Nabire Is My Hometown

Describing Hometown

      "Nabire Bay of Cendrawasih Island"

The town lies on the northen coast of the island on cendrawasih bay. Cendrawasih Bay is a large bay to the northwest of the Indonesian province of Papua and east of the province of West Papua, between the Bird's Head Peninsula and the mouth of the Mamberamo River.

The bay is more than 300 kilometers wide. The coastline from Manokwari, in the northwest of the bay, to Cape d'Urville at the mouth of the Mamberamo is more than 700 kilometers long. To the south, the Wandammen peninsula heads north into the bay. Important places along the coast are Manokwari, Ransiki, Wasior and Nabire.

Next, about Culinary that really famouse from Papua is Papeda. Papeda is made by cooking sago starch with water and stirring until it coagulates. It has aglue-like consistency and texture. Sayur bunga pepaya (papaya flower bud vegetables) and tumis kangkung (stir-fried water spinach) are often served as side dish vegetables to accompany papeda.

In Papua have so many souvenir or i can called it like culture just Papua have it, it's Noken. Noken is a traditional Papu bag that is carried by using the head and made from wood fiber. Same with bags in general, these bags are used to carry daily necessities.

Papuan people usually use it to bring agricultural products such as vegetables, tubers and also to bring merchandise to the market. Because of its uniqueness that was carried by the head, this noken was registered with UNESCO as one of the traditional works and world cultural heritage and on 4 December 2012, the typical noken of the Papuan people was determined as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.

"This UNESCO recognition will encourage efforts to protect and develop the Noken cultural heritage, which is owned by more than 250 ethnic groups in the provinces of Papua and West Papua,"