Cultural,Ethnic And Traveling

1. Dia de los Muertos, Mexico





Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of the most famous festivals in Mexico. Festival which takes place every 1st and 2nd November, is celebrated as the day of arrival and departure of the spirit. Dia de los Muertos is a festival to remember those who have died.
When the festival, the entire Mexico City will be full of colorful ornaments. Do not be surprised, along the way you will see many skull, either only the skeleton or skull costume creepy.


2. Pchum Ben, Cambodia







Pchum Ben is a festival of death which is held every October 1st at temples throughout Cambodia. For 15 days, the Buddhists who came to the temple to pray or burn sajen for family members who have died prior to the seventh generation.
After that, they all will eat a variety of foods that have been collected from each person. The atmosphere is peaceful and very family feel when the festival takes place



3. Frozen Dead Guy Days, U.S.




There is a unique festival in Nederland, Colorado, USA named Frozen Dead Guy Days. It is yearly festival since 2002 remedy respecting the frozen corpse. Historically, this festival was held to commemorate Morstoe Bredo, whose body was buried in a pile of ice in the Netherlands in the 1990s. Therefore, the family believes that the body can again be revived with technology.
After that, people Nederland Frozen Dead Guy Days held in remembrance. In this festival, there are plenty of casket or an ambulance that had been decorated with various colors. Some people are acting as the bodies of the festival adds more interesting. The festival usually takes place during the month of March.


4. La Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Spain


La Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme will make your heart excited. Why not, this is a festival that takes place in the city of Las Nieves, Galicia, Spain to mark the one year before the death of someone.



5. Signs Solok, Indonesia Toraja





Make no mistake, Indonesia has a famous festival of death named Solok Signs. This is a festival of death in the form of a traditional ceremony, the man's funeral and death anniversary of the ancestors. The bodies were buried would be paraded around the village and the festival is always attended by many people, as well as tourists.

Simping Island
where the smallest island in the world?
The smallest island in the world










Indonesia is an archipelago country which parts of a mainland region fragmented because separated by oceans. Of which are there are five big island in Indonesia, which is famous; Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Papua and Sulawesi.
But that does not mean the islands fifth is the total number of Indonesian islands. There are so many small islands scattered in the territory of Indonesia. Then, outside the Indonesian uniqueness are many islands, what else could be the attraction of these islands?
We should be proud because in Indonesia, there is one island that is recognized by the UN as the smallest island in the world. The island is named Simping island, located in the province of West Kalimantan. The island is located in the city Singkawang is in the tourist region ​​Coral Bay, in the region and Sinka Sinka Island Zoo.

Of course, journey to the island this Simping will be very enjoyable. The first, to be located in a tourist location, and the second, to achieve this scallop island you have to go through overland journey from Pontianak city as far as 150 kilometers on average will be completed in approximately three hours.

If you are from the province of West Kalimantan, you will travel through the air first. Arriving at the airport Supadio, then you can take a fun road trip to the city singkawang.

Do not worry, because your journey enjoyable and definitely will not be in vain. You live tighten seatbelts and experience the feel of the natural tropical Borneo along your journey towards this Singkawang.

Arriving in Singkawang, immediately proceed to Sinka Island which is located in the village Sedau. From there you can reach the main objective to explore the smallest island in the world.

Before exploring the island Simping, recreation in Sinka Island could be the right choice after feeling fatigue due to travel for three hours.

In Sinka Island, you can do a relaxation in Pendopo that has been provided. Also eating and drinking in the cafeteria Sinka Island. If you still have enough energy, you can try to get around by using the wagon. Sinka Island is a modern recreation. There is also a swimming pool and a leisure park that will make you feel any pity if you miss it so.

If it fits playing in Sinka Island, you can go straight to the island Simping of of existing concrete bridge in Sinka Island. You will walk approximately 100 meters as far as you can until you set foot on this island. The island is very special.

This small island in the middle of the sea of tranquility. In it stands a small temple overlooking the sea off the commonly used Chinese descent to prayer and supplication.

the deepest oceans in the world today
where is the deepest oceans in the world?






1. Mariana Trench, the U.S.

Located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, there is a place called the Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench. Depth reaches 10,924 feet! Now imagine you live marine abyss higher than the Himalayas are only 8,848 meters above sea level.

