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The Protestant Christian Church of Nias (Indonesian: Orahua Niha Keriso Protestan) is a Lutheran denomination in Nias, North Sumatra.The Rhenish Missionary Society started work in Nias under leadership of E. Ludwig Denninger in 1865.
The Nias spear (toto'a doho in the south, toho in the north) was mainly used for hunting; the shaft is made of dark hardwood of nibung palm wrapped with rattan. Another type of spear is the burusa, with a triangle-shaped head. [25] The Nias sword (gari) is a combat weapon; both the sword and its sheath have a simple undecorated form. [26]
Nias (Indonesian: Pulau Nias, Nias: Tanö Niha) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago ( Kepulauan Nias ) of which the island is the centre, but also includes the Batu Islands to the southeast and the small Hinako Islands to the west.
In Indonesia, State Islamic Institutes (Institut Agama Islam Negeri, IAIN) trace their origins from Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren. In 1961, the Ministry of Religious Affairs founded branches of IAIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta in the cities of Surabaya and Malang. The Malang branch acted as the faculty of Tarbiyah (Islamic education).
On the initiative of several leaders of the West Java Indonesian Christian Church (GKI West Java Region) supported by Prof. Dr. G.A. Siwabessy (Minister of Health at the time) and Mrs. Rev. Rumambi-Kolopita (wife of the minister of information at the time), Djaya Christian University was established as a continuation of the schools under BPK Penabur (TK, SD, SMP, SMU) on January 20, 1967, with ...
Based on the Presidential Decree No. 50/2004, IAIN Sunan Kalijaga was transformed into the State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga. This has encouraged UIN Sunan Kalijaga to make development in various areas, including management and academic fields. Links with various organisations both inside the country and abroad are also being developed.
Gunungsitoli is a city [2] located in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on the Indian Ocean island of Nias, west of Sumatra.Gunungsitoli is the island's only city and is the main hub for the island and surrounding smaller islands.
The regency was previously divided administratively into 32 districts (kecamatan). [5] However, following the creation on 29 October 2008 of the new North Nias Regency, West Nias Regency and the newly independent city of Gunungsitoli, the residual Nias Regency was composed of only nine districts, although a tenth district (Sogaeadu) was created in 2012 from part of Gido district. [6]