AIR TRAFFIC | Mentawai

AIR TRAFFIC |  Isle Mentawai

Familiar Figure  of  Mentawai By Darmansjah

There are a series of reasons to be visited Mentawai and hard not to immediately fall in love with him. Outer Islands in West Sumatra is natural given that so beautiful and unique culture of their society.

There are four main groups that inhabited islands, namely  Siberut Island, Sipora Island, North Pagai Island, and South Pagai Island. The majority of the residents are the Mentawai tribe, which has a culture of the Neolithic era.

It is a natural thing if the Mentawai tribe met with ornate tattoos on most of the body. Tattoo art is becoming one of the things that bring Mentawai name all over the world. Culture tattoo he has also called described as the oldest in the world. Not just merajah, every tattoo is inscribed in the body that become part of self identity, a symbol of social status, profession, and natural meaning.

Learn the art of tattooing was in the end do not just understand the form, motive, and her beauty. But it also has led researchers to come all the way into every corner of her to listen more deeply the meaning of tattoo for each person's life. Judging from the angle of culture and its role is no less telling.

On the other hand, the Mentawai also very popular among surfers thanks to the beauty of the waves. It said there were more than 100 points that can be found surfing, with waves of varying characteristics.

No wonder the Mentawai several times to host the world surfing competition sponsored by a major label. Indeed in 2011 will return Mentawai surfers coming from all over the world number one in the arena of competitive surfing. However, the first tsunami hit the islands on October 25, 2010, and still died tenderness and lack of continuity had post-disaster relief, while foreign parties have been channeled for humanitarian reasons alone. However, should ponder why any aid should always be on the corrupt?

The resort is a mainstay of tourists too, the waves swept shattered. Although up to now still stumped to regain its footing, many of those who remain optimistic about the tourism industry of the Mentawai. Because the Mentawai have separate markets that are categorized as faithful to play the waves, as well as its natural beauty that are categorized as virgins.

Mentawai is not just a collection of the outermost islands in West Sumatra. He has all the potential that should be maintained to preserve, known not only in foreign countries but also by our own people, and developed. Now, it's time to wait for the recovery of the Mentawai, hopefully he is able to spread its charm even further.

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Indonesia, Main Playing Nation

Main-playing nation by M Alfan Alfian  Dosen di Universitas Nasional, Jakarta ; executive summary by Darmansjah Godjali

Gayus Tambunan splashy appearance in Bali reflects the process of enforcement of this country is still highly colored scenes play. The case was made bitter.

Sense of justice slapped. Public affirmation as if the more gets in our country that money is everything. All can be purchased, including injustice. Then, once it's sad when people can still easily label it as domestic servants bribery, paradise of briber and the person receiving the bribe, and people play, which was never serious. What is our true disposition is the case?

Historians usually invites look back on the time of the VOC or United East Indies Company (1602-1798). Dutch companies are entrenched in the colonies are now known as Indonesia it has a number of privileges in monopolizing the economy. He is a kind of state within the state. And, what a wealth of extraordinary archipelago aspirated.

But, ironically VOC then preached bankrupt and disbanded. One popular version of why the bankruptcy is due to proliferation of the culture and practices of corruption in it. Corruption fueled hedonists and extravagant lifestyle. Not to mention immoral officials by feudal mentality that supposedly inspired by Javanese kings.

The demand to align the metropolis lifestyle and the opportunity for corruption because corrupt practices create fertile system. Gaius is a theatrical portrait tip of the iceberg of corrupt behavior are uncovered. He made the hurt, not just thousands of other salaried public servants mediocre, but also almost all of us stared. How the behavior of the VOC era in fact is still practiced in such a way in this reform era.

”Trial and error”
The spirit to improve the system so that corruption can not be practiced by so easily, in fact has become an integral part of the reform package. Anticorruption policy is a major part of bureaucratic reform. Settling takes the concept of implementation takes time. However, until when?

Democracy allows, what is often said late Nurcholish Madjid, trial and error. That is, the spirit and sincerity to evaluate and repair should be manifest in practice. The reforms to be conducted in earnest, not just play games.

When playing alone, we will not go-forward. In fact, as we are building a house of sand on the beach, which is easily destroyed swept waves. Hopefully not too often repeat our mistakes and remain cautious in moving forward, with great sincerity.




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Tsunami Disaster

Hunger citizens, the Governor to Germany executive summary by Darmansjah Godjali

Village residents Tumalei, Village District Silabu Saumanganya, Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, helping members of the army lowered food aid, mats, blankets and jerry cans for tsunami victims from MI 17 helicopter belonging Army, Sunday (10/31/2010). To speed up the process of relief distribution and evacuation of the wounded one of them is done through the air with heikopter.

While thousands of residents Mentawai Islands earthquake and tsunami victims in danger of starvation because of the difficulty of aid into their territories, the governor of West Sumatra Irwan Prayitno instead chose to go to Germany.

 As a member of Parliament who also chose to stay on to go abroad in the midst of disaster struck this country, Irwan also left a number of problems in a matter of handling the earthquake and tsunami in the Mentawai.




Chairman of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia Irman Gusman who is also from West Sumatra justify electoral district, Irwan has gone to Germany. Even when contacted Irman, Wednesday (03/11/2010) morning, Irwan was in Dubai.
"Should the current psychological situation that is facing disaster, requires the presence of the governor," said Irma who claims to understand Irwan's departure to Germany.

According to Irma, he could not prevent the departure of Irwan to Germany considering only learned of his departure on Wednesday morning. "Maybe if I knew his departure from three days ago, I could always remind him not to leave West Sumatra," said Irma.

Irwan is the Governor of West Sumatra who carried the Prosperous Justice Party, the Reform Star Party, and People's Conscience Party. Former member of Parliament from PKS Faction is going to Germany to leave a mess in a matter of distribution of aid victims of the earthquake and tsunami in the Mentawai Islands.

Up to eight days since the tsunami devastated the three islands in the Mentawai group of Islands (Island Sipora, North Pagai Island, and South Pagai) distribution of aid is still not reaching many remote areas. Help keep piling on Sikakap, North Pagai Island, the place chosen to concentrate assistance that came from Padang.

The reason for the bad weather and high waves was blamed as the cause of aid distributed to a number of remote areas like the Village Bulasat and Malakopak in South Pagai which is the worst affected areas.

"We also wonder why the weather continues to blame, but we've been able to penetrate the territories at the end of the island that were previously impenetrable said boat for help," said Joseph Derma Barn Camp Coordinator Sarogdok.

Derma Granary is a network of NGOs in West Sumatra which coordinates assistance for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in the Mentawai Islands. Joseph confirmed, thousands of disaster victims is currently threatened by starvation because they still have not distribute aid to their regions well.

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