Nias Online (English)

The English version of Nias Online - online since 17 April 2006

Archive for September 16th, 2006

Website of Nias Heritage Foundation

Yayasan Pusaka Nias (Nias Heritage Foundation) has launched a website. Please visit the website at the following link: http://museum-nias.org.

Omo Hada - Among 100 Most Endangered Sites 2006

NIAS ISLAND, INDONESIA

The early nineteenth-century Omo Sebua, or traditional chief’s house, in the Omo Hada complex in Hilinawalö Mazingo is one of only five surviving buildings of its type on the island of Nias. Erected on stilts and towering more than 20 meters above the ground, the house, which served as both a royal residence and community meeting house, has a steep pitched roof and skylights and is adorned with some of the finest wood carvings in Indonesia. Full story …