Picture
Caption: The Mentawaians an ancient proto malayan
( part 1 )
Picture
Caption: Back To 2010 #latepost story about Mentawai Tribe in Siberut Island , Sumatra , Indonesia
Picture
Caption: The Mentawai are an ancient tribe that for thousands of years has lived on Siberut Island.
The ancestors of the indigenous Mentawai people are believed to have first migrated to the region somewhere between 2000 – 500 BCE (Reeves, 2000)
For many years prior to this trading was existent between indigenous communities and mainland Sumatran Chinese and Malays (Francis, 1839).
Picture
Caption: SIKEREI The Keeper
Picture
Caption: Aman Lao Lao is a Mentawai sikerei, literally “one who has magic power.” But he is not just a doctor. He is a leader, herbalist, physician, psychologist, dancer, family and community man.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: U B E {Traditional Cigarettes}
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: Smoking it's their favourite activity. They sit down and talk for hours smoking cigarettes or big traditional cigars.
Even if when their woman 8 month pregnancy.
Picture
Caption: DANCING ( a Ritual )
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: "Salam Strong .. " they said
Picture
Picture
Caption: The sound of the bells wrapped around their legs added accent to the dance.
Mentawaian traditional dance have many different style of dances most of style are inspired by the animals (monkey, birds, snakes, etc)
The dance ritual is one of things they do for show gratitude to what they believe in shamans perspective
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: I was amazed and stunned , when a simple voice and a simple song could be so mystical, touching every living soul in the uma that night.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: They live a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the coastal and rainforest environments of the islands.
Picture
Caption: #stellerID
#stellerindonesia
#culture
#mentawai #tribe
#wonderfulindonesia
#stellerverse #place
@stellerstories
