NIAS Island no longer resembles the pictures in the postcards printed by the Tourism Office. Its beaches are damaged, its towns in ruins. Its traditional heritage is endangered. The stone-leaping rite is now absent from Bawomataluwo village. The stone structure itself, 2 meters high and 1 meter wide, is cracked as a result of two major earthquakes. The main traditional house in the center of the village is almost in a state of collapse. Its colum