Cultures Attractions

Pesparawi 2007

Pesta paduan suara gerejawi atau yang disingkat pesparawi akan dilaksanakan di Kabupaten Biak Numfor pada tahun ini. Pesta ini akan diikuti oleh hampir seluruh kabupaten/kota di tanah Papua.Kegiatan Pesparawi 2007 ini akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 3 September s/d 8 September 2007, dari data yang diterima, Peserta Pesparawi paling tidak akan berjumlah 4000 orang, yang terdiri […]

The Traditions of Biak

Houses
There were two type traditional house in Byak, RUM SOM and RUM SRAM.
Rum Som is a house of blood relatives that occupied by parent (Father and Mother) and their son who was married. The Native people called Rum Som because the shape of its roof look like turtle cases, and then a long hallway […]

Wos Byak: Language of Biak

According to Wilco van den Heuvel, on his academic book Biak: Description of an Austronesian Language of Papua., The Biak language is part of the South Halmahera West New Guinea subgroup of the Austronesian family. There was close historical relation between this group and the Oceanic languages. Mr. Meki Kapitarauw at Biak Tourism offices said […]