Tomb of King Mandapar

Tomb of King Mandapar

The tomb is located in the Village of King Mandapar Lompio, Banggai City - Central Sulawesi. A historic tomb is very simple just made ​​a pile of rocks with a protective home building. However tomb is visited by many as a relic of history.

King Mandapar (Doi Mumbu title Godong) died in 1625, aged just 25 years pemerintahnnya. (King Mandapar is the son of the Sultanate of Ternate warlord, known as Adi Soko who married a Portuguese princess), which brings together leaders Banggai Islands region and Banggai Army.

Kaledo

Do you ever hear about Kaledo??? If you ever go to Central Sulawesi so you ever eat Kaledo. This food is so delicious and make us hungry because of its smell... ^^"

Kaledo

Central Sulawesi has a typical meal, his name is Kaledo. Central Sulawesi cuisine including fry type dishes slightly yellowish translucent with a very distinctive flavor, which is savory and spicy tamarind. At first, this dish is only made ​​from raw cow's leg bone with a little meat. However, as more and more sellers’ kaledo, so the cow leg bones more difficult to obtain. To replace the leg bone, the spine is included as an additional cow was the main ingredient.

There is no official record of the origin of this food. According to the story, reportedly in the region of Central Sulawesi, there was generous veal chop and split-distribute them to local people. The Javanese are the first to come gets the beef is tender and then made meatballs. People who came next Makassar partake offal (entrails), and then cooked Coto Makassar. While the Kaili (tribal Donggala) who came later only get bones of the foot. Therefore, do not want to disappoint his family waiting at home, then the bones with a little meat still attached were brought home as a cure disappointed. The bones are then they cook and are kaledo.

Typical food Hammer is the main menu food stalls in Central Sulawesi. There are some special food stalls serving food, as food stalls located in Jalan Diponegoro segment, Palu: in Incense Beautiful: in front of the entrance Tumbelaka Coast Tourism (3 km from the city of Palu), and in front of the mosque Baabus Salaam, Loliege , Jl. Kingdom Palu - Donggala (3 km from the city of Palu). Besides in Palu and Donggala, food can also be enjoyed at the food stalls in Poso. To menjangaku these stalls, tourists can ride public transportation such as buses, taxis and motorcycle taxis.

Sarong Donggala

Hi friends how are you??? know I will give the different knowledge for you. Not all the country have characteristic as like in this place. Central Sulawesi has Sarong. I think it is different and unique place if we come there. We can see the process of making Sarong in this place. This is unique right???

Sarong Donggala

Sarong Donggala is woven Donggala local specialty, called Buya Sabe. The sound of pounding balida who met with traditional loom pegs distinctive voice is the sound of Limboro Village, District Central Banawa, Donggala. Balida is a long ironwood atauebony the ballast in the folds of cloth weaving as the weaver insert threads.

Sarong Donggala Buya or Sarong Donggala Sabe, the raw material of silk is thread. Created by midlife women aged 50-60 years and girls aged 12-20 years.

The style is varies, among other things, fabric palekat garusu, Buya bomba, Buya sabe, sabe combination and bomba. Pattern Buya bomba most difficult, it can take up to two months work. Unlike the other patterns just weeks.

Weaving Buya Sabe be woven throughout the village Watusampu, Limboro, Salu Bomba, Tosale, Towale and Kolakola west Donggala City Central Sulawesi.

Banua Mbaso

Every province has traditional house as the characteristics of that place. Traditional house usually unique place and treasure of the area. Like this place ----->

Banua Mbaso

Banua Mbaso or commonly known as the King shall mean the Suo besaratau the king. Banua Mbaso is the traditional home of Central Sulawesi were inherited by the noble families of the tribal Kaili. A house of this type was first built by King Hammer Jodjokodi, in 1892. This house is an unofficial kediamamn for manganese or kings and their families, especially those living in coastal areas and cities. Houses of this kind can be found in some areas of Central Sulawesi. Banua Mbaso built by King Hammer is hundreds of years old, it is still well maintained.

Overall, the building Banua Mbaso divided into three rooms, namely:

* Lonta karawana (front room). This room serves to

   receive guests. Before there was a table and chairs in

   this room laid onysa (mat). This room also serves as a bed for guests staying.

* Lonta layout ugana (living room). This room is especially to receive guests who still have 

   family.

