Approximately thirty minutes since leaving the bay, we arrived at the island Babua, and was surpris

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I reached for the phone that is located on the floor and shut off the alarm rang out. Already at 05:30 am, which means a half an hour before åkersberga the scheduled åkersberga Ngolo Sigofi. I rushed to the bathroom, leaving Mas Judas who was sleeping in the same bed as a result of fighting overnight, while still sounding ferocious rainfall åkersberga outside the homestay åkersberga that we occupy.
Once ready, I headed homestay terrace, waiting for a bus that is used to pick up the media team Jailolo Bay Festival. The sky was still dark, with a drizzle that never let up. "No news." Said one of the other media colleagues who live the same roof with me without marriage.
"So we are waiting to hear ya?" I replied before returning to the room. For some reason, alloy cold and rainy morning, always make mattresses become more beautiful åkersberga than usual. And I lay down, intending only straighten the tired after chasing the sunset a failed event yesterday, and my results are successful, åkersberga fast asleep.
07:30, I woke up. With pendangan are still hazy, I fumble around, and find Mas Judas equally asleep. Damn, lest we were both already left the bus. Back to hurry me towards åkersberga the terrace, this time the rain had stopped, leaving the ground wet. But it seems there is no time to enjoy the aroma.
Dozens of boats that have been decorated, or in the local language is called as kora-kora, was ready to leave when I and the Bay Festival Jailolo media entourage arrived at the departure location Sigofi åkersberga Ngolo. Based on the information I quoted from here, kora-kora come from areas that recognizes the sovereignty of the Sultanate Jailolo. According to the head of the Tourism Office of West Halmahera Fenny We, in the ancient times when the king died Jailolo, areas that formerly were the Sultanate Jailolo be broken. åkersberga However, åkersberga after Sultan kedatuannya Jailolo back in 2003, the areas were formerly separated, rejoined customary.
"This new rain will stop when the Sultan came." Said one local resident told me, were busy hiding behind a raincoat. Okay, the rain stopped yesterday after boiling stone, and now he says the rain will stop if the Sultan came. Alright.
Around nine, a Mitsubishi Strada car went into the dock yard, with some serving as pacer. An elderly man who appears to have dropped out of the car with the help of some people, and directly loaded onto one of the kora-kora canopied with flags on the left and right. The rain had stopped when the man took his seat on the boat. He is the Sultan Jailolo who awaited his presence.
Sigofi Ngolo, clean sea is a ritual held in the Gulf Jailolo. Clean sea here is not literally clean up the sea by using a broom, mop, and vacuum cleaner to clean the sea rather than any bad intentions and inner waste of a human being dwells.
Through this ritual, indigenous peoples in Jailolo want to show that the nature of the human heart must be maintained and will need to be cleaned so as to create harmony between man and the natural surroundings. (Source: Reuters)
The event begins with a kora-kora one by one left the bay with kora-kora sultan in the middle, åkersberga the goal this time is a small island in the Gulf Jailolo named Babua Island. The island is believed to be the abode of the spirits of the deceased Sultan previous Jailolo here, due to a dispute with the Sultan of Ternate in cooperation with Spain.
Jailolo Sultanate was empty for many years, while some historians who are still searching for a legitimate åkersberga successor to the Sultanate Jailolo. Until at last, was discovered lineage holder of the sultan-which eventually became Sultan Jailolo now, in Solo.
Approximately thirty minutes since leaving the bay, we arrived at the island Babua, and was surprised to find there was a boat that had arrived there first, who has landed a boat anchor, the boat containing several people dressed in black, or rather called a wetsuit , for diving.
The sound of the gong and drums pounding, kora-kora accompanied the arrival and departure of boats sultan p