Mentawai Festival
Festival Pesona Mentawai (FPM)
StatusActive
GenreFestival
FrequencyAnnual
VenueMentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra
Country Indonesia
Years active2016–present
Previous eventNovember 1-4, 2018
Organised byMentawai Islands Regency Government
Websitewww.sukumentawai.org/en/2018/09/mentawai-cultural-performance-festival/

Metawai Festival or Mentawai Charm Festival (Indonesian: Festival Pesona Mentawai) is a traditional festival/carnival held annually since 2016 at Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra in Indonesia.[1][2] The festival aims to promote national and international tourism to the Mentawai Islands Regency, arranged by the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and local regency administration.[3] The Mentawai people believe to have ancestry since 1500 BC.

Festivities

The festival showcases traditional wedding ceremonies, traditional clothing parade, traditional tattoo demonstrations, traditional boat making, traditional archery, tribal war dance, mass dance performance, traditional bow-hunting, traditional culinary, and other traditional Mentawai culture.[4]

Events such as surfing are included. International surfers participate in the surfing competition.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Exotic culture celebrated at Mentawai Fascination Festival 2016". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mentawai Gelar Festival Pesona Mentawai 2016". Kompas. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Keunikan Adat dan Kuliner dalam Festival Pesona Mentawai". Tempo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mentawai festival lures tourists with unique culture, cuisine". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Siap-siap... Ramaikan Festival Mentawai 2016!". Kompas. Retrieved 3 November 2018.


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