Saturday 7 January 2012

Tribr Arfak

 
TRIBE ARFAK




Mouantains Community Interest Arfak is Arfak who live around the town of Manokwari, West Papua Province. Arfak tribe consists of four sub-tribes, among others:
1. Hatam tribe.
2. Moilei tribe.
3. Meihag tribe.
4. Sohug tribe.
Each Head of His tribe tribes there, in one tribe there is a wide range of genera, such as Tribe Moilei, there are clans Sayori, Ullo, Ayok, Indow, Wonggor and many other genera. 5 interest 5 languages
​​means that each tribe there is a language and culture different.
Millipedes home-Tribe Arfak
Arfak Society is the largest native community in the district of Manokwari, mostly living in the middle of the head of the bird island of Papua. Great Interest Arfak consists of several sub tribes namely, Suogb, Hatam and Meyah that have the same customs and culture but different languages. Unique is that although different languages, sub-tribe people can understand each other and communicate directly.
Arfak villages situated around the area Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve. Mountain Nature Reserve Area of
​​Arfak reached 68,325 ha. In this area can be found 333 bird types, 4 types of them are endemic Arfak Mountains, 110 species of mammals and is also a center of diversity of butterfly wings Ornithopera Sp.
Traditionally people or tribe living in the house closed Arfak which only has two doors, front and rear without windows. Unique shape, built with the construction of houses on stilts are made entirely of wood and grass thatch as a roof. Mod Aki Aksa or Igkojei was the original name of the tribe of traditional houses Arfak; these poles so much so that ordinary people call it home Millipedes. Currently the population is dwindling and could only be found in the villages, suburban district in the middle of the mountains inland Arfak.



Know Your Soil Dance Mash tribe ArfakIn Papua Red Fruit Culture is a symbol of plants that are very well known by almost all seuku-tribes in Papua, one of which is People Arfak Arfak or tribe living in the Territory Manokwari. People Arfak well known long ago as intermediaries in the Dutch and Portuguese expansion in bekomunikasi with the other tribes in Papua. based on past history Arfak person known to be very skilled in hunting and recognize different kinds of plants for traditional medicine or a magical and very difficult to find because of geographic area of ​​mountains and streams as a characteristic that is difficult to be learned by the Dutch and Portuguese at that time. The following one red fruit dances played by the youth Arfak with unique abilities and choreography are very natural and has the feel of traditionally strong and thick. with this performance would inspire us to be sure that it is indeed Papua has its own exotica, no less with other cultures in the world today


ARFAK MOUNTAIN

Arfak Mountains which are in the 'head-Papuan bird brain' is a nature reserve area with an area reaching 68,325 hectares with an altitude reaching 2940 meters above sea level. Arfak mountain nature reserve located in Manokwari, West Papua Province. Stretching between the District Menyambouw Warmare, Ransiki, Anggi and Oransbari. This area is only about 35 miles from the town of Manokwari. Required two-day walk to reach the place. Nowadays, it can be achieved using four kinds of wheeled vehicles off-road 4X4 or 'ranger' (local term for this type of car) with a tariff of Rp. 80 thousand - Rp. 300 thousand per person. Can also use a twin otter aircraft type and Cesna with travel time about 25 minutes with a tariff of Rp. 300 thousand per person.Mountainous nature reserve Arfak still save a lot of mysteries that until now have not been revealed, ranging from the life of flora and fauna, including thousands of orchid plants, fish legend Houn (a type of eel) in the two lakes are flanked by a "paradise hills" named hill Kobrey. Two lake is Lake and Lake Anggi Anggi Giji Gita at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level. Life around the caves, including cave that depth reaches 2000 meters still had ten thousand mysteries.
According to information Yoris Wanggai, one of the tourist guide in Manokwari, has many foreign researchers come to these places but did not bring the maximum results due to the limited time to visit. Generally, the researchers have only 1-2 weeks alone in the mountains Arfak, and it's far from enough to know the mysteries that are stored neatly in the Mountains Arfak it. "It was not enough time. If we were here, was only briefly. We are not satisfied, "the statement quoted one of the tourists who Yoris convey when talking with EI when visiting the natural attractions of two lakes in the hills Kobrey, last August.
This is a mountainous ecosystem Arfak representing Papua therefore inhabited several protected habitats, such as the life of various types of animals such as butterfly wings-birds (ornithoptera-sp) who becomes hunted butterfly collectors internationally. Butterfly tribal communities of this type has been bred Arfak. One of them in Iray village, near the lake Anggi Giji. This area is also inhabited by Paradise Arfak (Astrapia-nigra). Various types of plants such as trees or dodonia Arwob fiscosa, plants typical of the mountains Arfak. There is also a wood Masohi that tastes like candy spicy menthol, useful for appetite enhancer. And much more rich flora and fauna that inhabit this region.
According to government data Manokwari, mountains Arfak has no less 110 species of mammals, 333 species of birds, some species are endemic, Arfak mountains. One of them is a bird Namdur Plain (Bowerd Bird). This bird, by the tribe named after birds Mbrecew Arfak Moley, which means clever or smart chirp, and therefore can imitate other voices and sounds just about anything. Birds are also able to make a nest (bower) of leaves, dry grass, and forest orchid stems, which resemble the home and placed in trees or on the ground.


