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NORTH SULAWESI PROVINCE
Volcano Mountain influential to the ground fertility
is the main capital economic from a province. This area is agricultural
land that is chockablock trees, such as; coconut palm, clove and
nutmeg. Manado, North Sulawesi capital is really busy city. Unfolding
to lowland, palm hill around the wide bay, encircled by fertile
tropical plant. Do a journey to beach, South Manado to Tasik Ria
beach and to Tanawanko, then leave the hinterland through Taratara
to plateau town Tomohon. It is famous as "Interest Town",
Tomohon between the two volcanoes, Lokon and Mahawu. Hilltop area
have yield of fruits, vegetable, and the flower line, which is wide
such as, trumpet flower, Bougainville, lily, gladiola flower, angelic
and chrysene flower. The beautifully Inspirasi hill give town view
with mount as the background. Two-hour climb from Kaskasan, will
reside in beautiful top of the mountain. About 36 southwestern km
is Manado city, the beauty of Tondano Lake have waited. Having vehicle
through the pathway in Tondano through a real interesting rural
and extent of clove garden. Around the lake there are a lot of restaurant
providing delicious burning fish. All plateau, like this area is
shown by many resident old cottages and interesting that you have
to find. From the simple cottages until interesting cottages that
built from odd hardwood, you will wish to spend some nights in cold
climate.
MANADO
North Sulawesi Provincial Capital, Manado is initial boundary to
explore Minahasa area, which is powerful drawn. Full of cheers and
affection, Minahasa people live in natty wooden house framework,
with fence and Flower Park, give the impression that Manado like
Europe. There are a lot of hotels and restaurants, which must be
tried with hot cookery taste goal Minahasa. In this city there are
many shops and markets with goods consumer and agricultural produce,
while every stripper building, in a flash seen like emerald hill
and blue sea. Marine Park Bunaken that famous in the world is near
with offshore. Manado outbacko, the journey through Minahasa plateau
will give you are eagerness to know about the places history of
funeral, mount volcano, source of temperature wellspring, Tondano
Lake plateau and awful scenery in fertile mountain, coffee plantation
and coconut, orchid garden and rice field check stepped aside the
hill. From Manado you can visit Dua Saudara Preserve, which is birdhouse
and other typical animals in Sulawesi, like 'Tarsier'.
MINAHASA
Minahasa Region wide is about 1922,55 km2 with number of residents
441671 men (based on resident census in 2000). The capital of Minahasa
region is Tondano, which located in plateau 700 m to sea level,
encircled by magnificent hinterland with cold mountainous climate.
Minahasa people trust a legend that they are the descendant of Toar
and Lumimuut. The proof at the past time is Waruga, a gravestone
in Sawangan Airmadidi and Watu Pinabetengan in Tompaso. At XV century,
before Spain nation had arrived, a decision being taken by 7 tribe
heads about division of each tribe / clump in Watu Pinabetengan.
Minahasa word means merger from various tribes that taken away from
word 'esa' or 'one', therefore its region named Minahasa.
TRADITIONAL MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
Minahasa people hardly love music. The famous traditional music
is Bambu and Kolintang. Orchestra bamboo applies castanets that
made from bamboo (exclusive bamboo), sometimes made of bronze (bamboo
clarinet) or tin (bamboo zinc). Kolintang come from Minahasa area.
Kolintang is looks like Xylophone (xylophone which made from wooden)
and famous in all of countries.
Music Bia, quad scallop-shell is other castanets that less popular,
but still applied in some places in North Sulawesi.
TRADITIONAL DANCE
Maengket is common name for dance traditional drama that used in
some places in Minahasa. There are 3 folk dances:
Makamberu: a dance that is describing / depict when it crop and
some choreographies remind at poem / love rhyme.
Marambak: that is carrying out to build a new house and under developed
of era in traditional value.
Mah'laya; usually it is humor and generally full of joviality.
There are also some other folk dances, like:
Kabasaran: sometime called as "Cakalele Minahasa", what
carried out as welcome dance to greet the 'Datuk' who had visited.
Tumatenden: it is a nymph love story, which describes folklore of
Tumatenden.
Lenso Dance: it is a dance that being taken away from Maengket,
where the dancers apply hand broom when they were dancing.
THE MEANING of MINAHASA SYMBOL
* Shield Form: An ability Symbol to face various challenges.
* Motto I YAYAT SUSANTI: ready with intention strive for the shake
of development.
* Bird Manguni: the bird type in Minahasa, where plenty is admired
by people because it can give sign if something there will be, and
have deep feeling, and its eye is far sharply stare.
* Number of wings 17 sheets and 5 sheets, mean the proclamation
number of Republic of Indonesia independence, which based on Five
Principles.
* Chest part is coconut palm symbol, as Minahasa main commodity
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