Bawomataluo is a village in Fanayama sub-district, South Nias district. This cultural village preserves the authenticity of their ancestral tradition so well that it has become one of the world cultural heritages proposed to UNESCO since 2009. In addition, in 2012 the village was awarded as one of the Wonder of the World Foundation by The Real Wonder of the World Foundation .

Literally Bawömataluo village means Bukit Matahari, it is located at an altitude of 270 m above sea level. In this village there are sites of megalithic relics that can still be used for traditional ceremonies or daily activities.

The landscape of this village is dominated by hundreds of traditional Nias traditional houses called omo hada or omo niha. The average terawbut building is hundreds of years old, firmly built neatly with similar shape and large.

The residential complex of this village has one wide streets of stone arrangement between omo hada facing each other 4 meters. The road at once is used as a street passing people, as well as a place of traditional ceremonies and rituals.

The existence of settlements in Bawomataluo Village is estimated to exist since the 18th century. The shape resembles a boat, inspired by their ancestors who came to Nias Island by boat. Omo niha has a strong building structure and resistant to the threat of earthquakes so much admired by foreign researchers.

The house is built in a row that has a corridor in the middle that connects between homes without insulation so as to realize the interpersonal communication ties. The philosophy of this building form is fabanuasa (spirit of cooperation) and falulusa (mutual cooperation).

Like other buildings, the wood used to support the house using traditional pegs without nails. The windows and doors were attached not using nails. The connection is attached to each other only by using pegs. It is said that the building wood imported from the island of Telo and other islands in a way washed away and pulled by a sled.

Activities
Visit the settlement of Bawomataluo Village, you will be presented with extraordinary scenery from various uniqueness as well as feel the high cultural value contained in it. You will be greeted by the hospitality of the residents, give a greeting to the residents with, “Ya’ahowu” as a form of concern and respect for each other.

Enjoy the scenery of traditional houses that seem to be stopped from the time lap in this village, ie omo hada or omo niha. One of the rows of traditional traditional houses there is one house larger than other buildings, with a height of approximately approximately 30 meters. Formerly the house was used as the home of the first king in the village of Bawomataluo called omo sebua.

Omo sebua is a building of a stage house with a supporter made of intact tree trunks, consisting of 70 upright stands with a diameter of 85 cm and 52 masts of 70 cm in diameter. Construction period of less than 4 years and done by 40 experts.

Some other relics of megalithic traditions can also be found when starting to walk into the village until the front yard of the homes of the people. Like in front of omo sebua there are big rocks like tables and chairs.

The towering stone is a faulu stone (the stone marks to be king), the stone on the right is a loawo stone and the left is Saonigeho stone. While flat stone is a stone to commemorate the greatness and service of these two kings.

There is one other object that will interest you to pay attention to it, which is a stone arrangement as high as approximately 2 meters. Seeing it by casting an imagination on the image of a young man who jumps over the stone structure will remind us with a picture of Rp1.000, -.

The origin of the stone jumping or fahombo tradition began when there were frequent wars between villages, so that each village was fortified by a 2 meter fence. So the only way to get in and out of the village is by jumping it.

As a condition of following the war, the village youth trained to jump over the village fortress. Finally a jumping exercise facility is made of a 2 meter high wall consisting of stone piles, then named hombo stone.

On one side of the stone hombo there is a stone repulsion which is about 20 cm high. Jumpers will use it as a stone of repulsion while jumping over the highest rock pile. For anyone who is already skilled and able to jump over a wall of stone piles, then declared may go to war against another village.

In addition to hombo stone, another well-known tradition of this village is the War Dance performed by 50 dancers. This tradition can not be separated from the fahombo tradition because of its birth along with the fahombo tradition.

Like warriors in war, dancers wear traditional clothes, carry shields, swords, and spears. Dikoman

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