Festival Budaya Lembah Baliem Menjadi Ajang Penting Bagi Para Fotographer

PENGALAMAN DAN KESAKSIAN PARA FOTOGRAPHER NASIONAL 

YANG TELAH MENGUNJUNGI FBLB TAHUN SEBELUMNYA

Kami lampirkan beberapa pengalaman menarik dari para Fotographer Nasional yang telah menghadiri kegiatan Festival Budaya Lembah Baliem Wamena dalam kurun waktu 2 Tahun belakangan ini... kiranya pengalaman dan kesaksian mereka dapat menjadi salah satu informasi bagi Saudara-Saudari sekalian.

Salah satu Fotographer Nasional yang tidak asing lagi adalah Bapak Kristupa dan beberapa rekan-rekannya yang tergabung dalam Fotografer.net hadir selama 3 hari di Wamena dan telah 3 kali mengikuti kegiatan yang sama setiap tahunnya. (See juga : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehCaeckzI_0 atau http://www.exposure-magz.com/2013/09/07/exposure-62nd-edition/ )

Tidak ketinggalan juga para fotographer Asing (luar negeri) yang jauh-jauh datang untuk mengabadikan moment tersebut.

 

Kegiatan festival budaya lembah baliem ke-25 tahun 2014, kali ini akan menampilkan atraksi perang suku dengan cerita yang sedikit berbeda dari tahun-tahun sebelumnya, dan peserta yang ditampilkan juga yang berbeda. Kegiatan akan berlangsung selama 3 hari sejak tanggal 7-9 Agustus 2014, atau sejak pembukaan (hari Kamis) hingga penutupan pada (hari Sabtu) sore.

Moment ini juga dapat di manfaatkan oleh kaum Hawa untuk mengambil gambar bersama peserta pria dalam busana adat mereka. (sekalian bisa menunjukkan ke teman-teman bahwa mereka berada disamping kepala suku yang memiliki istri lebih dari 1 :D )

Bagi kaum Hawa yang takut kebakar kulitnya, Jangan lupa membawa lotion atau pelembab kulit ya??? Kalo tidak ada, persiapkan topi, kaca mata gelap atau payung dehhh....

 

Tips dari kami, jika Anda akan mengambil gambar, mohon siapkan permen atau rokok sebagai ucapan terima kasih. Ini sebagai tanda Anda menghargai budaya mereka dan mengabadikan moment saat mereka sedang bersantai dan Anda tidak ingin mengganggu kenyamanan mereka. Hal ini juga menjaga agar Anda perlu mengeluarkan uang untuk membayar jika mereka meminta uang. 

Writter by :
Naftali Rumbiak

Alternative Baliem Valley Cultural Festival Pakage 5 Days Tour

5 Days Trek in Dani Tribe:

In brief:
The tours start in Wamena & end in Wamena. It takes 4 or 5 hours per day or more, depend on how fast our quest walk per day. The tour is a round trip, thus many difference things can be seen along the trip. Moreover, food is served for (B.L.D) along the treks. More details are described below:

Day (1) Wamena-Wisilimo (L.D)
The tour starts at the hotel at 08:00 or 09:00 am, The taxi will drop us in Yetni river, and we start to walk about 30 minutes to Kurima to stamp your travel permit (=Surat Jalan) at the Military bases. Here, we will walk up the siep kossay hill for about twenty minutes. You are going to see the spectacular scenery of the Baliem valley and Dani tribe huts along the path. Not only that, you are also going to see the local people with traditional-penis gourd for men and Sali or Yokal for ladies along the Dani compounds. Lunch is served on the way. At the end of the first day we will have dinner at the traditional village Wisilimo at around 08:00. In Wasilimo you have the chance to see the traditional Dani huts and the people living here with their traditional live style.

Day (2) Wisi limo-Wuserem B.L.D

After breakfast, we will walk down to the Baliem river bank, passing through sweet potatoe gardens also called “hipere-ubi manis”. The path might be a little bit slippery and muddy after rain, thus watch your step. Your balance is needed, but do not worry, as long as the trek-papua trekking team will assist you at any case also for first aid-please enjoy! We will walk along the river bank until we get to the suspension bridge of the Baliem River. It’s save, but your balance is needed – and in case of troubles do not watch to the water, but watch your step; but in any case the bridge is save. Lunch is served en-route. After crossing the Baliem River the tour lead you to the next hanging wooden bridge across the Mugi river. Below the lovely wooden bride of the Mugi river we will take a rest and you will have the chance to take a bath or washing your shoes. We will walk up to Wuserem village and stay overnight in the hut called “Honai/Pilamo. (B.L.D)

Day (3) Wuserem-Syokosimo (B.L.D)

In the morning activities, here is the most dramatically beautiful compound to who as a photographer or anyone who wants to make up your memory for your life time with Stone Age life people and to show up to your friends which mean you have been to the most remotest area Papua with natural beauty and its people also the scenery. Here we are going to passing the muddy and slippery areas, but definitely easy to pass. There are two ways to pass, so is better choose low land path rather than upper path that which has muddier as well here you are going to walk along the Mugi river bank until you arrive in Syokosimo, the village known as “Siep and Kossay”. Here you will see the old men with its penis gourd “Koteka”, but be careful while you taking picture. Is better we ask first before we take picture than they ask money after all. But no worries, we can give them cigarette per picture that you take. In the afternoon, we can small walking along the villages to see people and you are also can enter the huts, seat with huts owner, share/ask whatever about culture, life style, daily foods, marriage that’s why pig is too important for Dani tribe, many more you want to get to know from them.

