TOURISM

Hombo (Jump), in Nias,Indonesia, (stone jumping)

When we talk about nias then direct our minds to imagine a man dressed in local traditional're hovering over a pile of rocks composed of more than 2 meters tall. Things to jump a stone or fahombo tourism is a mainstay of the island of Nias. Discuss this we would not want to go back to the long history of community cultural trip nias.

Centuries ago, the island of Nias, located to the west of Sumatra, which consists of several areas governed by the landlord or warlords as high noble, noble status was not a hereditary position, the position that they get with a party host community or owasa. So the more often they held owasa then the higher the eternal and their position in the public eye, and the cost of hosting a party a party they get from the spoils of war.

To win the war nobles would need the backing of powerful forces, so that at a certain time they open up opportunities for young men to become soldiers. For men become soldiers or members of the defense forces is an honor, earning a better than ordinary people and open up future opportunities to make their good fortune when a nobleman, reaching the position of the noble as well.

Determine the suitability of a man becomes a soldier, not only determined by the ability of the standard, or just the physical form of martial arts and sciences black, but the final determination, they are tested must be able to jump over a 2.3 m-high stone structure, without touching the surface slightest.

In times past, this selection event was held specifically and lasted so festive, as if a festival, people flocked from far away to watch the young men jumped over a stone each show skill and attempt to be the most good. For the girls this event is an arena of worship and praise the men's dream and also vice versa, for the men who pass the test soon became the idol of girls. For those who already have a candidate, soon he proposed marriage to her choice, which still singles have a chance of getting a wife. So fahombo finally shifted its meaning, as if implying anyone who managed to jump over the composition of the rock and deserve to be called adult married.

Fahombo now become a tourist attraction and not only do young man, even a decrepit old man may even jump. Fahombo also no longer be an excellent selection of men's dream of the girls, they prefer a man who has a cult car, motorcycle or at least a civil servant or a motorcycle.

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