Mentawai 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.

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/

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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