The Lost World "PAPUA" Indonesia - Dangerously Beautiful Too

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"Selamat Datang"
WELCOME TO PAPUA
INDONESIA




Papua is located in eastern Indonesia or southwestern of Pacific Ocean.
As a part of Indonesia, Papua consist of 2 provinces, Papua Province and Papua Barat Province.
Papua has incredible natural wealth and also rich with its culture.
Approximately 250 tribes with their each languages lived here.
So we would like to introduce Papua for you

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Asmat Ethnic


Asmat Girl

Asmat People live in an area covered with forest, swamps, where the temperature grows very cold when night falls. According to their belief, the world is surrounded by spirits, especially the spirits of their ancestors whom they really respect. Their ancestors are portrayed by their carvings and statues. Asmat people regards everything in nature, the flora, fauna and other materials as important symbols. One of the most important thing among everything is grasshopper. If the shape of grasshopper is observed in three dimensional view, it is like a squatting human, it often has the form of the letter W and N. Why do they choose such thing? For asmat people, male grasshopper, symbolizes sheer sacrifiction. Everybody is supposed to have such virtue. The female grasshopper can only lay eggs if the male one has been eaten by the female.



Possessing one of the most well-known and vibrant woodcarving traditions in Pacific, their art is sought by collectors worldwide. The Asmat inhabit a region on the island's southwestern coast, totaling about 19,000 square kilometers and consisting of mangrove, tidal swamp, freshwater swamp, and lowland rainforest. The land of Asmat is located both within and adjacent to Lorentz National Park and World Heritage Site, the largest protected area in the Asia-Pacific region. The total Asmat population is estimated about 70,000. The term "Asmat" is used to refer both to the people and the region they inhabit.


Asmat Man


Asmat Man in War Costume

Turtle is also an animal which is regarded as the symbol of fertility, safety and perfection. Perhaps, it is because turtles can lay so many eggs, live both in water and land, move peacefully towards its bound, slowly but sure. The symbol of turtle can have a universal characteristics since it also exists in other primitive communities besides those in Indonesia, such as in Hinduism, Budhism, Eskimo and Indian. Besides that, there are some other philosophies which are attached to other kinds of animals.


Asmat People waiting you to visit them

Bird, human should be as free as the bird. Snake, symbolizes Shrewdness and Wisdom , Bat, the symbol which is largely used as ornaments motive of shields which belong to respected and brave people such as the warriors. This ornaments are for a person who has beheaded a great number of enemies. Whirl-water symbolizes the holy spirit. The Letter S represents a holly field in the middle of the forest where the spirits of the dead gather. The symbol of boat, there is a motive of vagina and phalus which symbolizes fertility from the spirit of the ancestors.

[MoreOrLess]

Why would I fund the brutal occupation of the indonesians when I can visit the free half of the island to the east?

[sesamee]

because it isn't brutally occupied and the eastern half is riddled with crime, AIDS and violence.

[Iskandar]

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I'd like to know more about the difference between the east and the west. How is life in the east compared to the west? I mean, is the west more developed? or less developed? crime? standard of living? Is is prosperous?

Do you have pictures of the towns and cities? I mean, I have been to port moresby and seen pictures of other towns in PNG. I have some sort of an idea of life there, but I would like to know more about West Papua.

Thanks, this could be a very informative thread.

[Tubeman]

Originally Posted by MoreOrLess

Why would I fund the brutal occupation of the indonesians when I can visit the free half of the island to the east?

Stop trolling. Do not turn this thread into anti-Indonesian political rubbish

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The President on State Visit to Papua
Papua Barat Province

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The Beauty of Mansinam Island
Manokwari

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Jaya Wijaya Mountains








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Carstensz Peak








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INDONESIA

Indonesia has 17,508 islands, 350 ethnic groups and 800 local languages. Papua is just one of them.
Of course we looks different each other: culture, language, faith, food, face, skin, costume but we defined as one nation INDONESIA
Indonesia isn't based from some ethnics, race even religions.
All of them to be common to make one nation, INDONESIA.
Indonesia is not a "muslim country", the correct term is a "Muslim-Majority" country.
We have 45 million Christians, Hindus, Buddhist, Confucius n also local faiths





We have this one in Sumatra


We have this one in Kalimantan


We have this one in Bali


and we have Papuan too

[MoreOrLess]

Originally Posted by Tubeman

Stop trolling. Do not turn this thread into anti-Indonesian political rubbish

I think the original poster did that with that pic of a local tribe waving the indonesian flag.