From the official website of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, located in the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands. Although it is close to Japan, the region in the territory of the United States along with the island of Guam. Mariana Island became a sort of national parks with the many tourists visit from Japan.

2. Puerto Rico Trench, Puerto Rico

Now we shift to the Atlantic Ocean, there is the Puerto Rico Trench. How much depth? 9,219 meters. The Himalayas are still less than that of the sea abyss.

Puerto Rico Trench into the boundary of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. No need to try fad Puerto Rico Trench depth, just enjoy the island, the beach and a variety of beautiful scenery on the sea surface.


3. Palung Java, Indonesia

Oceans in this one in their own country. Java Trench into the deepest point in the Indian Ocean at a depth of 7,455 meters.

This trough is located aft of the east coast of Sumatra to the southern coast of Java. Deepest point at 320 km off the south coast of Yogyakarta. The character of this trough also be a factor behind the beauty of the beach, coral, and the waves of dazzling Gunungkidul Yogyakarta to travelers.


4. Southern Ocean, Antarctica

Southern Ocean known as the Antarctic Ocean. It is the most southern oceans of Planet Earth. In the ocean there is the deepest point reaching 7,236 meters, only 219 meter course at odds with the Java Palung.

Southern Ocean is adjacent to several countries in South kinds Earth Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina. Oceans here of course cold with an average temperature of -2 to 10 degrees Celsius only. But until now, there are still some cruise ship companies that will take you there.

5. Arctic Basin

At the North Pole there Arctic Basin in the Arctic Sea. According to the World Altas, Arctic Basin has a trough with a depth of 5,625 meters. Fortunately, there are also people who live here, besides this place too cold.

Artic Basin bordered by many countries including the U.S., Canada, Russia and Greenland that became part of Denmark. Therefore, many tourists from these countries try visiting the Arctic Basin. Of course they do not dive, but for example see polar bears in Baffin Island, Canada.

The Feast of Cap Go Meh

Cap Go Meh feast or Xiaojie Yuan in Chinese language which falls on the 15th lunar month of the first year is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. According to Chinese folk tradition, after the Cap Go Meh, it ended around the Lunar New Year celebrations.

Cap Go Meh feast is also called Yuanxi, Yuanye or Yuanjie Shang in the Chinese language. Night Cap Go Meh is the first night of the new moon every year. On that night, the Chinese people have the habit of installing colorful lanterns, the festival is also referred to as a "feast of lanterns". Versions



Watching the lanterns and eat dumplings are two important parts of the feast of the Cap Go Meh . And of which the origin of the tradition of mounting lanterns at Cap Go Meh Festival ? It is said that in the year 180 BC , Emperor Hanwudi ruling during the Western Han Dynasty ascended the throne on the 15th of the first lunar month . To celebrate his coronation , Emperor Han Wudi took the decision to make the 15th of the first month as the feast of lanterns . On the night of the 15th of the first month of every year , he berkebiasaan excursion outside the palace and celebrate the festival with folk . In the year 104 BC , Cap Go Meh Festival is officially listed as a national holiday . Thanks to that decision , Cap Go Meh Festival scale increases further . According to the rules , every public place and each family is required to put up colorful lanterns , especially on the main roads and cultural center lantern exhibition will be held massive festive . The people , both old and young and old , men and women will flock to it all week to watch the lanterns lanterns and dragon lantern dance , in addition to guessing the puzzle .

Colored lanterns mounted on the Cap Go Meh Festival mostly made ​​of light-colored paper. Lanterns called "zoumadeng" or lanterns galloping horse is one of the most interesting kinds of lanterns yan. It is said that it was a historic lanterns thousand years.

Eat dumplings on the feast of Cap Go Meh is also one of the old habits. Onde-onde eating habits started from the Song Dynasty (960 AD-1279). Dumplings made ​​with glutinous rice flour and fruit jam. Once cooked, it tasted delicious all. At a later date, the people in the north call the food as "yuanxiao" and people in the south refer to it as "Tangyuan", and its manufacture was different from north to south.

Now onde-onde assortment, and other places and other ways of making it.
At the Cap Go Meh Festival, people in addition to enjoying the lanterns and eat dumplings, also hold other entertainment activities, such as stilts, dance yangge (sort of the typical dance in northern China) and lion dance performances.

