Typical Accessories at Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat is not only about diving and snorkeling as well as stories about the beautiful islands, here we can also obtain various handicrafts which can be bought for a souvenir. Typical craft West Papua thick ethnic elements.

Crafts works of Raja Ampat's diverse communities. There are masks in large measure to the shape of the nose and the eyes are different with another mask. To purchase these masks, you have to spend between Rp. 300 thousand to Rp. 1 million. In addition there is a statue made of carved wood with prices ranging from hundreds of thousands. The statues were made of iron wood timber that is waterproof so it is much more durable and will not change shape than when using other types of wood. The statues are small pegged to the price of Rp. 300 thousand while the big ones around Rp. 3 million. You can also buy sobenir form of shark jaws are sold at Rp. 300 thousand.

 

Residents of Raja Ampat is also known for its woven handicrafts. It could be a beautiful wicker hats and bags. Arborek tourist village is one of the producers of the famous woven in West Papua. Unlike most women in other villages, they are not only helping the husband who works as a fisherman, but also produces woven into their daily work. If visiting this village, we can see these mothers make circular cap colors that are often used to protect the face and body from the sun during a trip to the beach. Making this hat was originally pioneered by Mambrasar mother - also from Arborek - which later became typical craft village. In total there are about 240 heads of families whose mothers work woven handicrafts since 2009. While the results fishermen husbands sold up to Makassar form of salted fish and groupers.

Well, as with other areas in Indonesia, which has a typical batik patterns, West Papua was like that. Batik Papua is one of the souvenirs you can buy when it comes to Raja Ampat. In contrast to some of the motif in Java which tend natural and dark, color is more bright batik Papua typical colors for beach fashion. Buy a few pieces so that your holiday atmosphere complete with typical clothes artificial beach Raja Ampat.

For enthusiasts of antique accessories, there are necklaces and other trinkets are worth to buy. Some souvenir shops in West Papua also sell ancient plates for dowry at a price of Rp. 1 million. No wonder if the price is quite expensive because the plate is in addition to the ancient symbol also social strata owners. Crafts-tourist souvenirs are usually purchased in large quantities for souvenirs are bags, key chains and other ornaments. You can buy a variety of unique items in the art shop in Waigeo, Waisai and tourist villages scattered in Raja Ampat.

Typical Culinary at Raja Ampat

Staple food in Papua include rice, sago and cassava, which are usually prepared separately from seafood, chicken, pork and vegetables hijau.Kelapa also usually used for cooking, for example, leaves tubers are boiled together with milk. Whole roasted pig for custom events. Traditional cuisine among others such as Raja Ampat, Mumu, Barapen Chicken and Papeda.

Culinary in Raja Ampat - Mumu is a traditional dish whose name is taken from the name of a place to cook local residents; combined with pork, sweet potato, rice and vegetables. Mumu cooked on a very hot stone. Barapen Chicken ala Walesi is one of the Papuan indigenous foods are very famous, Walesi itself is the name of one of the tribes of Wamena. They replace the pork with chicken meat, because the majority of the population is Muslim Wamena.

 

How to cook is to use red stone that burned up, put it in drums that have been planted in the ground. After that, just put sweet potatoes, and vegetables. Then, chicken meat that has been given the seasoning, pour chicken, sweet potatoes and vegetables with minyak.Kemudian drum lid with thick heat-resistant plastic.

Other traditional dishes are Papeda, which is made from corn starch. The food is very popular with the public beach or low-lying areas. To make it relatively easy, simply by pouring hot water into the sago flour, stirring repeatedly until thick and looks like glue. Enjoying papeda with yellow spice or fish dishes or other acid (optional) plus the sauce will taste very delicious.

There are also traditional drinks like Saguer, a sort of 'MILO' (local drink) alcohol which is processed from pure coconut. Alcoholic beverages can be relatively easy to make. But if you visit there, make sure you enjoy the kind of fresh seafood is abundant.

Tourist Attraction at Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat Islands is a place that has the potential to be used as a tourist attraction, especially diving tour. Raja Ampat Islands waters according to various sources, is one of the 10 best waters for diving sites around the world. In fact, it may also be recognized as number one for the completeness of underwater flora and fauna at this time.
Dr. John Veron, coral experienced experts from Australia, for example, in a site it is revealed, Raja Ampat Islands, located in the westernmost tip of the island of Papua, about 50 miles northwest of Sorong, have the best coral regions in Indonesia. Approximately 450 species of coral had been identified during the two weeks of research in that area.
A team of experts from Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Institute of Oceanography (LON) Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) never conduct rapid assessments in 2001 and 2002. As a result, they are noted in these waters there are more than 540 kinds of hard corals (75% of the total species in the world), more than 1,000 species of reef fish, 700 species of molluscs, and the highest record for gonodactyloid stomatopod crustaceans. It makes 75% of the world's coral species are in Raja Ampat. None of the places with the same area has a number of coral species as much as this.
There are some reefs are still very good condition with the percentage of live coral cover up to 90%, which is in the Dampier Strait (the strait between the island and the island Waigeo Batanta), Kofiau Islands, archipelagic Southeast Misool and Wayag Islands. Types of coral reefs in Raja Ampat generally is fringing reef with ramps up the steep contours. But found also the type of atoll and the type of charred or taka. In some places such as the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without a dive and with his own adaptation, corals can still be alive despite being in the open air and exposed to direct sunlight.
 
Unique species that can be found at the time of diving is some kind of dwarf seahorse, wobbegongs, manta rays and fish. Also there is a fish endemic to Raja Ampat, namely Eviota king, which is a kind of fish gobbie. At Manta Point which is located in Arborek Dampier strait, you can dive in the company of some tail Manta Rays are benign like when you dive in Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan. If diving in Cape Kri or Chicken Reef, you can be surrounded by thousands of fish. Sometimes a collection of tuna, giant trevallies and snappers. But stressful if we are surrounded by a collection of barracuda, even though it is relatively harmless (dangerous if we see barracuda solitary or alone). Reef sharks are also frequently seen, and if you are lucky you can also see the turtles were quietly eating sponge or swim around you. In some places, such as in Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo also seen dugong or sea cow.
Because the area of ​​many islands and narrow straits, then most of the dive at a particular time has a strong current. It is also possible to do a drift dive, dive, followed by a strong current of water is very clear as he broke through schools of fish.