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- The
Geography
- The
History
- The
Land
- The
Climate
- Religion
- Marapu
- Language
- Art
and Culture
- The
Weaving
- The
Cuisine
- The Livelihood
- The
Transportation
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- THE
GEOGRAPHY
- East Nusa Tenggara is one
of the four provinces in the Nusa Tenggara (Southeast Islands).
starting from Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, and
east timor. It stretch is between the east longitude of 118°
and 125°, and between the southern latitude lines of 1 18°
and 125°, and between the southern latitude lines of 8°
and 12°. The territory of East Nusa Tenggara Province comprises
566 islands. The three main islands are Flores, Sumba, and Timor
from which come the term FLOBAMOR, which has been familiar as
one of the names of East Nusa Tenggara.
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- Flores is the main volcanic
island and has many unique and spectacular attractions, one of
these is Mount Kelimutu with it's three lakes of distinct color
variation, has become one of the fabled destinations travelers.
- Sumba is the island famous
for its arts, handicrafts, particularly the textile weaving,
and cultural assets. Timor, being the principal island with Kupang
as its capital, serves as the center of government and economic
activities. The other name given to East Nusa Tenggara is "Nusa
Cendana" the Sandalwood Island.
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- THE
CLIMATE
- Due to central highlands and
their closeness to Australia, the seasions are irregular. Generally
the islands are semi-arid, with a longer dry season lasting from
March to November. The wet season lasts from December to March,
but can be considerably shorter and small island of Savu.
- Flores has an irregular coast
line and rugged landscape due to its volcanic origin. The vegetation
is plentiful and rich in diversity.
- Wildlife includes species
of lizards, monkeys and parrots. There is also an abundant marine
life with reef sharks, sperm whales, dolphins and tropical fish.
- East Nusa Tenggara is mountainous,
and very steep slopes are everywhere besides some not too wide
plateaus or uplands. The low-lands are a long the coastal areas
only. Despite of the situation, most part of this region are
not fertile, since the rainfall varies between 500 mm and 2000
mm a year.
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- RELIGION
- Eventhough the majority of
the Indonesia population is Islam, most of the people in East
Nusa Tenggara are Christian. There are about 56% Catholics, 35%
Protestant 8% Islam, 0,6% Hindu and Buddhist, and the rest still
follow their traditional systems of belief. One of the outstanding
traditional beliefs is Marupu
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- L
A N G U A G E S
- There are a lot of languages
spoken in East Nusa Tenggara coming from as many different which
groups of the population. Bahasa Indonesia is the national language
in to Malay, written in Roman script and based in European orthography,
In all tourist destination areas English is the number one foreign
language fairly spoken and written.
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- THE
CUISINE
- The staple food of most Indonesian
is popularly rice. From the surrounding seas as well as fresh
water fish-eries, fish is abundant and of great variety, such
as lobsters, oysters, prawns, shrimps, squids, crabs, and so
on.
- Coconut is available everywhere
and green coconut are now sold in recreation Places.
Spices and hot chili peppers are the essence of most cooking,
particularly for those coming from Sumatra (found in Padang Restaurants).
- Pork dishes are specialties
for the people of East Nusa Tenggara but served only in Chinese
Restaurants are easily found all over the country.
- Nearly all restaurants in
East Nusa Tenggara serve Indonesian food can also be found in
some big restaurants.
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- THE
LIVE HOOD
- The people of East Nusa Tenggara
are predominantly agrarian. The agricultural products are for
domestic consumption including rice, corn, cassava, soybeans,
etc.
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