Human skeleton primeval in the crate corpse which made ​​out from stone who called the sarcophagus, was found in Subak Saba, Desa Keramas, Blahbatuh, regency Gianyar, Bali-Indonesia



"Today we found two stone coffin, but only one has successfully opened, and it still contains ancient human skeleton," said Dra Ayu Kusumawati, researcher at the Institute for Archaeology ANTARA in Denpasar when it encountered the discovery on Saturday.

He mentioned, two stone coffins at the edges equipped with accessories like a turtle head, was first discovered by burrowing in the brickyard site.


From the findings, the team Archaeological Center of Denpasar - Bali then do the second turns deepening coffin are ancient relics called the sarcophagus.

Dra. Kusumawati Ayu said, one of the two artifacts that have successfully opened lid by the officer, and it still contains a human skeleton in the composition complete bones.

"While the other one, still in one piece, so we do not know it," he said.
He added that, in addition to the human skeleton in a the coffin that early humans were also found an old jug.

"A pitcher with a length of 15 cm was located right next to the skull of a human skeleton in a coffin terkujur," said Ayu explained.


based on the results of field measurements, two sarcophagi were found to have different sizes.
"Sarkofgus a whole is a type of small coffin with a length of 150 cm and a width of 50 cm. While sarcophagus was opened, has a length of 100 cm and a width of 12 cm," he said


About the age of the sarcophagus, Ayu Kusumawati estimates have been around 2,000 years ago or since prehistoric times.
"In those days people had known perundagian and metal tools. This is evidenced by the presence of a human face or a mask protrusions that resemble a turtle at the end of the sarcophagus that is now found," she said.


In addition to already known metals, continued Kusumawati, at times it has also been known as mutual aid and a sense of unity and cohesion.
"The goal at the end of the visor made ​​coffin tomb was intended to provide a way for the soul to the other world," he said.
He explained, usually with a funeral sarcophagus was intended to influence people at that time.


"Only the nobility and influential people who use that kind of tomb coffin," he explained.
Currently, Kusumawati said, it was with the other officers still do penilitian further about the discovery of the two sarcophagi.

Scientists successfully documented a the behavior of monkeys swimming for the first time. Previously, apes can not swim considered.
Documentation of swimming behavior in the form of video recording ape chimpanzee named Cooper. more than just swim, chimps also dive to a few meters below the water surface.

"We were very surprised when chimpanzees Cooper dived several times into a swimming pool in Missouri and looks very comfortable," said Renato Bender, researchers from the University of Witwatersrand.
"This is a very surprising behavior for animals is generally believed afraid of water," said Bender who plays documenting this behavior.

Other documentation swimming behavior was video recorded an orangutan named Suryia who live in South Carolina Zoo. The Orangutan swim 12 meters without assistance.
Both chimpanzees and orangutans swim breaststroke, making them different from people who usually use the dog paddle style.

Researchers suspect, is an adaptation breaststroke lifestyle chimpanzee and orangutan hanging on a tree that relies on the hands and feet, unlike humans who walk on the ground with legs alone.
Researchers stated that the results of this research underscores the need for the study of swimming behavior in monkeys and evolution.
"We still do not know since when human ancestors regularly swimming and diving," said Nicole Bender, who was also involved in this documentation.

"The behavior of great apes in the water for these neglected in anthropology," he said. The research results were published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology on July 30, 2013 last.

Orangutans are one of the rare animals and animals are protected by the state
Activists from the International Animal Rescue (IAR) did release a female orangutan named Peni (7 years) Gadung Causeway Forest region, Ketapang District, West Kalimantan, Thursday (02/05/2013) orangutan Peni was evacuated from Peniraman, Pontianak District three years ago. (Tribune Pontianak / Nopi Saputera)

1. BauNyale
Indonesian Nyale smell in reading Catch Nyale (Worms Wawo / Palopo in biology). Any breach or end the month of February, the peoples of Sasak Lombok will be preparing for the grand title of this Nyale Bau. Nyale smell is generally done only overnight, on the eve of the summit when this many worms popping Area south coast. Nyale is what will be eaten and was very tasty indeed, as if fried or cooked with dry chili sauce coconut milk.



n 2013 the Festival will be targeted Nyale smell attended by approximately 50,000 people and will participate in various traditional competitions. Some of them are: bekayaq, cilokaq, Peresean, begambus, unrequited rhyme, and paddle boat races. As a grand event of the people of Lombok, Bau Nyale Festival will also hold various performing arts like drama about the legend of Princess Mandalika colossal, wayang kulit, hoster torn, and theater legend Nyale Princess Nyale.Festival Bau, a unique festival held every 20th of the month 10 in Sasak calendar or five days after the full moon which usually falls in the months of February or March. For the people of Lombok Nyale or worms in this festival together gathered in the coastal region.




