Brave boys from the hill-top village of Bawomataluo practise the ancient skill of Stone Jumping, defying belief (and gravity) to clear a two metre stone hurdle in front of the King’s palace.
Nias island has evolved in isolation to the rest of Indonesia, mixing Megalithic roots with modern Christianity. Village roads lined with humble churches cut a very different picture to the Mosques of the mainland, while rice paddies down in the valleys wouldn’t look out of place in Thailand or Vietnam. A place of surprising contrasts, still chiefly a surfer’s stomping ground.
From Bawomataluo village perched up on a hill, to Sorake beach down in the bay…
Sorake beach, Lagundri Bay or The Point. It’s a bit hollow…
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