Sorry but I don't give politics a total bypass when I go on holiday the same way I wouldnt visit Burma.

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Raja Ampat Paradise Park
Islands and Beaches

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beautifull...

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Dani Ethnic in Baliem Valley


Yali's family in Jawika Village.

The Valley remains one of the last places on the face of the Earth where people continue living in semi-Neolithic circumstances. Upon the spectacular approach by air, the tourists will notice the total isolation of the area. Sealed of the rest of the world by mighty mountain walls and without any roads leading from the coast to the inner region, the Valley keeps its own secrets.

The Dani are one of the most well-known ethnic groups in Papua, due to the small numbers of tourists who visit the Baliem Valley area where they predominate. Dani live arround Baliem Valley in central Papua. You will be stucked to see the men dressing solely in a the "koteka" or penis gourd, with pig teeth pushed through their noses and their bodies decorated in clay-and-grease warpaint, while the women wear the grass skirt. They are, however, extremely fond of body ornamentation and decorate themselves elaborately with feathers and shells, especially for celebrations.

They will welcome you in inevitable pig-feast which will be your rite of passage into their unique culture for an engrossing a four or five hour intense experience. You will find yourself in a simple, traditional compound surrounded by fully greased and painted Dani tribes-people wearing their ceremonial best dresses.








Dani's House

Original posted by samuel89

[MoreOrLess]

Originally Posted by Iskandar

Balaputradewa

I'd like to know more about the difference between the east and the west. How is life in the east compared to the west? I mean, is the west more developed? or less developed? crime? standard of living? Is is prosperous?

Do you have pictures of the towns and cities? I mean, I have been to port moresby and seen pictures of other towns in PNG. I have some sort of an idea of life there, but I would like to know more about West Papua.

Thanks, this could be a very informative thread.

I'd guess the west is more devolped because the Dutch had a presense there from the 19th century onwards where as the British and German parts of the island were controlled in name only.

That doesnt justify Indonesian's occupation, they actually failed miserabley when they tried to take control after WW2(who's side did they fight on again?) and needed to blackmail the US into forcing the Dutch to hand over there half of the island.

[Balaputradewa]

Originally Posted by MoreOrLess

I'd guess the west is more devolped because the Dutch had a presense there from the 19th century onwards where as the British and German parts of the island were controlled in name only.

That doesnt justify Indonesian's occupation, they actually failed miserabley when they tried to take control after WW2(who's side did they fight on again?) and needed to blackmail the US into forcing the Dutch to hand over there half of the island.

haha u dunno anything about us dude..but sorry Its not talking about politics n separatist issued, u are in wrong place. We would to show how beautiful Papua, about their natural wealth, people, culture n something else about it.

Papua isn't different like another provinces in Indonesia. We were established our country together with the same of act or equality rules. The different one just based from race, the eastern of Indonesian inhabitant ( Papua, Maluku n Timor Islands) are Melanesian Negroid Race not like majority of Indonesian that Malayan Mongoloid Race, but itsn't a matter coz its nothing dominate supperior here, like Caucasoid to Aborigin in Australia, no..no itsn't being in Papua. Papuan held their own govermential there. We've some Caucasoid Race too in Acehnese, North Sumatra.

Papua has special unique peoples n cultures, their rules are very strong. Many tribes still defended their lifestyles but some of them being modern people like us. Its make a little hard to raise Papua so that State Government gave "Special Outonomy" for Papua to held their own administration.

I think enough, please avoid debate n discuss about politics here.