Central Lombok regency is one of the Level II in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. In this area there is a coastal tourist area is very attractive and frequently visited by tourists, both local tourists and foreign tourists. The region is Seger Kuta Beach, is located in the southern part of the island of Lombok, about 65 kilometers from the city of Mataram.

Besides its natural beauty, Seger Kuta Beach also has another attraction that is no less exotic for tourists. Every once a year, between February and March, in this place held a party or a ceremony known as Bau Nyale.

Tradition of Bau Nyale ceremony passed down for generations by the Sasak tribe before the 16th century AD.
For the Sasak people, Nyale used for a variety of purposes such as: fine dining (Emping Nyale), sown to rice fields for fertility, side dishes, and other powerful drugs that are magical in accordance with their respective beliefs.

Lombok Island History

Selaparang kingdom is one of the oldest royal ever to grow and flourish on the island of Lombok, even touted as an embryo which gave birth to the kings of Lombok. This position is further put the Kingdom Seiaparang as an important historical icon of the island. Proven naming the island is also often referred to as Earth Selaparang or in local terms as Gumi Selaparang.



According Then Djelenga (2004), records the history of the kingdoms in Lombok which means starting over from Majapahit entry through exspedisi under MPU Nala in the year 1343, as implementation of the Palapa Oath Supreme Gajah Mada, which passed the inspection itself Gajah Mada in 1352 .

This expedition, further Djelenga, leaving a trail of Gelgel kingdom in Bali. While in Lombok, in its development leaving a trail of four major royal brothers and sisters, that the Kingdom of parrots in the west, the Kingdom Selaparang in the East, the Kingdom Langko in the middle, and the Kingdom Pejanggik in the south. In addition to the four kingdoms, there were small kingdoms, like Parwa and prop as well as several small villages, such as Pujut, Tempit, Kedaro, Stone Jerky, Kuripan, and Kentawang. The entire kingdom and the village then became an independent territory, after the collapse of Majapahit empire.

Between the kingdom and the village was the most prominent and the most famous is the kingdom, based in Labuan Lombok Lombok. Mentioned city Lombok Lombok is located in a very beautiful bay and has a lot of fresh water sources. This situation makes it much frequented by merchants from Palembang, Banten, crunch, and Sulawesi.



Later, when the kingdom led by King Rangkesari, Prapen Prince, son of Sunan Giri came to circumcise the royal queen Lombok. In the Babad Lombok mentioned, this is an attempt Islamization of Raden Paku or Sunan Giri Queen of Coarse sand, Surabaya who commanded the kings of East Java and Palembang to spread Islam to various parts of the archipelago.

The process of Islamization by Sunan Prapen reaping encouraging results, until a few years later the whole island of Lombok embraced Islam, except for a few places that still retain the old customs.


Cultural acculturation is also seen in religion Wetu telu. Group of religious syncretism of Islam, Hindu and animist. Wetu Telu adherents of the majority lived in the village of Bayan, a place where the religion was born. Large group Wetu Telu also be found in Mataram, Pujung, Sengkol, Rambitan, Sade, Tetebatu, Bumbung, Sembalun, Senaru, Loyok and Pasugulan.



climate
As usual the rest of Indonesisa, Lombok also has particularly two seasons: the rainy season and dry season. The rainy season is generally from October to March and the dry season lasts from April to September. The average temperature throughout the year on the island of Lombok ranges from 21 º to 33 º Celsius.

religion
Lombok Island is the biggest religious believers are Islam, after the Hindu religion professed by the Balinese descent, then the other religions such as Christianity and Buddhism. In addition to the four religions there is also a growing religion among Sasak tribe, namely Boda. Boda is the oldest religion sasak inherited by their ancestors.

culture

Lombok has many kinds of typical and unique culture

craft
-Weaving ikat and songket

Weaving activities Sasak women
Ikat and songket weaving is a traditional craft that is still found in many areas in Lombok and other areas in the province. Way of making this fabric still using traditional tools and Simpler. Currently ikat and songket has been used as a tourist attraction like the one in the Village and the Village Pringgasela Sukarare.

know and understanding culture of the island of Bali
Bali is an island located in Indonesia.
natural beauty and friendliness the people make bali widely known by the world. Bali has many cultures and ethnic groups.

