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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