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Monday, November 14, 2011

Miangas – Sulawesi (Indonesia)

Miangas is a small island in the Pacific Ocean are dealing directly with the Philippines.Local people call Mangiasa which means cry or pity because the location is very remoteand far from the reach of sea transport. Some are calling the island of Tinonda meaningbecause of the efforts of King Talaud ferried to move or take across several familiesfrom the Island to Island Miangas Karakelang.

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eagle monument at Miangas

Since the first Miangas already a northern boundary for the Kingdom Talaud together Napombalu Island as its southern boundary. After the imperial system ended,administratively Miangas Island became part of the Sangihe-Talaud District Administration and are moving into the territory Nanusa - Talaud Islands, -North Sulawesi (Manado)


Myth and History
Talaud Islands is a collection of islands in the Pacific Ocean which includes the Islandsof Mindanao, the Sangihe Islands and Palau. If you follow the myths that circulate whyuntil there are many islands in the Pacific region is then based on speech-SangiheTalaud folklore says that there are descendants of the King of Heaven / Gumansalangi who descended from heaven and wants to marry a village girl in the area. Because theheel forcefully embers then when he set foot to earth, scattered land to the divide the original one.

Specifically theoretical-scientific, Wallacea programs ever conducted an investigation of Tarsius Spectrum (monkey / smallest primates) and nearly the same animal speciesfound in mainland Philippines to Vietnam to the type found in Indonesia (Bitung,Tangkoko). Strengthening the spread of the islands or archipelago, alleged that there was once a hurricane from the sea is very powerful that it ran down and separating the islands.

Read more: http://trifter.com/asia-pacific/indonesia/miangas-sulawesi-indonesia/#ixzz1dfO9qMFD

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