Nias Island

Located 125 km onshore Sumatra, the island of Nias is famous for its' megalith altars, spectacular traditional architecture and the complexity of religious sites. This isolated island possession on undulating terrain of mountains, valleys, gorges and rivers. North of this island is sparsely populated.

The local call their land as Tano Niha or "land of the people" as they are called the same as Ono Noha. Nias ethnic they are involved in the ethnic-Malay Ptoto, again obtained with the Asian Proto-Mongolian world. Nias speak a kind of language related to Madagascar. Because of the similarity of language, customs, the body size of Batak of Sumatra Nias with the mainland, it is possible that the island of Nias has derived Batak.

According to customary law, there are three classes of Nias, namely the aristocracy, ordinary people and slaves. The number of owned ointments, which represents the social status of a family. People used to be scarred for a particular purpose. A young man must serve the family of his future wife for some time before the wedding.

War as a dance in South Nias, Indonesia is only a highly qualified dance performing acrobatic jumps. The Warrior Dance is a mesmerizing dance song scary voice rattling shields, men shouted, jumping like a frog in the air. Niasers also perform mock battles and armed struggle. They receive a horned helmet, shoulder boards flaring, boar tusk protruding facial mask, a double-edged sword, sharp spears to hit the enemy physiologically.

A culture of Nias, which still exists is the jumping rock, or locally called fahombe. Fahombe performed according prove beyond a man to his wife. The man had to jump over a stone table two meters high. In the past, the top of the stone table is covered with spikes and sharp bamboos. Tactically, this stone jumping also means educating young warrior facing the wall of their enemy with a torch in one hand a sword in the other night. Pierre jumps ever conducted in villages in South Nias.

Nias attractions has many historical remains and unique culture to enjoy. Megalithic stone unique clan houses, and their war dance are among the attractions. The environment is the car offers a challenge to ride a wave on the planet.

Navigating the best time to surf Nias is from June to October with the biggest swells, but the rest of the year is ideal for those who want smaller waves.

NIAS has one of the best right-handed in Indonesia. It is located at the western end of the bay and can hold up lagundi 15 feet. There is also an excellent left reef break that works for more than four feet. If you are looking for hollow, deep waves of Nias is definitely worth a visit. There are also many other places to explore like the Hinako Islands.

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