Siau island

This type of grasshopper is a leaf-eating insect. Because it often damages coconut plants, it has recently become a pest that often harms coconut farmers. Several years ago, around the 1980s, this insect attacked thousands of coconut trees belonging to farmers in Siau.  This condition causes farmers to experience losses because crop yields decrease significantly. This condition forced the local government at that time, through schools, to order students to look for breeding places for these insects. to collect and eradicate these insect eggs   This is intended to stop the reproduction of these insects. and it worked.

 This type of fern leaf is known on the island of Siau as Potoraha. For the people of Siau, the leaves of this plant are no longer foreign, because they are easy to find in the village. There is one interesting thing about this plant. According to the natural knowledge of the local community, this plant can be used to stop bleeding in freshly scratched wounds. Therefore, the Siau people from Saman previously gave this plant the name Potoraha, because it comes from two Siau language syllables, namely: Poto and Raha. POTO which means cut or break or stop. And RAHA which means Blood.  which can be interpreted as stopping the blood. The part used to stop the blood is a brown powder or known as the spores attached to the stem.

 Millipedes are one of the types of animals that are most easily found in tropical forests, especially in Indonesia. In North Sulawesi province this animal is known by two local names, namely: the Siau people call it Dalriawede, and the Minahasa call it Kongkoriang. There are several interesting things you need to know about this animal. 1. The water released by this animal is yellow and according to the natural knowledge of the local community, this water is very dangerous if it gets into the eyes. The victim will experience blindness. 2. According to the local community's natural knowledge, this animal is very helpful for soil fertility through the leaves it eats, digests and excretes as feces. 3 In the Sangihe Islands there are three types of this animal, namely red, green and black with different sizes.

    BEACH COFFEE RESTAURANT  If you visit to Siau Island is incomplete if you don't enjoy some of the original culinary delights of Siau Island. As is known, Siau Island is fertile land that grows various kinds of plants native to Siau Island, ranging from types of fruit, such as nutmeg, and vegetables, all of which are grown organically. Siau Island is also surrounded by ocean which contains various marine resources such as thousands of types of fish. It is not surprising that the fish available in every restaurant on Siau Island is always fresh. With these abundant results, of course, Siau Island is rich in sharing the original culinary types of Siau Island, including those in this picture. Some of these types of culinary delights are cooked with a mixture of coconut milk and also pieces of nutmeg as flavoring...

  If you want to go on holiday to Siau Island, and want to rent a scooter to explore Siau Island, you must know how much it costs to rent a scooter per day on Siau Island... Usually the cheapest scooter rental price on Siau Island is IDR 100,000 per day... and remember before renting a scooter, make sure the scooter is in good condition, including the engine, brakes, lights, etc. And don't forget to obey traffic rules, wear a helmet while driving, always stay in the left lane, turn on the lights, etc. happy holidays

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One of some beauty kinds of spiders that you can see in Siau island  and aroubnd.