Beauty Mentawai - Sulawesi | Some foam beds are stored in the Mentawai uma or custom homes in Butui, District of South Siberut, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra. The presence of manufactured goods was very striking in comparison to other uma content, such as animal skulls and cooking utensils are all made Mentawai people.
"The bed was for the tourists. They also buy, also other items such as bags, "said Aman Jazali, sikerei inhabiting the custom house. Sikerei is a ceremonial leader.
According Jazali, almost every week there are foreign tourists-usually from America and Europe, who stay 1-2 nights at the uma. There are two appeal there: experience the exotic life of the Mentawai tribe and enjoy the flow of the river and surrounded Butui nan clear white sand and rocks in front of uma.
Exoticism Butui style are still added beautiful way to achieve it, which rose pompong-wood boat with outboard engines-for about 4 hours from Muara Siberut, South Siberut capital district, towards the village of Madobag. From Madobag, about 1.5 hour walk through the jungle to get to the uma.
While Muara Siberut can be reached by motor boat ride for 10-12 hours from Padang, West Sumatra.
Exoticism Mentawai
The presence of these foreign tourists make Jazali earn a decent income for each group used him money before leaving. Moreover, it also allows him to speak a little Indonesian, English, and math.
"While staying here, tour guides and foreign tourists often taught me and also my family," said Jazali never to school. While her children are now taught in schools managed forest monk because formal schools are far away from umanya.
The presence of foreign tourists also made a number of places in the Mentawai overgrown luxury resort, especially in coastal areas that have good waves for surfing. In the tourist resorts were enjoying the exotic Mentawai moneyed consisting of 213 islands as well as to surf.
The surf in the Mentawai islands surf-by various organizations-is the third best universal after Hawaii and Tahiti.
In Mentawai, surfing is usually done in Nyangnyang Island, Coral corpse, Masilok, Botik, and Mainuk. The peak tourist visits in July and August. At that time in the Mentawai waves reached a height of 7 meters.
"Beautiful island. I will come here again, "said Andrea, tourists from Italy, which he visited during the Mentawai about one week.
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