Naftali Felle Triggers the Annual Festival of Eating Papeda

Naftali Felle Triggers the Annual Festival of Eating Papeda

Naftali Felle, the head of the traditional pottery pottery group of the Titian Hidup Kampung Abar, was very uneasy, when she saw that some young Sentani generation had forgotten the strands, clay containers to process papeda or sago porridge.
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Based on the unrest, on September 30, 2017, he sparked a papeda feast in earthenware pottery which later developed into an annual festival. According to Naftali, pottery is a legacy of ancestors that must be preserved, both the knowledge of making it and the use of the pottery itself.
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Naftali is very happy to teach the knowledge of making pottery to the younger generation. This can be seen from his enthusiasm in teaching pottery making to Caucasian students from Hillcrest International School Sentani who came to Abar Village.
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In the Abar pottery there were positive values ​​in the past, where the Sentani family ate papeda by surrounding a pot of pottery. While eating papeda, parents give advice to their children about life.
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In addition, eating papeda in the same container will strengthen family ties. This has changed when in modern times, the tradition of eating in a pottery container has diminished, young children tend to eat in their own dishes.
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In Abar Village, Jayapura Regency, there is an interesting festival. In this festival visitors can eat papeda in pottery containers as much as they want. After eating papeda, the pottery can be brought home by visitors. This year is the third year. Two years before, the festival only lasted for one day, for this year, the festival will last for three days. This festival is very popular with foreign tourists who live in Sentani. According to them, papeda is a healthy and organic food.
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Abar village can be reached in about 20 minutes from Sentani Airport, which is a 10-minute overland trip to Yahim Pier, followed by a boat trip to Abar Village. Car charter from Sentani Airport to Yahim Pier, Sentani, Jayapura Regency is IDR 50,000, boat fare is IDR 10,000. Sentani Lake limits the village to the regency capital.