Travel Indonesia by Mirdan

  A nuance in the Minang Traditional Wedding. (Youtube). Marriage is a sacred  phase of life. Sometimes, many people who want to get married use certain customs.In Indonesia itself, each region has its own wedding customs. Some areas even have wedding fees which can be considered fantastic because the nominal can be up to hundreds of millions. Here are five most expensive traditional weddings in Indonesia. Nias Tribe Marriage. The Nias tribe is a tribe in North Sumatra. This tribe also has thick customs. This is because the dowry in Nias tribal marriages is quite expensive.Mahar during the application process had to bring 25 pigs. If the price of pigs, for example, is around IDR 1 million, then 25 pigs have reached IDR 25 million. Bugis Traditional Weddings . Bugis traditional weddings have a long preparation process and quite a lot of people are involved.In order for the marriage to take place, it was necessary to disseminate information to everyone in the village. It aims to get pray

Londa Burial Cave in North Toraja. Source : https://fajar.co.id

March 17             The Change of Palace Guard, Tol Barani Troop, Ballalompoa Palace, Gowa 23             Pattaugung and Massampo Wanu, Soppeng 24 - 25      Makasar Interfood, Makasar 28             Mappalili, Parepare 29             Wajo Anniversary 618th, Wajo                  Movie Week, Makasar (March) April 8               Makasar Culinary Night, Makasar 3   -  6       Bone Anniversary, Bone 17             The Change of Palace Guard, Tol Barani Troop, Ballalompoa Palace, Gowa 20 - 26      Creative Work Week, Makasar                  Bira Beach Run, Bulukumba (April)                  Ajarang Festival, Jeneponto (April)                  Maccera Tasi, Palopo (april) May 12 - 15      Love Festival of Ainun and Habibie - Parepare City 17             The Change of Palace Guard, Tol Barani Troop, Ballalompoa Palace, Gowa 20 - 21      Makasar Tourism and Art Market  - Makasar City                  Festival Sanrobengi Island - Takalar Regency (May)                 

Pantai Losari At Night. Makassar, also known as Ujung Pandang, is the capital of South Sulawesi province. Makassar is an international city and the largest in eastern Indonesia and is the largest city located on the southwest coast of the island of Sulawesi. It is once the capital of the State of East Indonesia Sulawesi province.  The city facing the Makassar Strait offers many interesting attractions that you can visit. Here are tourist destinations ranging from the coast to the high plains for you to enjoy while in Makasar : Pantai Losari Stop by the beach located at Jalan Penghubung has become a mandatory activity for every visitor who comes to Makassar. This flagship tourist spot has its own uniqueness in it is not a sandy beach but concreted beach.  Still, you can do lots of fun things like fishing, bicycle riding water or banana boat, sail boat and many more. What other interesting things to a tourist? Of course culinary. There are many distinctive culinar

One of the page excerpts from the La Galigo Manuscript from Bugis.(energibangsa.id)   The book of Mahabharata, as well as Ramayana, from India has been recognized as the longest and largest literary work ever written. However, according to a Dutch scientist, RAKern in his Catalogus van de Boegineesche I tot de La Galigocyclus Behoorende Handschriften der Leidsche Universiteitbibliotheek published by Universiteitbibliotheek Leiden (1939: 1) asserted the Book of La Galigo from South Sulawesi Indonesia as the longest and largest literary work in the world. RAKern himself was advocated by a historian and other Dutch scientist, Sirtjof Koolhof. According to his line of thinking, the Book of La Galigo is the longest in the world literature as it extends for over 300,000 lines, while the epic Mahabharata number of rows between 160000-200000 lines. Their arguments were made based on 12 volumes of La Galigo manuscript now stored in the Library of the University of Leiden, the Netherl

Tongkonan Houses in Tana Toraja. South Sulawesi is scheduled to host Toraja Marathon 2016 on  August 13th. Toraja tourism Marathon sport event in 2016 is the first ever held. The event is targeting to around 1,000 participants to compete in four categories of competition, 5K, 10K, 21K and 42k. The registration has started open from March 2016 though website at http://torajamarathon.com. The pilot event of sport tourism in Tana Toraja is aimed at promoting tourist destination in North Toraja Regency. The track would pass through the mountainous region of Kartz in Bantimurung Bulurasaung which is a cluster of existing Kartz, the second largest in the world after China.  The runners will pass through the stone garden that is unique, rice fields and small rivers . The  trail run is the first time in South Sulawesi and a series of tourism innitited by the Department of Culture and Tourism of South Sulawesi.   Event Ramang Ramang Trail Run is a supporting event of t

Tongkonan House of Toraja, South Sulawesi. Mei 5 - 10        Festival of Sanrobengi Island - Takalar Regency 6 - 8          Adventure Tourism - Makasar City 7 - 8          Tourism and Art Market 1 - Makasar City 11 - 15      Celebes Beauty Fashion Week - Makasar City 12 - 15      Love Festival of Ainun and Habibie - Parepare City 18 - 21      Makasar Resort Festival - Makasar City 18 - 21      Makasar International Writer Festival 2016 20             Coast Tourism Camp - Takalar Regency 21 - 22      Creative Community Fiesta - Makasar City 28 - 29      National Photography Jamboree - Makasar City June 4                Gantarang Keke Festival - Bantaeng Regency 4               Bantimurung Culture Festival - Maros Regency                  Tanjung Ringgit Festival & Fishermen Fiesta (Maccera Tasi) - Palopo City                  Culinary Tourism & Bedug Festival - Palopo City                  Pesta Adat Accera Gaukkang Bangkala - Jeneponto Regency July 29

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