Regency Alor, East Nusa Tenggara is famous for beautiful places under the sea, for divers or just to snorkel. But, there are other tourism potential hidden in Alor East.
Alor is a district that has many small islands. But, have you ever Langkuru Village located on the island of Alor. Although located on the island of Alor, to get to this village we had to board the ship for at least 8 hours of travel. This is because, the access road from Kalabahi City, the capital of Alor, remain woefully inadequate.
Langkuru is one village in the district Pureman, Alor district, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. There are four villages in the district Pureman, namely Langkuru, Langkuru Utara, Purnama, and Kailesa. Well, Langkuru has a location close to the beach, so the story of the origin of this village was not far from the beach.
Batu Ukir .... It is a tourist attraction that tells the origin Langkuru village. To get to Batu Ukir, we had to walk for about one hour drive. But, the scenery around the walkways that passed, quite fascinating, so fatigue will not be too pronounced. On the rocks located above the village this Langkuru, engraved picture boat and chicken. According to community leaders Langkuru village, Immanuel Sailana, first, their ancestors came from Kampung Kailaku in Timor Leste, by boat, landed in Peitoko, then walk. The boat and the chicken of the story is still there. In fact, prior to the time of independence, there are pictures troops under the boat carvings. However, estimated to be lost due to friction deer that frequent passing there. He also hoped, there are people who have the insight to keep well Batu Ukir, so that becomes an asset of the village.
Guard Batu Ukir, Kristian Lukuaka commonly being called Kipli also stated that, if there is a rooster crowing at the site of the Batu Ukir, his voice could be heard to remote village Langkuru and Langkuru Utara. In addition, rural communities langkuru was sometimes come to visit the Batu Ukir, to perform maintenance efforts.
Langkuru consists of two syllables, lang and kuru. Lang has a sense of the beach, and kuru has a growing significance. So langkuru means growing from the coast to the mountains. According to Immanuel Sailana, there are two local languages Langkuru, on the beach called wersing language, and on the mountain called tonsu. However, unfortunately children Langkuru village not too proficient in their area.
Batu Ukir In addition, in the village of Langkuru also contained other attractions in Batu Topi. For the Batu Topi, we could by road, water or roads. If by road, we also have to travel about an hour more. But the scenery during the journey was no less enchanting.
Batu Topi located in the middle of the waters, which is close to the beach village of Langkuru. In the waters around the cap rock was found coral reefs. But, for those who can not diving or diving is not advisable to enter these waters, because it is quite deep.
In addition to natural attractions, in the village of Langkuru also has a work weaving a unique and interesting. One of the weavers in the village Langkuru, Mama YUSTINA said in Alor, women who live on the coast to be able to weave.
Currently, in the village of Langkuru no adequate telecommunications facilities, making it difficult to communicate with people outside the village Langkuru. However, the Ministry of Transportation plans to build a telecommunications tower in langkuru this september. Hopefully, with the construction of the village Langkuru could be more advanced, better known tourist attractions, with local knowledge maintained. Ekang emil leai or gratitude.
15 сен 2024