* Lonta rorana (back room). This room serves as a dining room. Sometimes the dining room 

  was also in order ugana lonta. And in the back corner of this room is exclusively for bedroom’s   girls to be easily monitored by parents.

For urang AVU (the kitchen), wells and latrines, made ​​additional buildings or other room in the back which is separated from the main building. To connect the main building with kitchen space is created for the covered bridge called hambate or in Buginese language called jongke. In this covered bridge, usually made ​​pekuntu, this is an open space for the windy-wind. Under the main building, usually used as a work space for woodworking or a place to rest during the day. While the attic of the house used to store heirlooms and others.

This building also have feature, Mbaso Banua building has a unique architectural and artistic. Uniquely, this house-shaped stage which is a blend of custom home architecture (Bugis) in South Sulawesi and South Kalimantan custom home. Building a house is supported by a wooden pole rectangular block of wood of high quality options, such as ironwood, parrots, or the like, so that the building can last for hundreds of years. The roof of triangular pyramid-shaped building is decorated with carvings called panapiri. Interestingly, at the end of the ridge of the front and back laid-called crown engraved with the Bangko-Bangko.

Mbaso Banua building looks more artistic, because almost all parts of the building is adorned with Arabic calligraphy and carved with motifs of flowers and leaves. Decorations are included on jelusi-jelusi doors or windows, building walls, attic, hall, fringe stream roof, papanini, and Bangko-Bangko. All the decorations symbolize fertility, dignity, hospitality and well-being for the residents.

Wera Waterfall

Happy New Year all... In the first day of 2013, I feel so happy and I also get new spirit... Now I am going to tell you about waterfall. This is so beautiful view and funny place... Let's check it out >>>  

Wera Waterfall 

Wera waterfall located at a height of 100 meter in the village Balumpewa Donggala, ± 1 Km from the highway axis Palu-Donggala. You will feel the coolness that is so delicious when you first hit the water in this waterfall. The water feels cold when you eliminate fatigue towards this location.

Aroma feels cool verdant trees and delights the eye. Not to mention that sometimes the birds chirp sounds add to the exotic waterfall in eastern Indonesia.

The appeal Waterfall Wera include bath / swim in the river Wera, climbing towards the top of the hill to the waterfall which is surrounded by beautiful scenery, Camping (Camping) in a flat area on the north and on the hilltop. Flora and fauna, especially of chicken Forest , as well as the lives of the surrounding community.

To achieve Waterfall Wera enough to exhaust as many sulfur and the location is quite steep with a slope of between 60% to of 90%. When walking the streets would look on the right side of trees and hills on the left side there is a steep river Wera.

The location was quite difficult in the contour of the ground is very slippery and rocky. So be careful.

Talise Beach

Centrai Sulawesi has the different beach, such as Talise beach. This beach is so beautiful that has the harmony. If you visit to the Central Sulawesi you should stopping here, you will not regret it....

Talise Beach

Talise beach is one of the beautiful beaches in Central Sulawesi and is perfect for sporting activities such as windsurfing, swimming, diving, and fishing. What type Talise beach runs along the city of Palu to Donggala. From Talise beach we can see views of the mountains and a charming stretch of Palu Bay. Access to Talise beach is very easy to reach as it is located in the center of the city of Palu, from Palu airport takes only 10 minutes to get there because the distance is only 4 kilometers. A number of inns and hotels are cheap too many around Talise beach as a place to stay and rest.

Talise beach around there you can visit the Taman Ria Beach. Talise Coast region also has many restaurants that sell a variety of culinary specialties such as Kaledo Palu (beef bone soup) served with rice or cassava, Uvempoi (sour broth from beef bones) are eaten with Burasa (coconut rice wrapped in banana leaves), and Uta chest (sort of opportunistic chicken) or snacks such as banana Epek (dliumuri banana cheese and brown sugar) and Sarabba (ginger water mixed with coconut milk). 

And at the seashore Talise also find this a very beautiful mosque, called Masjid Arqam mosque Baburrahman, which is often referred to as a floating mosque. The call to prayer echoed overwritten fairly strong winds, while the rays of the sun from the west side looking increasingly dim, creating an amazingly beautiful streaks above ufuknya. Subhanallah, an excellent blend of harmony, between the beauty of the beach, chanting the call to prayer, the waves, the wind, the elegance of the mosque, and a burst of light in the sky towards the left of the sun.

