Kelimutu Object Not Just Attraction type Nature

Tricolor Lake Kelimutu in Ende, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, not just the natural attractions that have drawn the attention of travelers from around the world. Tourist attraction in the form of three craters with water it should always different colors as well as a cultural and religious tourism.

Kelimutu not just following a volcanic explosion in 1830 left the enormity of watery crater three different colors, red, white and blue. From the first, ethnic Lio Ende believes that it is the third crater around the dwelling place of their ancestors who have died.

If during the life covered in evil deeds, believed after death spirits will inhabit the crater lake eerie dark red called Tiwu ata polo.

In contrast, white-colored crater lakes or Tiwu ata Mbupu is the dwelling place of the spirits of the elders who take straight during his lifetime.

While the other crater lake with blue water or Tiwu nua muri koo fai believed to be the palace of the younger spirits when life has always been a source of joy for others.

Part of the mythology it is the advice as well behave warning for posterity ethnic Lio Ende from time to time. Advice was to be adhered to in the future after death, his spirit resides in a comfortable place in Tiwu Ata Mbupu or Tiwu nua muri koo fai.

Until the last decades a number of Mosalaki (landlord) of the area around Kelimutu still hold traditional rituals giving offerings to the ancestors at the top of the mountain. The ritual was to be revived.

Kelimutu is a magical mountain because it has three different colors crater filled with water with all myth. It can be packed into a cultural tourism destination and a local religious-based religious combined with Catholic ordinances.

Thus the conclusion of the discussion "The existence of Kelimutu in the perception and interpretation Tribal Lio Ende", in Kupang (02/28/2014). (ans)

Overcoming Difficulties of Life

The difficulties of life can be classified into several.

First, the difficulties that are catastrophic, when we suddenly, unexpectedly, had to overcome the difficulties caused by volcanic eruptions or floods. This disaster struck daily life already feels established and prosperous.

Secondly, the difficulty as a result of the development stage of life we need to take, such as the transition stage of mental development to adulthood retirement age, with a variety of adjustments that have to go through.

Third, the actual difficulties we face in our daily lives, such as a sudden heavy rain and we had to go through the traffic jams. Angry, upset, struck us, while life must continue. Ask yourself, are we going to make ourselves glued without power and attempt to resolve it until his death?

American clinical psychologist, Dr. Zoppo, said the most important thing is not to allow yourself to be in a state of decline. So, we can actually do something to help us through the bad situation.

What would we can do when we are aware of the downturn?

1 Allow us to be sad for a moment

Cry your heart's content, do not hold your grief. Through tears, we not only make ourselves self-pity, but also crying is an expression of emotion that must be removed.

With a cry, despite the burden on our shoulders and our bodies become lighter taste. The cries turned out to be the opening of a layer of self-defense aspect of human consciousness, the crying finally we are able to accept the reality.

2 Face the challenges that lie ahead

Other barriers to lead to mental health is a tendency to escape from reality by means of unproductive actions, even destroying themselves, such as filling the void feeling at the loss figure by way of guidance as getting drunk, drinking, gambling, or eating continues without control.

To overcome this we should be able to judge ourselves, why we prefer to escape from trouble ?. Are not we supposed to make of these difficulties as challenges that we must face.

Prof. De Kolk of Boston suggest some tips below. "It is very important for us to exert our attention to other things besides our difficulties".

Therefore, consider the various tips below.

A. Join a social activity that intends to provide support for people who get in trouble in his life. Why? Because you need a friend chat and friend talk the most effective are the ones who have been able to overcome the difficulties.

B. Read, look for inspirational reading for the contents of the text will make you relax and allow you to get inspired way of resolving the difficulty.

C. Create a diary, a lot of people get a sense of comfort with writing down bad experiences. Diary will make you obtain help from yourself.

D. Plan a trip or certain activities. With these ideas, you can expect something in the future that will make you become refreshed.

E. Learn new skills, such as a new hobby or a new sport. New skills to make your passions resurfaced.

F. Give the Gift yourself with something that you want. Maybe just by doing simple things, like getting up early, shower, and wash the hair with warm water that is comfortable in the body, prepare breakfast other than normal, then it will make the gift of self that makes physically feels comfortable.

G. Moderate exercise regularly will make the physical feel fresh and physical freshness will affect the mental freshness anyway.

3 Exit the confines oneself

After briefly allowing yourself sad and cried all, get out of the confines of self-pity. Begin to open up the view that many people are worse off than ourselves. Join social agencies to provide assistance to others. By helping others, our mind will be filled by anything else than slumped continue with our own difficulties.

4 more patient with myself

By providing sufficient time lag, while making efforts to overcome the problems themselves, then the recovery efforts calmness and mental health we would be more stable.

Finally, choose the tips that fit mental state, social, and physical solutions to accelerate the acquisition of the difficulties of life that we experience. Life must go on. Bravo!