West Sumatra (Minang-Mentawai) - Pearl from West of Indonesia

April 24, 2010

West Sumatra (Minang-Mentawai) - Pearl from West of Indonesia

Mentawaian boys play soccer in the middle of the rain

As majority of Mentawai is Christian and Animism, we can see a lot of church in the islands

MENTAWAI ISLE - West Sumatra
Beauty Beach with white sandy beach and clear water in MENTAWAI ISLE

West Sumatra - Painan District
Nice, clean, and organized city in the centre of the district. It has beautiful river, rice paddy field, beach and mountain

Sign of Health Post at one of sub district at West Sumatra

Painan - West Sumatra
West Sumatra is religious district. They are small masjid (mosque) everywhere as they are Muslim majority. either in the city or in the village, either it is big majestic or either small simple there are always various mosque at West Sumatra.

The beauty of Life circle
You will see from plantation season - growing phase - harvest season - processing phase
with local traditional way they do it with smile

Nice West Sumatran (Minang) lady

West Sumatra (Minang) - Known with it's unique architecture
they use their beautiful pattern of roof like buffalo horn

West Sumatra lies across coast line of Indian Ocean at west coast of Sumatra. It is so beautiful and worth to go to !!! Beach, Mountain, Culture and Rice paddy field, it's unique hospitality. They mixed into unique and harmonic combination of beauty.
Minang is major culture in this region as it has unique culture and norm. They have matrilineal as their family legacy system ( Mother/female is the head of the family and inheritance the family's legacy and name)
There are small minor people - Mentawai. It is located at separate island in the Indian Ocean. They life with their own culture and they have primitive unique norm. It also have beautiful beaches and small island with clear and shiny sea that you can see underneath. Also it is one of the best spot for Surfing in The World !!