Uniq Culture Stone Jumping In Nias

Hemisphere Indonesia / Culture uniq beautiful and remarkable of Indonesia precisely on the island of Nias Jump Stone (Hombo stone) is a very popular tradition in Nias people in South Nias. This tradition has been done long ago and handed down by the people in the village Bawo Mataluo .Tradisi stone jump has been made since the days of the ancestors, where in ancient times they were often at war among tribes so that they train themselves to be strong and capable of penetrating fortress the  opponents supposedly high enough to jump up to three meters in height . development era, this tradition also change fungsinya.Karena today they are no longer fighting  stone jumping not again be used but for rituals and also as a symbol of the culture of Nias very interesting and I believe if not the people nias   no one can to doing . Even an actor of china jakie chan ever tried to jump the stone, but he could not pass.

The young men will be recognized as a brave man if it can jump over a pile of rocks that made such that the height is more than two meters.There special ritual ceremony before the youths jumped over
such as slaughtering pigs . While young men wearing traditional clothes, they ran with a small stepping batu buttresses around 30 cm in advance to be able to pass through the high stone tersebut.Sampai now this tradition still exist in modern culture increasingly choke. This is one beautiful Indonesian culture

this location Nias Island