The
stone should be skipped in buildings in height approximately 2 meters, width 90 cm, and the length is 60 cm. by the way-off run which is not
far away, a young man of Nias would be with agile drove past stepped on
a hunk of stone toned for air to pass through the bouncy then a large
rock as high as 2 meter resembles a fortress. Top
AIDS should not be touched and a perfect landings must be completed
because if not then risk is injury to muscles or even fractures.
There are 7 years old boy on the island of Nias practicing jump rope that keeps rising in size as their age increased. When the time comes they will jump over heaps of stone shaped like a truncated Prism as tall as 2 meters. It also simultaneously be people the courage and maturity to them as descendants of the Warrior.
The
tradition of the jump rock on Nias Island, North Sumatra or referred to
as fahombo or stone hombo had been going on for centuries. This
tradition is preserved along the ancient culture on the island covering
an area of 5,625 km² which is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and has a
population of 700,000 inhabitants.
Fahombo tradition handed down-who in each family from father to son. However, not all youth are capable of doing so despite the Nias have been training there are small. Nias
community believes that in addition to exercise, there are magical
elements of ancestral spirits, where someone can successfully jumping
over stone perfectly.
Skip stones on the Nias Island was originally a tradition born of habit of warring tribes of village on the island of Nias. Nias communities have hard and strong character inherited from the culture of war fighters. Ancient tribes on the island often fight because it provoked by a sense of revenge, the border lands, or the issue of slavery. Each of the village then fortify it with stone or bamboo as tall as 2 meters. Therefore, the tradition of stone was born to jump and done as a preparation before the war.
At
that time, villages in Nias Island led the Lords of strata balugu will
determine whether or not a man deserves to be a soldier in Nias to
fight. In addition to featuring a strong
physical, mastering self-defense and black studies, they must also be
able to jump over a rock composition as high as 2 meters without
touching any surface as the ultimate test.
Today,
the tradition of stone not to jump the preparation of war tribal or between village but as a ritual and a symbol of the culture of people in Nias.
Nias youth to successfully perform this tradition will be considered an adult and mature physically so they can be married. Sometimes
people who managed to do this tradition will also be considered to be
the defenders of the village in case of conflicts.