Papua Governour, Barnabas Suebu


This are some contents of Papua Special Outonomy Laws:

1. Papua Province is the Irian Jaya Province granted Special Autonomy in the framework of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia;
   
2. Special Autonomy is a special authority acknowledged and granted to the Papua Province to regulate and manage the interests of the local people a its own initiative based on the aspiration and fundamental rights of the people of Papua;
   
3. Central Government, hereinafter referred to as Government, is the state apparatures of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia comprising the President and the Ministers;
   
4. Papua Province Government is the Governor and the other apparatuses as the Executive Body;
   
5. Papua Province Governor, hereinafter referred to as Governor, is the Regional Head and Head of Administration fully responsible to organize the administration in the Papua Province and as a Government representative in the Papua Province;
   
6. Papua House of People's Representatives, hereinafter referred to as DPRP, is the Regional House of People's Representatives as the legislative body of the Papua Province;
   
7. Papua People's Assembly, hereinafter referred to as MRP, is the cultural representative of the Papua natives, which has a certain authority in protecting the rights of the Papua natives, based on respect of the customs and culture, the enforcement of women, and stabilization of harmony of religious life as stipulated in this Law.
   
8. Regional Symbols are grandeur banners and cultural symbols for the greatness of the Papuans' identity in the form of the Regional Flag and Regional Hymn not positioned as symbols of sovereignty;
   
9. Special Regional Regulation, hereinafter referred to as Perdasus, is the Regional Regulation of the Papua Province in implementing certain articles in this Law;
   
10. Provincial Special Regulation, hereinafter referred to as Perdasi, is the Regional Regulations of the Papua Province in the context of exercising the authority as stipulated in the statutory regulations;

SYMBOLS

1. The Papua Province as part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia uses the Red and White Flag as the National Flag, the Indonesia Raya Hymn as the National Hymn.
   
2. The Papua Province may have Regional Symbols as its greatness and grandeur banner and cultural symbol for the greatness of the Papuans' identity in the form of the regional flag and regional hymn which are not positioned as sovereignty symbols.

REGIONAL AUTHORITY

1. The authority of the Papua Province shall cover the authority within all sectors of administration, except the authority in the field of foreign politics, safety and defense, monetary and fiscal, religion and judicature and certain authorities in other fields stipulated according to statutory regulations.
   
2. The Papua Province may enter into mutually beneficial cooperation with overseas institutions or bodies stipulated by a joint decision according to the statutory regulations.
   
3. All inhabitants of the Papua Province shall have the right and freedom to profess their respective religion and belief.
   
4. All inhabitants of the Papua Province are obliged to respect religious values, maintain harmony among the members of all religious communities and to prevent all divisive efforts of the community in the Papua Province and within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Human Rights

1. The Government, Provincial Government and population of the Papua Province shall enforce, improve, protect and respect Human Rights throughout the Papua Province.
   
2. For the purpose of paragraph (1) a representative of the Commission of Human Rights, Human Rights Couit and Commission of Righteousness and Reconciliation shall be formed by the Government in the Papua Province pursuant to the provisions of statutory regulations.

Education and Culture

1. The Provincial Government is responsible for education at all levels, lines and types of education in the Papua Province.
   
2. The Government shall stipulate the general policy on the autonomy of tertiary educational institutions, core curriculum and quality standard at all levels, lines and types of education as guidance for the Management of the Tertiary Educational Institution and the Provincial Government.
   
3. All inhabitants of the Papua Province shall be entitled to high quality education and teaching referred to in paragraph (1) up to the High School level at the lowest possible charge to the community.
   
4. In developing and conducting education, the Provincial Government and Regency/City Government shall give all qualified religious institutions, nor-governmental institutions and the business circles the greatest opportunity to conduct high quality education in the Papua Province.
   
5. The Provincial Government shall protect, foster and develop the culture of the Papua natives.
   
6. The Provincial Government is obliged to foster, develop and preserve the variety of regional languages and literatures to maintain and stabilize the identity of the Papuans.
   
7. Other than the Indonesian language as the national language, English is also established as the second language at all levels of education.
   
8. The regional language may be used as the medium of instruction at the basic education level according to the needs.

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Welcome to Mansinam Island
Papua Barat Province








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