Day (4) Syokosimo-Ugem-(B.L.D)

After breakfast, we walk through Mugi river bank, cross two wooden hanging traditional bridges. From here, we walk up a bit through rocky patch but clean. Here you can see many huts compounds; you also see the waterfall from the distance, and savanna along the patch. Lunch is served along the path; otherwise the ugem village is not really far from these villages. You can see many rock orchids, endemic Papuan bird’s sounds, but they are too seeing them. If need to see the bird of paradise bird, we can take you a special place in coastal area called “Raja ampat or to Yali-Elelim, here you can see red tail bird of paradise along the wild rain forest there. In the afternoon, we are going to visit ugem village and the big chief. He has more than 5 wives and they live in one big hut with her pigs in the same huts but share room on the corner. Day 5 Ugem-Wamena-(B.L)

Today is the last day, be happy because the tour leading to see the Baliem river gorge from the hills down. Its looks amazing like the anaconda in the wild rain forest flowing along the villages. We walk down, and cross another hanging brige of Baliem and arrive in Kurima at the previous arrival. Here we can walk or if you feel tired, you can take motor bike services to take you to the Yetni River.
Finally, the public car or charged taxi brings us back to Wamena-Hotel-and to do some souvenirs shopping, packing. The next day is the end of service & departure-
SAYONARA!

Trek Papua Tours & Travels
Demianus Mac Wasage, S.S
Managing Director

We Share Baliem Valley Festival Events Pakage

This is the most update package for Baliem Valley Cultural Festival 2014

(source : Trek Papua)

 

Purpose: The payment for Baliem Valley Cultural FESTIVAL 2014, treks & experience Baliem Valley scenary & experience life style of the Dani Tribe & this program the fligh tickets (2 ways) is inclusive :
 
4th August 2014 (Day 1) Around Wamena City
Flight from Sentani (Jpr) to Wamena, on 4th August-Proceed to the hotel, free program: 
Visit the Waterfall of Napua, See the Baliem Valley from the Napua hills, visit the public market- Back to the hotel: 
Note : We organize Travel permit in Wamena, Not in Jayapura. 
5th August 2014, (Day 2), (L.D) Wamena-Ugem Village.
We arrange for the travel permit known as “Surat Jalan’, buy the return ticket at once and then continue the trip to Sogogmo at 12:30 am or 13.00 pm. Upon arrival at Sogogmo public taxi terminal, then we start walk to Kurima district and registration in two military bases. A short briefing there for trekking. After lunch in  Kurima, walking up to Ugem village. The scenery and local people are welcome you. They are really friendly, smile and say”Wah” Wah” which means (welcome). We are following through suspension bridge call “Jembatan Kurima” 2 hours walk up to Ugem village- (l.d) END DAY 1.
 
6th August 2014, (Day 3), (B.L.D) Ugem-Syokosimo
After breakfast, you walk down to Ugem villages close to the place you overnight stay. Here you have a chance to meet the big chief, you also allowed to visit the secret hut, but you will never enter in, just stand outside and take a photo out of it. I don’t know why, but it is! You are going to pass the sweet potatoes gardens, fresh beans, Taroo, carrot plants and many more. We will hike for approximately 4-5 hours through the beautiful countryside and hearth break panoramic. Passing wild forest and scenery is spectacular. Prepared lunch in boxes will be served en-route to the village; then dinner and overnight at in the Syokosimo or known as “the siep and kosay-end day 2.

7th August 2014, (Day 4), (B.L.D) Syokosimo-Wamena-BALIEM VALLEY FESTIVAL

8th August 2014, (Day 5), (B.L.D) Day 8th (Baliem valley Festival) Baliem Valley Festival

9th August 2014 (Day 6) BALIEM VALLEY FESTIVAL (B.L.D)

10th August 2014 (Day 6), Explore Mummy and Cultural dance performance
11th August 2014 (Day 7) (BD) Wamena-JayapurA (Flight Back to Jayapura)

COST: 1.500 USD/PER PAXFor more details, contact : info@papuatravels.com, or visit our site: www.trek-papua.com/, www.papuatravels.com/
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Signature Trek Papua Tours & Travels

Demianus Mac Wasage, S.S
Managing Director