Waruga

Waruga

This is the other interesting sights in North Sulawesi. Waruga antiquity the tomb made ​​of stone. Interestingly, the position of the bodies was buried in waruga withdrawal in the fetus in the womb. In all there are some waruga Minahasa but the recommendation is waruga Sawangan rural districts Airmadidi North Minahasa regency. In the Garden of Antiquities Waruga-Waruga Sawangan there are 144 waruga who moved to the area in 1817, after the Dutch colonial government issued a ban in 1800 to no longer perform at the Waruga burial because of the smell that comes out and cholera outbreak, according to officials accompanying us around.

Waruga is the tomb of ancient Minahasa a rock hollow quadrangular about 1 meter high where lay the bodies of the dead in a sitting position, and the stone that covered the cupola. One Waruga commonly used as a tomb for the family, so it can contain up to 12 bodies, which can be seen from the number of lines on the cupola Waruga ditoreh. The impression of entering a very strongly felt Archaeological Park shortly after entering the Archaeological Park complex Waruga-Waruga Sawangan, with rows Waruga looks pretty clean and well maintained. Some of the old trees that grew in the Garden of Antiquities Waruga-Waruga Sawangan reinforce primordial atmosphere was very unique complex.

Waruga some grave stone fruit, placed on the ground, with the trappings of the cupola waruga in the foreground, and other forms of ornamentation waruga cupola in the background. Waruga waruga plain without ornament is the older. Engraving on Waruga illustrates social status or occupation waruga occupants during his lifetime and some of the carvings on the cupola of the Archaeological Park waruga Waruga-Waruga Sawangan shows where the dead come. Carving shaped people showed that the occupant was a dotu Waruga, or leader. Engraving on waruga cow in the middle of the photo above that shows the deceased was a hunter in his lifetime.

Rows Waruga Waruga Archaeological Park-Waruga Sawangan, which totaled 144 buha of about 2000 waruga throughout Minahasa. Hard to believe that waruga cap that looked so heavy it was supposedly taken from the place of manufacture by way of portable or in the pelvis on the head. A plain old tree without branches are covered with a kind of ferns in the center back of the Archaeological Park Waruga-Waruga Sawangan ancient adds complex that is nearly 200 years old. The lines on the side of the cupola Waruga the photo above shows the number of people buried in Waruga, which typically come from one family. Antique ornaments on one waruga cupola. Engraving showing that in Waruga positions the fingers in her hand and made ​​a fist, while the fingers of the hands of men created in the locked position.

Antique carvings on some fruit Waruga. In the back seemed a small Waruga used for a children's grave stone. Behind the wall is an old cemetery that looked less neglected. On the right Waruga located at the right end of the Archaeological Park Waruga-Waruga Sawangan filled with the bodies of the Spaniards. Of 144 Waruga Waruga Archaeological Park-Waruga Sawangan, reportedly among only 31 could be identified. Waruga oldest stored in the Archaeological Park Waruga-Waruga Sawangan reputedly 800 years AD. Across the parking lot Waruga Archaeological Park-Waruga Sawangan there is a small museum. In this museum supplies stored object previously placed by the family of the dead into Waruga.

Archaeological Park Waruga-Waruga Sawangan stone tomb is a place of ancient Minahasa very dear to miss if you are visiting Manado, North Sulawesi. Make sure that you are accompanied by officers when he was in there, so they can get an adequate explanation. In the Garden of Antiquities Waruga-Waruga Sawangan, you can also see an open waruga the sides, so they can look inside