Customs and culture in Bali is very closely related to religion and religious life of the community. Western culture has a very long historical roots that reflect the expressive configurations with dominant religious values ​​of the Hindu religion. Kongifurasi includes religion, life patterns, settlement patterns, social institutions, and the arts to the people of Bali.

Religion







The majority of Balinese Hinduism has embraced the basic framework includes three things: Tatwa (philosophy), Tata Susila and Ceremony. Hinduism is based on scripture Wedha, all of which are collected in four Samhita, ie Reg Wedha Samhita, Same Wedha Samhita, Yayur Wedha Samhita Samhita and Atharwa Wedha. In essence, the teachings of Hinduism is that Cradha Panca means five beliefs, which are beliefs Widi Cradha to Sang Hyang Widhi or Almighty God, Atma Cradha is the belief in the atman or soul in every being, Karma Phala Cradha is confidence in the legal action, Punarbhawa Cradha is the belief in reincarnation or rebirth after death, Cradha moksha moksha which is the belief in eternal bliss.


Pattern of Life



Patterns of social life in Bali Hindus strongly tied to aspects of life that are required to worship or pray in a particular temple, are required to live together in one place in the community, in the ownership of agricultural land is required in a particular subak, required in social status based on color, the bond required by the principle of patrilineal kinship, are required to be members of a particular sekeha, and are required in a certain village administrative unit.

Settlement patterns





Balinese settlement structure can be differentiated into two types, namely the settlement concentric pattern like the Balinese people who live in the mountains and settlements spread pattern like the people of Bali are located in the lowlands. Concentric patterns of traditional village on a central point. While the patterns of spread, the village is divided into a single unit smaller area called Banjar.


Art

Art on the Balinese is a complex element that looks favored by the citizens of the community, so it looks as if the entire life of the Balinese people dominate. On the basis of such a function is the focus of the art of Balinese culture. Bali area is very rich in the arts, all branches of the arts grow and flourish in the life of the community that includes fine art, the performing arts and sound art.




Visual arts includes one branch consisting of sculpture, painting and decorative arts. Public sculpture in Bali has undergone a long development that is patterned sculptures that belonged to the megalithic pre Hindu man who is seen as a link with the ancestors and the forces of nature, statues of gods were regarded as medium human with gods and this type is the influence of Hindu-Buddhist-themed statues of the characters of Mahabharata and Ramayana story, the forms of relief are engraved on the walls and door of the house pole, as well as sculptures shaped naturalist.

Likewise, the art of painting in Bali which has undergone a long history. Starting with paintings such as rerajahan magical symbolic, religious paintings such parba painting, ceilings and ider-ider, as well as paintings that are naturalistic.

For traditional dance in Bali by function classified into three types, namely Tari Wali (sacred dance) is a religious dance that is considered sacred, Bebali Dance is a dance ritual that serves as a companion, and Balih-balihan Dance is a dance that serves as entertainment. Sacral or type of dance that is considered sacred among others: Dedari Trance Dance, Rejang dance Sutri, Pendet, Baris Gede Dance, Tumbak, Jangkang Line, Line Trench, Poem, Seraman, Tekok Jago, Mask Displays, Weak Wayang, Wayang Sudamala, Dance Abuang, Bruntuk Dance, Dance Dakamalon, Ngayab Dance, and Dance Kincang-Kincung. Clothing or gander tool used by the public will be consecrated or sacred.

Literary arts in Bali is the result of a noble heritage and a source of reference as well as other forms. Since time immemorial people have been familiar with writing Bali or Balinese. Overall the literary arts in Bali has experienced five times the Ancient Balinese literature, literature of Hindu Bali, Bali Javanese literature, literary New Bali and Bali Modern literature.