 It is no wonder that a number of experts who had come researching in this area states that history has recorded the mountains Arfak have significance for the development of science and education in the future and is worthy of a library of genetic data that can be processed for various types of traditional medicines and potions. Ethno-botanical data mentioned Arfak mountainous nature reserve is also rich in various types of plants that can be processed into drugs and stimulants, but so far not been used optimally.One student researcher S2 IPB Bogor Botanical, Hengky Wambraw, when it had met the author in protected forests Manokwari Table Mountain, said keanekragaman biological life in the mountains Arfak became the target of the researchers of biology, botany, geology, ecology, not terkecuai researchers insects and birds both from overseas and local. They wanted to visit there. Hengky also briefly inform the EI to be careful to touch wild plants during a visit to the mountains "mysterious" because some of them are toxic, others can be used as medicine.Temperatures around the lake is very cold. Moreover, in the hills Kobrey that can reach 6 degrees celsius. By the tribal people in the village Iray Sough, horticultural farming such as potatoes, carrots, scallions, celery, various types of flowers such as Gladiolus Anggi, Rhododenrum, is the right choice. They are not familiar with pesticides. Plants thrive protected from chemicals and toxic dangerous. Unfortunately, their yields are still difficult to be marketed outside their settlement area due to high transportation costs, not cover the cost of go-go like the Ransiki or Manokwari city. They're still very hopeful when traders from outside came to buy their crops.Another uniqueness which can be found in the mountains Arfak is the social life of indigenous Mandacan consisting of several tribes such as Meyakh tribes, tribal Sough, Hatam tribes with different languages ​​and traditions are still maintained today. Among them, a man must walk behind the women both his son and his wife. We can also find Arfak culture with regard to the procession of thanksgiving ritual symbolized by Magasa dance, a kind of snake dance. Typically, almost every season of harvest, marriage or welcoming guests, the dance is performed.
The traditional houses called Igkojei Arfak, which by the tribe called Tumisen Sough, famous for its durable and sturdy, because the poles are made of many types of wood bua who is not easily broken even if only 5-10 cm in diameter. Tumisen house is also often called the house of a thousand feet for a lot of poles. Currently Igkojei or authenticity of the house has begun to move let alone Tumisen the original roof of grass thatch-average rat has been replaced using zinc.
Millipedes homeStill saved a lot of others uniqueness and beauty that we can get in the mountains Arfak. Indeed, 2-3 days there is such a short time.If you or a student researcher, adventurer, professional or hobbies of photography flora and fauna, or you are classified as "modern traveler / special interest", soon arrived in West Papua. Explore the mountains Arfak, browse the deepest cave in the world, around the two lakes Anggi and prove to the world that you, also participated and played "save" forests of Papua