Papua
or also known as Irian Jaya or Jayapura is the easternmost province of
Indonesia. In addition to its unique
traditions, Papua has many interesting sights that may be hard to find in other parts of Indonesia, such as
Raja Ampat, Jayawijaya Mountain, and Lorentz National Park.
Raja Ampat
Raja
Ampat is a group of islands located in
West Irian Jaya. The four largest islands in Raja Ampat are Waigeo, Batanta,
Salawati and Misool. Raja Ampat means "Four Kings", the name chosen
by a large number of islands in the
region. This place is a paradise under the sea and called the King of Coral
Reefs. The degree isn't given randomly, because Raja Ampat does have 75% of the types of coral reefs around the world. In addition, Raja Ampat is also has
the rich underwater fauna species such
as sea horses, sharks carpet, and manta
rays. For the tourists who like diving, visiting this place is a must if you really want to get an amazing diving
experience.
The
scenery of Raja Ampat from under the sea
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Sentani Lake
Lake Sentani isn’t as famous as
Raja Ampat, but this natural attractions offers a beautiful view of the lake which exists between the Cyclops
Mountains, about 70-90 m above sea level. This lake is the largest lake in
Papua. The extent of 9360 hectares with a depth of 24.5 m. The water in the lake is
sourced from 14 rivers with a waterfall named Jaifuri Puay. In the west, the
depth of Old Doyo and Boroway is very
steep, whereas in the west and center of the lake, the depth of Puay and
Simporo is shallow. In Simporo Yoka also has forest and swamp.
The scenery in Sentani Lake is very incredible. some
storks and eagles which want to grab a fish at Sentani Lake still can be shown.
We can use Johnson's boat to circumnavigate the lake. Unfortunately, Sentani
Lake is less well known as one of the attractions tourist destination compared
to the other marine tourism place in Indonesia. Therefore, the government makes
an event which called as the 'Sentani Lake Festival'.
Jaya Wijaya Mountain
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Jaya Wijaya mountain range
located in the central part of Papua, precisely in the area Jaya Wijaya. The
highest peak among others Puncak Trikora, Jaya, Yamin and Mandala. Dani, Yali,
Ndunga and Ngalum inhabit this region. Jaya Wijaya is located at
an altitude of 5.500 meters above sea level is the highest peak in Papua
bahakan in Indonesia. At the peak can be found in the snow. To achieve this
peak takes about 10 and 20 days. Castensz peak located on the north wall of this mountain, while below it is the New
Zealand Pass, climbing the most dangerous areas and greatly feared the climbers.
Jaya Wijaya Mountains is the
name for the mountain range that extends lengthwise in the center of the
province of West Papua and Papua
(Indonesia) to Papua New Guinea Newguinea on. Rows of Mountains which have some
of the highest peak in Indonesia was formed by the removal of the
sea floor thousands of years ago. Although located at an altitude of 4800 masl, fossilized sea shells, for example,
can be seen in limestone and clastic rocks contained in Jayawijaya Mountains.
Jayawijaya Mountains are also the only one
in Indonesia which has a peak
covered with eternal snow. Although not all of the peak of the cluster
Jayawijaya Mountains which has snow. Snow is owned by several peaks even at this time is lost due to weather
changes globally.
Lorentz National Park
Lorentz
National Park was a national park that was located in the province of
Papua/Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Lorentz National Park had the most complete
ecosystem for the biological diversity in South-East Asia and the Pacific. With
the width that reached 25,000 km², Lorentz National Park became the
biggest national park in South-East Asia. Apart from having the complete biological diversity, Lorentz National Park had
the uniqueness with the existence of the
glacier in Jayawijaya Peak and the river that disappeared several kilometers
into the land in the Balliem Valley. Lorentz National Park becomes one of the
three regions in the world that had the glacier in the tropical area. Stretched
from the peak of the Jayawijaya Mountain that was covered snow as far as waters
of the coastal coast with the limit of Arafura Sea. Lorentz National Park had
the Montana Ecology, Sub-Montana, Vegetation Alpin, Sub-Alpin, the wetland and
the plain. UNESCO maintained the Lorentz National Park as the site of the
“World Nature Inheritance”
This national park had the high biological diversity and was the protection
region that was most effective in the world because of its characteristics that
were unique and beauty of its nature that enchanted. Moreover, Lorentz National
Park had the diversity of the astonishing culture and was the ethnic group’s
residence place of Asmat, Amungme, Dani Barat/West Dani and several other
ethnic groups. The Asmat ethnic group was identical to the forest or the tree because of skills
in carving his statue that has been famous. According to the Ethnic Group’s
Asmat belief, the tree trunk symbolized the human body, the branches symbolized
human arms, and the fruit symbolized the head of humankind. The Asmat ethnic
group also believed that the tree was the place of the life of their
ancestors’s souls. Apart from the forest or the tree, this belief was valid
also for the river and the mountain.
Irian Jaya People and Way of Life
The indigenous people of this province are Melanesians with black skins and
curly hair. They generally have a root crop subsistence agriculture based on
sweet potatoes and taros. The people of
Irian Jaya obtain their starch from the sago palm which gives and extremely
generous yield for remarkably little effort. Feral and domesticated pigs on the
island is originally came from Southeast Asia was an event which has had vast
cultural and ritual significance for its people. Pigs are often treated as
members of the family and are sometimes suckled by women. While many
other people of the world were still hunters and gatherers, Papua people had
begun to garden. After fairly recently, many of them lived with a simple Stone
Age Culture wearing little clothing and decorating their bodies with paintings,
shells, pig tusks, feathers and skins. There is a plethora of language in the
province, perhaps some 250 in all, each representing a tribal group which mixes
little with the others. Some of the more remote groups still have virtually no
contact with the outside world.
Traditional
House of Papua
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Honai House
Traditional
Dance of Papua
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Selamat Datang Dance
Suanggi Dance
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