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Story about the Mentawai
Island, West
Sumatra, not only the matter of beauty of nature and the defiant
wave the surfer.

Not only the matter of the endemic primate and his forest
environment that became the world biosphere, to the world lungs.

Many matters if we the torch, really interesting to be paid
close attention to.

Mentawai fame in foreign countries almost matched Bali.

Moreover, the person more knew Mentawai and Bali than Indonesia.

Moreover, in several matters, like also had been revealed by
Minister of State of Tribal Tourism; Jero Wacik, Mentawai more superior than Bali.

The Mentawai island in fact had 322 big and small islands,
but that has been inhabited was recorded 25 islands.

Four big islands were the Siberut
Island, Sipora
Island, South
Pagai Island,
and the North Pagai Island.

Administratively, the area of the island measuring 6.011,35
square km. this was divided into four sub district territories, that is the Northern
Southern Pagai Sub district, Sipora Sub District, North Siberut Sub District,
and the South Siberut Sub district.

If you by chance visited to the hinterland at the South Siberut
Subdistrict, District Mentawai Island, around 120 miles west the Padang city, you
will witness directly the pattern of the life, the culture, traditional art, et
cetera from the Mentawai ethnic group that was full of the uniqueness.

Only in South Siberut and North Siberut
we could meet the original Mentawai ethnic group.

Whereas in another place generally the immigrants who came
from various areas, both from the West
Sumatra Province
and from the North
Sumatran Province,
especially Nias.

The Mentawai
Island that had the shoreline
along 758 kilometers this, although becoming the area of autonomy since five
last year, continues to was left in various sectors of the development.

Geographically his location was indeed not more beneficial
moreover means and the infrastructure of communications were very minimal.

Don't thought about could rise the car in South
Siberut, to visit villages there.

The transport implement that could be relied on was the
motor boat that was leased especially, beyond the river and or sea.

Afterwards continued the trip by walking several hours, we
passed the footpath.

But, several settling place villages of the ethnic group's
Mentawai community could be reached only by walking around 4-5 km or rose the
motor taxi bike, like in the Maileppet
Village, Puro, and the Muntei Village.

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