Karangetang volcano on 12/5-2019

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Karangetang volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the province of North Sulawesi.

This mountain is located in the district of the Siau islands, Tagulandang Biaro. The height of this mountain reaches 1827 meters above sea level.

.it is said that before Christianity and Islam entered the island of Siau, the local people worshiped this mountain, the people at that time believed that this mountain could give them blessings.

.but after Christianity brought by the Portuguese and the Dutch into this island, slowly that belief began to erode. They began to accept the religion brought by the nation through missionaries.

This makes Christianity grow rapidly in this 47-island country.

.From the story of this mountain community it has several names.In ancient times this mountain was called Aditinggi, which is the name that people believed at that time to be a spirit that inhabits or resides in the volcano. This mountain was baptized under the name Yohanes Tamagagolo. regional language has the meaning "Highest".In terms of tourism, this mountain attracts foreign tourists to climb, or take pictures on the hardened lava rocks.

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