Sunset is the most awaited moment when travelers visited Talise beach. Sunset coming down slowly in the afternoon as if it approached mount Gawalise. After the sun went down the lights will be visible from a fishing boat in the middle of the bay.

Lore Lindu National Park

You want a holiday with different styles and gain knowladge as visit park??? yeah Lore Lindu Natioanal Park is  a national park in Indonesia. The located in the province of Central Sulawesi and become one of Sulawesi boidiversity protection

Lore Lindu National Park

The layout of the park is about 60 miles from the southern city of Palu and between 11990-12016 in the east and 18-13 in the south. The size of this park is being compared to other national parks in Indonesia. Officially this national park covers an area 217.991.18 ha (range 1.2% Sulawesi region with an area of ​​189 000 km or 2.4% of the remaining forest is 90,000 km Sulawesi) with altitude varying between 200 to 2610 meters above sea level. Most of the national park consists of sub-alpine forest and mountains (90%) and small lowland forests (10%).

In this garden artifacts fauna and flora endemic to Sulawesi and attractive scenery being in the Wallace line which is the transition zone between Asia and Australia, the location of the park is located in the south western part Donggala and Poso the catchment area for the 3 rivers large in Central Sulawesi, covering Lariang rivers, streams and rivers Gumbasa Palu. This park area is the habitat of the largest native mammal in Sulawesi as Anoa, babirusa, deer, monkey ghost (Tangkasi), monkey kakaktonkea, possum marsupials and the largest meat-eating animals in Sulawesi, ferrets live in this park Sulawesi. Not only that this park also has at least 5 kinds of squirrels and 38 different types of mice, including endemic species.

Here also there are 55 species of bats and about 230 species of birds including maleo, there are also 2 types of hornbills are looming Sulawesi Sulawesi Sulawesi and kengkareng. Hornbill hornbill benbuncak called allo or birds that inhabit the Lore Lindu National Park. Around the park there are also thousands of strange and beautiful insects. The butterflies are flying around the park and along the trail or stream should be observed because the color is very striking. In the park area is also scattered megalithic statues that he was already get hundreds of years even as the Valley Napu, Besoa and Bada. Statue of stone monuments is the best among similar statues in Indonesia.

There are 5 classification sculpture by shape:
1. Stone sculptures: usually these have human traits, but only this head, shoulders and genitals
2. Kalamba: megaliths found in many forms and resemble a large vase. maybe this is where the water supply,
    or even a place to out the body on a funeral
3. Tutu'an: plate of stone, most likely cover Kalamba
4. Dakon stone: stones with flat to convex depicting channels, irregular holes and other indentations
5. Other: mortar stones, poles and a few other forms are also found

   

Protected Forest Marowali

Protected Forest Marowali

Protected Forest Marowali located in the district of Central Sulawesi province Marowali. Travel to this area can only be reached by boat from Kolonodale (Marowali). Around Forest Preserve on land inhabited by Native Wana is still very backward, while the coastal area / above sea inhabited by tribes Bajoe. Various animals Marowali Forest Preserve that is second to none elsewhere that Anoa, Giant Bats with wings stretches up to 2 meters.

Area of protected forest Marowali is ​​436,756 hectares, woodland nature reserves and tourist area 241 331 hectares and consist of cultivation of 480,759 hectares of forest production and other use areas (APL) 417 226 hectares. Type the potential that exists inside cover of timber, among others: the meranti, mixed jungle, the beautiful wood such as teak and chrysolite, and there are also groups such luxury wooden ebony / ebony (Dyospiros celebica Bakh) including one rare wood in the world. The other forest products (non-wood), among others, rosin, pecans, calapai well as various kinds of rattan, and everything is a potential wealth of invaluable area. 

Lake Poso

There are many lake in the Central Sulawesi and one of them is Lake Poso. The beautiful view in this place so make us enthralled and forget to the time... 

Lake Poso

Lake Poso in Tentena Poso - Central Sulawesi which is located at the northern end of Lake Poso has a beautiful nature and charming villages, quiet and spacious lake where fish farming eels, eel or Sogili biggest fish in the world, up to 2 meter, nature surrounded by hills covered with cloves. At the time of flowering clover (June to November) will issue a clove tree clove fragrance. Around the lake are still in the village of Tentena, found a cave deep enough, down to the bottom of the lake.

