Kelimutu is a volcano located on the island of Flores, NTT, Indonesia. The mountain location was precisely in the Village Pemo, District Flores, Ende. This mountain has three crater lakes on top. The lake is known as the Lake Three Colors because it has three different colors, namely red, blue, and white. However, the colors are always changing over time.
Kelimutu is a combination word of "keli" meaning mountain and the word "quality" which means to boil. According to local belief, the colors on the lake Flores has the meaning of each and have a very powerful force of nature.
Kelimutu is a volcano located on the island of Flores, NTT, Indonesia. The mountain location was precisely in the Village Pemo, District Flores, Ende. This mountain has three crater lakes on top. The lake is known as the Lake Three Colors because it has three different colors, namely red, blue, and white. However, the colors are always changing over time.
Kelimutu is a combination word of "keli" meaning mountain and the word "quality" which means to boil. According to local belief, the colors on the lake Flores has the meaning of each and have a very powerful force of nature.
Kelimutu Lake or Tiwu divided into three sections corresponding to color - the color that is in the lake. Blue lake or "Nuwa Muri Koo Fai Tiwu" is a gathering place for the souls of young people who have died. The lake is red or "Tiwu Ata Polo" is a gathering place for the souls of the dead and as long as he lived always commit a crime / magick. While the lake is white or "Tiwu Mbupu Ata" is a gathering place for the souls of parents who have died.
The third area of the lake is approximately 1,051,000 square meters with a volume of 1292 million cubic meters. Boundary between the lake was a narrow stone walls prone to landslides. This wall is very steep with a 70-degree angle. Lake wall height ranges from 50 to 150 meters.
Flores became world famous because of 3 different colored lake located at its peak. As long as the existence of these legends that attract tourists to come and witness its beauty.
At its peak at the height of 1650 m above sea level Kelimutu have three beautiful lake. Keli means mountain and mutu means for beautiful. Local residents and especially Lio tribe believed that the souls who died will dwell in the three lakes. Each is: Tiwu Ata Mbupu black lake into a ghost parents, Tiwu Nuwamuri Koofai green lake which became the spirits of young people and Ata Polo Tiwu brown lake which became the spirits of the wicked or soothsayers.
So, let's having a new vacation experience in kelimutu mount with your friends, your family or the most people of your country. Have a nice day with beautiful scenery in 3 colored lake in Kelimutu Mount.
So, let's having a new vacation experience in kelimutu mount with your friends, your family or the most people of your country. Have a nice day with beautiful scenery in 3 colored lake in Kelimutu Mount.
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