocks. When we see from above, we can see pretty rock that forms large carving. These megalithic rocks have large size, even the biggest reach diameter of 4 meters. The most famous Megalithic rock in Bada Valley is Watu Palindo at tilt position. The name of Watu Pelindo is Palindoarca, which means entertainer. This is true, because this stone seems having happy and cheerful face and friendly. The Palindo stone is indicating the impression of friendliness, a typical of children character. The stone reaches 4 meters high, and it has carved oval-shaped body, round eyes and a big nose that extends downward.

   In addition to Watu Palindo, there is other famous rock in figure of woman named Langka Bulawa. Langka Bulawa means the Queen with gold anklet. This rock has similar carving to Watu Palindo but have impressions of leader expression from Poso People. Both of the statues is located approximately 5 kilometers away. However, the source of the artist that made these stones is still unknown. To reach Lore Lindu National Park we can use private car. If you start the trip from Palu we can seek direction to Tentena City that can be taken during 7-9 hour drive. From Tentena to the Bada Valley is can be reached during 3 hours trip. It is advisable to use private car with good condition because the access road when it raining will be muddy.

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Kaledo

Kaledo

   Kaledo is original food from Donggala, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. As it name, main ingredients of this Indonesia Food is bull or cow foot. But sometimes, the backbone also included. Those main ingredients cooked as soup, the gravy is clear in yellow colors, the taste is a little bit acid sour but freshly in the mouth.

   Besides meats that patch the bones, you can also eat the marrow. So it is not surprising if in kaledo food stall or restaurants, there are chopsticks, even straw, uses to eat marrow. Tastier if we eat kaledo while hot, when the marrow still like watery porridge. As complement, there are sliced lime. Don’t forget to spread fried onion. If you like hot taste, add it with chili sauce. Kaledo can be eaten with cooked rice or cooked cassava. Kaledo is tastty, but don’t forget the measuring, don’t eat it too much. For who have high blood pressure, or have high cholesterol.

   How to cook it? First, main ingredients, foot bone or backbone boiled for 1,5 hours. Harsh milled salts and chilies, also tasty adder added in the beginning boiling, so that condiment absorbed. The chef have smart to add the condiment, arrange it, so the meat is tender, but not shattered, and condiment absorb. Ingredients that make sour taste are tamarind. Use young tamarind, old tamarind made the gravy bad in appearing. The taste also different, because old tamarind tends to sweet. Make concentrate from young tamarind, and add it while make gravy.

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Modero Dance

Modero Dance

Central Sulawesi has a rich culture, ranging from traditional costume, tradtional house, traditional songs, traditional weapons, and also the traditional dances. On the traditional dance of Central Sulawesi also variety, that is Modero and Pontanu .

Modero is a traditional dance of Pamona ethnic in Central Sulawesi. Modero dance usually done or mass together in a number of very much and do in place very widely. Modero dance is one of a long tradition Pamona ethnic still maintanied until now and often displayed on events such as the ceremony, party customary, reception, and various other events. The meaning of Modero dance are as thanksgiving to God and as a unifying people of Pamona ethnic. It is seen with how they do it together, they gathered into one and regardless of gender, social status, and age. Therefore, in this dance seen the spirit of flavor together and sense of unity.

The movement of Modero dance is simple enough. This dance move is dominated by movement swinging the hands of the front and the movement of feet is to the left dan right to follow the rhythm and by making the formation of circular and mutual holding hands. For the movement of the foot to the right is usually only done a one time, while the movement of the foot to the left is usually done a two time. Then, the dancers of formation will move clockwise. In the course of Modero dance, will be accompanied by traditional music like Nggongi and and Ganda, then there is an companion vocal served to sing poem or pantun.   

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Togean Island

Togean Island

   Togean Island is an archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini, Central Sulawesi province. Islands togean actually is a national park with the site the 292 thousand hectares the sea and 70 thousand hectares of land. These islands covering 6 large islands and 60 island smaller are scattered throughout the distance 90 kilometers. A panorama of natural Togean islands indeed exotic.

   Togean islands is the only place in indonesia with three environment coral different the coral atoll, coral barier and corals beach it was all of habitats from flora and fauna the sea. Then, the Togean Islands in Sulawesi offer divers and snorkelers the unique experience to explore the beautiful coral reefs of Indonesia with its unique and diverse marine life. The islands in the centre of Tomini bay, which is known to be the calmest bay on earth, offer an undiscovered tropical paradise, boasting hundreds of islands with beautiful white sandy beaches as yet untouched by mass tourism. The Togean islands are amongst the best spots for diving Indonesia.

   Togean island has a many resorts, that is Lia Beach Bamboo Resort, Walea, Kadidiri Paradise Resort & Dive Centre, Fadhila Cottages Togean Dive Resort, Sanctum Una Una Dive Resort, etc. Then, to go Togean islands, should reach city ampana (the capital city of kabupaten tojo una-una) first, which is about 8-10 hours journey from the capital central sulawesi, a hammer. After that, trip continues on motor boat for 4-5 hours leading to the port wakai, that was the capital of the largest island in there, the Batudaka Island.

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Lake Poso

Lake Poso

           

    Lake Poso is located in the city of Tentena, Poso, Central Sulawesi Province or about 283 km south of Palu or 56 km from the city of Poso. From Palu to the location, can be reached about 8 hours using motorcycle or four wheel drive vehicels. Lake Poso is the lake deepest third in Indonesia, which has a long 32 km and wide 16 km. 
   
