Weeping At Hulo Solaya
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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
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