Lake Poso is a highland lake surrounded by mountains and has an attractive landscape and climate were cold so menbuatnya as a center of tourism development in Central Sulawesi. With an area of ​​32,320 ha lake is to the north to the center of the District of North Pamona. Tentena in the north, 56 kilometer from the southern South Pamona Poso. Bagian heading Pendolo. These two areas are connected by water transport through the traditional trade route between Poso and Toraja in South Sulawesi.

Boat trips are usually to night using oil lamps and so that passengers are not fully equipped with the cold. Held cruise night because of high winds, after 10 am that blows in the middle of the lake causing waves. Poso region has a variety of uniqueness that is not found in other areas. Poso is located in the heart of the island of Sulawesi, or even in Indonesia, which is located approximately 600 m above sea level, 57 km from the town of Poso, along the Trans Sulawesi. The circumference of Lake Poso 32,320 kilometer s with a width of 16 kilometers, which about 360 meter in the south, and 510 meter in the north. The water is clear of all time. The dry season in July -August, and the rainy season from January -June and then October- December.

There is a high tide occurs from April to June and July to December tides. When the tide, ¾ lake covered by white sand beaches. And the specific outcomes from the lake there Sogili and goldfish. In the southern part of the lake is located Pendolo district that is a haven for the stopover area coming from Toraja and made his way around the lake to explore Morowali, Tanjung Api, Asylum Lore Kalamanta, Tomini Bay Marine Park, Togian Islands, a boat ride in the Bada Valley, and saw hundreds of stone megalithik or slim to Manado. Around the lake there is a tourist area with natural orchid garden Bancea an area of ​​about 5000 ha with 55 kinds of rare orchids, white sandy beaches with a backdrop of forest orchids. Goa Pamona located on the other side of this lake, and faithful in the fourth week of August in Tentena held cultural festival of Lake Poso.

Togean Island

Yesterday I told you about some tourism places in North Sulawesi and know I am going to tell you about Central Sulawesi. In Central Sulawesi also many tourism places that make us surprise... Let's see this place"

Togean Island

Togean Islands National Park is a national park in the islands located in the Gulf Togean Tomini, Central Sulawesi, which was inaugurated in 2004. The administration area is located in Tojo Una-Una. Kadidiri Island is the center of Togean, in Central Sulawesi. Not far from Wakai, a city district that became the center of the archipelago. Kadidiri Island is the most popular among the scattered islands covering an area of ​​90 square kilometers Togean. The majority of the island's ethnic Togean from Gorontalo, while there are ethnic native living with a house on the sea called Bajau tribe. On October 19, 2004, Togean has been designated as a national park covering 292 000 hectares of marine ecosystems and 70,000 hectares of land. Because of its location far from where where, as well as a protected position in the bay Tomini, making this area are felt secluded at once beautiful and clean from pollution.

The islands are known for its rich coral reefs and other marine life are rare and protected. Some of the actions that can be performed on the tour Togean include: diving and snorkelling on the island Kadidiri, fishing, exploring the natural forests in the forest in Malenge Island, as well as visiting Colo mountain on the island of Una-una. Tourists can also visit the settlement of Bajo in Kabalutan. Togean, Tojo Una-una, Central Sulawesi Province, will be the "icon" Sail Togean the plan would be held mid 2014. Not only the sea is calm, the cluster of small islands is stuck in the middle of the sea, being one of the main attractions for tourists visiting the archipelago.

There are many options for alternative routes to get to this place. Of Palu, Central Sulawesi provincial capital, a distance of approximately 320km, tempun time 5 to 6 hours when using transport type vehicle wheel 4. Given the unavailability of route airliners Palu - Ampana (capital of Tojo Una-una), then the choice of the land route being the only major transportation. Arriving at Ampana, we still have to take the sea route to get to the cluster of islands with the best in the world's biota. The only public transport available is a wooden boat being weighted. And takes about 6-7 hours, timber ships, ready to take us up to the famous island Togean it. Although governments Tojo Una-una own set ferry and speed boat, but not yet commercialized.

In Togean alone, the tourists do not need to be busy with a variety of accommodations. On the island of enchantment is there are different types of accommodation available here tiger. Ranging from local inns to cottages specifically for foreign tourists we can find here. For tourists who have a hobby of diving, surfing to fishing mania, Togean is "paradise". On this island, we can see the varied marine biota types, almost comprehensive in the world. Not surprisingly, many foreign tourists Wara-Wiri in this exotic island.