Nias Statue Smuggling Rethwarted
MEDAN – Resort police of Sibolga city again thwarted the illegal selling of Nias tribe megalithic statues. The human shaped statues were about to be sold by someone with initials… Read more »
Category: Culture
Preserving local culture
Nias, an island to the west of Sumatra, is known as home to a living megalithic culture with its iconic hombo batu (stone jumping) tradition portrayed in an Rp 1,000… Read more »
A Song for Lowalangi – An Interview with Dr. Thomas Markus Manhart
Whilst Nias Island and its people are still in the midst of disaster shocks since early 2000, the “attention†to Nias have not faded. Recent disasters (flood and landslides, tsunami… Read more »
Li Niha – the Essence of the Culture, Tradition and History of the Nias People
An interview with Dr. Lea Brown*) To some Nias people it seems that learning, using and loving their own language, Li Niha, is not an activity they take part in… Read more »
Nias artifacts damaged in powerful earthquake
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Nias Island Father Johannes Hammerle stared silently at the fragments of traditional clay pots scattered on the floor of the Nias… Read more »
Father Johannes, keeper of Nias forgotten culture
Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004 Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/North Nias, North Sumatra Dutch tourist Hank Vermeulen was having difficulty in explaining to a bank teller that he wanted to exchange… Read more »