   Lake Poso is a mainstay attractions Central Sulawesi. This lake has a very beautiful natural scenery and stunning, cool weather, a stretch of sparkling white sand beaches, and mountain slopes and in the surrounding virgin forest, then interestingly, the outskirts of Lake Poso is Green and has a similiar waves in the sea water. The air in the Lake Poso very cool, beacuse this place is located in the height of 657 mdpl.  The strategic location, which is located in the trans-trip path between the Tana Toraja Sulawesi, Poso, Gorontalo, and Manado, making the lake is always visited by dosmetic and foreign tourist. Around Lake Poso available assortment of amenities, such as hotels, inns, homestay, and restaurants.

   In addition, every fourth week in August, visitors witness the Festival of Lake Poso. In the festival showed a wide range of competitions, such as dance performance and traditional clothing from various tribes in Central Sulawesi, a traditional game, race track area, ball games volley sand, etc. 

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Geographic

Geographic

    Central Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia and located of 2º 28' LU- 3º 48' LS, 119º 22’-124º 22’BT. It was established on 13 April 1964 and has an area of 68,033 km2. Central Sulawesi is divided into twelve regencies and one city.

   The region of Central Sulawesi province; the northtern part adjacent to the Gorontalo Province, the eastern part adjacent to the Maluku Province, the southern part adjacent to the West Sulawesi province and Southern Sulawesi, the southeastern part adjacent to Southeast Sulawesi, and the western part adjacent to the strait of Makassar. The equator across northern peninsula in Central Sulawesi make temperate this tropical area. The capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi is Palu, which geographically this region located in upstate. Town which seldom has rain known as one of dry town in Indonesia with hot air in the afternoon and nocturnal cold.

  

   Central Sulawesi also has a rich culture, beautiful nature, and tradistional food, that should be proud in this beloved country and no less interesting to be in the know. Central Sulawesi have some conservation area as the reserve, asylum and wildlife conservation forest, and having a uniqueness flora and fauna that also become the object of research for scientist and attraction for local and foreign tourist to visit.

  

  Central is beautiful region with its mountain; lakes and dales decorate this area. The fascination of main tourism in Central Sulawesi is megalith omission area. All things are tourism potency that becomes a fascination for tourist to visit it and it’s the one of regional in Indonesia that has compatible solidarity beetwen natural beauties, cultural properties and long history.

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Nature Reserve Morowali

Nature Reserve Morowali

   Morowali Nature Reserve is located in two districts, namely Poso and Morowali Districts, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Once set foot on the ground Morowali, your eyes will be refreshed by the majestic expanse of trees that stand proudly on the banks of major rivers. When you turn his vision in the other direction, beautiful stretch of pasture weeds, small lakes are flooded, and the cluster of mountains Tokala that stands imperious, guaranteed to make you wonder. Nature Reserve Morowali does offer a complete botanical ecosystem types. Forest types in it are quite diverse, from coastal forest, mangrove forest, lowland alluvial forest, moss forest, to the kind of mountain forests.

   In addition to a variety of fascinating flora-way, in Morowali you can also enjoy life fauna is no less complete. Of the mammals, Morowali be appropriate habitat for mammals typical of Sulawesi, anoa, babirusa, monkey, rat-pack of bears, boars, deer, gray fox, and some types of bats and bat families. Morowali Nature Reserve also has the most representative species of birds. Based on the habitat, the birds in Morowali divided into two groups, namely water birds / marine and terrestrial birds. Types of sea birds / water in them are part-white sea eagles, grouse, tree ducks, wild ducks, snakes pecuk, cangak red, and others. In addition to serving as a place of recreation wealth of flora and fauna, Morowali Nature Reserve also offers a number of other activities, among others; research, particularly in the fields of biology, ecology, geology, cultural and social life. Several studies have been conducted in Morowali include research on shifting cultivation systems and how to hunt conducted Wana, education, namely by performing the process of introduction of plants, fostering love of nature, conservation and education cadre, and Ascent, among others, in some mountain climbing activities contained in Morowali, such as Mount Tambusisi which has an altitude of about 2422 meters, Mount Morowali with 2280 meters high, twin peaked mountain that is Mount Tokala having a height of up to 2630 meters.

   Then, the area was abandoned with the intention to restore soil fertility. Wana residents who are not familiar with modern life is settled in some villages, especially those located around the Valley Merangka Sobuku and Wood, among others in the village of Posangke, Kayupoli Village, Village Uwewaju, Ratobae Village, Village Sangkoe, and Langada Village. The reserve is reachable from several directions, and the easiest ways is take 2-hour boat ride from Kolonodale to Tambayoli, which is a settlement at the western end of the park. It is possible to charter your own boat to access other parts of the park, but this is much more expensive. From Manado there are several flights per week to Luwuk, but travellers with more time can take the overland route to Gorontalo and then board a ferry to Pagimana. From Luwuk it is a 6-hour bus ride to Baturube from which it is possible either to take a boat to Kolonodale or enter the eastern end of the park near the Tokala Mountains. The best time to visit is in the dry season (September to November). During the rainy season (May to June) the Tambayoli valley is sometimes prone to flooding, and the rivers are more difficult to cross.

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