Buya Sabe, Woven Fabric from Donggala

Donggala sheath is woven Donggala local specialty, called BuyaSabe. The sound of pounding balida who met with a traditional loompegs are distinctive voice sounds Limboro Village, Central District of Banawa, Donggala. Balida is a long ironwood or ebony is the ballast in the folds of fabric weaver while entering threads.

Buya Sabe or Sarong Donggala, the raw material of silk thread Created by a middle aged women aged 50 – 60 years and 12 – 20 years old girl. Among other things, cloth palekat garusu, buya Bomba, buya Sabe, a combination of Bomba Bomba and sabe Corak Buya the most difficult, can take up to two months of work. Unlike the other patterns just weeks. Sabe Buya weaving can be found along Limboro, Salu Bomba, Tosale, Towale and Kolakola west Donggala City.

The village is famous for its cloth  Towale tenunnya called Sabe or sarong weaving Buya Donggala. The fabric is woven using silk thread is naturally colored, mostly taking black, purple and yellow.

The sale price was higher than Buya Sabe, could reach Rp.600,000 per fabric. The complexity of the manufacturing processand the quickness of a special expertise in the weave, it is natural that a new fabric so after take 1 – 2 weeks or even months.

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Air Terjun Wera

Located at an altitude between 150 meters-800 meters above sea level (asl) has a sloping topography and steep hills with a slope between 60% -90%. Among these hills are steep, there is a narrow valley which is the river flow Wera.

The tourists can not only enjoy the cool air and see the beauty of water falling from the cliff with a height of about 100 meters, but can also perform a variety of exciting tourist activities such as bathing or swimming in the river where the water is cool Wera; mountain climbing toward the top of the hill around the waterfall while enjoying the beautiful scenery; camping in a flat area in the north and on a hilltop near the hamlet Ngatapapu; and photo hunting natural beauty around the waterfall and the surrounding community life.

Not only that, tourists can also witness the diversity of flora and fauna that live in this region. Flora that grow in this region, among others: walnut / ntoli (Canarium aspermun), bintangur (callophylum sp.) Lebanu (nauclea sp.), Banyan (ficus benyamina), lei (palagulum javanicum), as well as some epiphytic plants, such as ground orchids, and ferns nest (nidus asplenium).

 

As for the fauna species that live in this region, among others: the black monkey (Macaca tonkeana), hornbills / allo (aceros cassidix), jungle fowl (Gallus Gallus), crows (Corvus sp.), Wild pig (sus colobensis), deer (Cervus timorencis), blue parrot's head (trichoglossus omatus), and yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea).

To reach the area of ​​Park Wera is not difficult because there is a paved road linking the city of Palu (capital of Central Sulawesi Province) with the villages around tourist sites, such as Balumpewa Village which is about 1 km from the highway. From Palu to the Village Balumpewa within 19 km, can be reached by using public transport or chartered in about 45 minutes. Furthermore, from the village of Balumpewa to the location of the waterfall within 2 km, within walking distance.

For tourists who want to enjoy the atmosphere of a different nature, not far from the garden tour (about 2 km) there is a natural tourist Mantikole Hot Water Baths. The tourists can make this Mantikole Hot water bathing a package tour with a Park Wera, so that the journey of the tourists are more varied and enjoyable.

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Poso Lake

Lake Poso, precisely located in Tentena Poso - Sulawesi Tengahyang located at the northern end of Lake Poso has a beautiful nature and charming villages, tranquil lakes and extensive fish farms where eels, fish or eel Sogili The world's largest, could be up to 2 mtr, surrounded Natural hills overgrown clove. At the time of flowering clove (June to November) will issue a clove tree clove fragrance. 
Villages around the lake still Tentena region, found cave, which is quite deep, down to the bottom of the lake. 
 

Black Orchid in the Bancea Orchid Garden

Disesa Bancea, at the village lake shore can be found the largest orchid conservation in Indonesia found a very distinctive black orchid and only exist in this area. 
Beberpa kilometers from Tentena found Waterfalls Salu Opa and place of manufacture of Ebony Wood Crafts 
In the mid-nine puluan Lake was once a World Tour Event, known as the Festival of Lake Poso.

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Talise Beach

Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, since the 1990's to 2000, identical to the sex trade. As the sunset in the western city of Palu, at that time also started up a dimly lit stalls visitors added confidence that the stall owners also provide women entertainers. 
Hence, almost every night queues two-or four-wheel vehicles meet the Talise beach. They come not just to enjoy the traditional drinks such as sarabba (water mixed with a little ginger and coconut milk), fried bananas, banana gepe (banana flavored grilled cheese or brown sugar) and roasted corn, but also to seek comfort women. 

Government Palu assess the situation can not be left continuously.Moreover, the location of Talise beach in the middle of town so it makes a negative impression for guests who come to the city of Palu. So then the City of Palu forbids women entertainers operate in this Talise beach. 

Raids were carried out. One by one commercial sex workers (CSW) was arrested and was scouted in Kalukubula Social Institution. 
Finally, Talise beach clean from dimly lit stalls, and that there is only a shop that sells drinks and food typical of Kaili. The Kaili is the original ethnic Palu. 
 

Now, Talise beach night become tourist attractions, where residents can enjoy the beauty of Palu Bay bordering the Makassar Strait. The lights of fishing boats were moving in the middle of the bay because diempas waves. The atmosphere becomes more complete, after the Hammers IV Bridge building which was inaugurated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono early May.

Not far from Talise beach, only about three kilometers to the west, there is a beach Taman Ria. On the beach is also sold traditional foods such as kaledo (beef bone soup) are eaten with cassava or rice, uvempoi (sour soup of cow bones) are eaten with burasa (coconut rice wrapped in banana leaves), and uta chest (sort of chicken opor) .

Ria Park Beach there are also a restaurant that provides a complete archipelago menu. Menu favorite grilled fish. Here are provided all types of fish such as bubara, red snapper, rabbitfish, coral trout, and various other kinds of export quality fish.

Palu is a very beautiful city. The city is known as the "City of Three Dimensions", because there is a beautiful Palu Bay, surrounded by mountains and is equipped with a long river which divides the city.This river is the estuary of Lake Lindu in Lore Lindu National Park.

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