Natural beauty and Tato in the Mentawai Islands

Travel to see the nature-based tourism wave (surf / surf) in the Mentawai really very enjoyable. Deburan ombaknya a mainstay for the peselancar. Flicker-contortion above debiran waves, or enter a long tunnel. At least 40 potential sites to surf in the Mentawai, which each have 2 - 3 kinds of waves.

The young Mentawai is already starting to see bright prospects in tourism silancar future of their land of birth. They have been prepared, practice to develop skills and begin to understand the phenomenon of services that need to be developed. Some of them now speak fluent English.

Mentawai Islands is a potential tourist attraction for local government. Besides the natural beauty and enchantment, there is a potential that the Mentawai characteristics, namely, the presence of the Mentawai tribes, although the preservation of the cultural increasingly worrying many parties. Menato whole body (both male and female) and sharpen teeth is the culture of this tribe.

Tattoos, for the traditional Mentawai people, has many meanings, signs, and symbols. Degrees someone can be seen from the tattoos on his body. Tattoo can also indicate someone's racial, how many family, and his performance has been achieved. Tattoo metamorphose Mentawai static and the proportion is a strange and wealth, including one, in addition to the Dayak tribe, the ethnic culture's oldest nation. From scratch-scratch in the body is reflected in the form of the male, strong, brave, and closely related to the element of trust for the safety and harmony in families and communities. Marriage can occur when both bride and market adequately throughout the body.

Unfortunately, tattoo culture is not able to survive against the tides change insistence period. Tattoos are found only in the indigenous population aged above 40 years old. Young people are not interested menato body. As a symbol of the Mentawai children, they menato only a small part of the body.

However, some traditional practices that are inherent in the Mentawai people. Married young, for example, still continues. Only the habit of smoking tobacco dilinting use nipah leaves or banana leaves and dry cigarette brands Kaiser and Soery Mas begin on a limited population of older generations. Children read more like a modern cigarette pack.

Simplicity also start in the clothing products. Rarely found, especially among the young. Thief from bark and leaves woven skirt and breast-chest of women who have started to open by tergusur pants, shirt, and twist the fabric. As a regional tourism, with the money The cause them to become public consumption. If you want to pay you, usually tourists, could ask held punen - traditional sacred rituals, which usually only be done in a certain period of time.

Mentawai Islands are indeed being continued by the government. Not only through the provision of assistance Inpres villages, but also through the development of the forest as a national park or forest tourism (ecotourism). Southerners, the beauty of the Mentawai will be more complete. The atmosphere of sea and coastal islands in the Mentawai is very beautiful, and ready to leave an impression and memory.

Islands of the Indian Ocean region is included in the administration was. To reach there, it is difficult. Although the road is narrow, down-up, and also tarnish the light and slippery, but there is still a transport that can be used, namely, boat or speedboat owned by the residents of the rent.