Side-Green.Com - Unique Carvings of Kamoro in the Papua Island - Visit the coastal Kamoro Mimika, Papua, Indonesia. There, you will meet the "maramowe", the name for the sculptor of the Kamoro. Not everyone can be maramowe. Only certain people who have inherited from their ancestors engraving can be done.
When it was carved, not just the sound of the chisel with the hammer clashing sounds. Occasionally, there was also the sound wasp eme, a kind of typical drum Kamoro. Song of the maramowe also helped to enliven the atmosphere. Wasps and singing maramowe eme is trying to present ancestral spirits to accompany the sculpture. Also providing entertainment that the maramowe not bored and sleepy.
The maramowe not only makes carving statues of people or wemawe. They also make carvings on the shields, paddles, sago bowls, drums, or totem ancestors. However, the most popular is wemawe and mbitoro.
Wemawe is shaped sculpture depicting the ancestral figure. Typically, large wemawe used for outdoor decoration, and even a monument that stands in the field. While mbitoro is a statue of the totem of the ancestors. Mbitoro must be present in every custom home. Kamoro people believe, mbitoro will keep the house from harm and evil.
When creating a sculpture, the maramowe often take natural motifs, such as the shape of birds, fish gills, bones, teeth, or snakes. Shape navel called mopere most common because it is considered as the core life Kamoro. Mopere also a symbol of fertility. Beauty and uniqueness carving Kamoro cultural heritage that we must preserve.
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Volcano Island Miniature and Ancient Seas in the West Nusa Tenggara
When it was carved, not just the sound of the chisel with the hammer clashing sounds. Occasionally, there was also the sound wasp eme, a kind of typical drum Kamoro. Song of the maramowe also helped to enliven the atmosphere. Wasps and singing maramowe eme is trying to present ancestral spirits to accompany the sculpture. Also providing entertainment that the maramowe not bored and sleepy.
The maramowe not only makes carving statues of people or wemawe. They also make carvings on the shields, paddles, sago bowls, drums, or totem ancestors. However, the most popular is wemawe and mbitoro.
Wemawe is shaped sculpture depicting the ancestral figure. Typically, large wemawe used for outdoor decoration, and even a monument that stands in the field. While mbitoro is a statue of the totem of the ancestors. Mbitoro must be present in every custom home. Kamoro people believe, mbitoro will keep the house from harm and evil.
When creating a sculpture, the maramowe often take natural motifs, such as the shape of birds, fish gills, bones, teeth, or snakes. Shape navel called mopere most common because it is considered as the core life Kamoro. Mopere also a symbol of fertility. Beauty and uniqueness carving Kamoro cultural heritage that we must preserve.
See also:
Volcano Island Miniature and Ancient Seas in the West Nusa Tenggara