Kakorotan island located in the District
Nanusa Talaud Islands, with an area of 3:15 km ², and has a villages namely;
Kakorotan. Outermost point coordinates Celebes Sea 04®37'36 "NL 127®09'53"
EL. The population of 784 people. The Kakorotan
Islands are also the northernmost region of Eastern Indonesia, bordering Davao
del Sur region of the Philippines. Culturally and linguistically, the
Kakorotan's people are closely related to the people of the Indonesian
archipelago, the Philippines, Dutchman and Portuguese.
In 1628, an earthquake that
resulted in a very large storm waves, which still a question mark the exact cause of the tragedy. Kakorotan island that was once only
one, divided into three parts. The name was changed to "Hinuntingan Aolotan",
which means like a cut. Because of these incident, the Village Kakorotan to
date consists of three islands, namely the island Kakorotan, Intata Island, and
Malo Island. After the incident, the villagers are left only eight people and
they form four tribes, the tribe Wale Uala by Lalendi, Pondo tribe by Tataloma,
Melonca by Wanua Tribe, Tribal Parapa by Lalaian. The most of Kakorotan's
population is Christianity.
Kakorotan is
the one of beautiful tourist destination. And is renowned for its developed
culture, including traditional dance, sculpture, old tombstone and traditional
music. People in the village Kakorotan, Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi have
mores management of marine resources, especially fish, namely Mane'e. They
usually catch fish with traditional fishing gear. Type of fishing gear that is
often used is a traditional boat (canoes), which is a boat without an engine.
Mane'e derived from the word Se'e or Sasahara, which means the agreed
statement, which agreed that the word can also be interpreted Mane'e implement
the agreed activities simultaneously by all people. old, young, and each one
must prepare the tools to perform the ceremony supplies fishing. The Mane'e word
means held a traditional fishing together according to custom.
Location
execution Mane'e traditions according to village customs Kakorotan implemented
in several places, namely:
1) Kakorotan
Island (Langgoto area, Alee, Apan, Dansunan);
2) Intata Island
(Ranne area, Abuwu, Ondembui);
3) Island
Malo (Malele and Sawan area).
Implementation
of customs Mane'e are usually in charge who has been assigned the duty to be
responsible for all equipment Mane'e. Those who have been designated according
to the hereditary heir or lineage of the tribes is as follows:
- Stick I: Hugu Suli and Hugu Sae
- Sticks II: Mark Suud and Levi Lena
- Sticks III: Seprianus Suud and Matheos Ria
- Stick IV: Matheos Ria and Simon Nusa
Kakorotan
Island is indeed small but its natural resources are very large and many.
Kakorotan island is very beautiful. And there are many beautiful of Talaud island that the same as Kakorotan island.
And all of it is just the one of
thousands islands in Indonesia.
