Flores island Indonesia

Flores is a beautiful island with a row of volcanic mountains and coastal areas, which has a beautiful coral reefs and sea gardens. Flores has a local cultural community with a diverse and weaving handicrafts are also popular. The beauty of Flores has been attracting more foreign tourists to come to this island.[googlemap lat="-8.211490323420682" lng="120.322265625" width="500px" height="200px" zoom="6" type="G_NORMAL_MAP"]Flores Indonesia[/googlemap]

Flores is one of the most vulnerable areas by the quake. Currently there are 14 active volcanoes in Flores; this amount can only be rivaled by the Sumatra and Java. One of the volcanoes of the most beautiful in Kalimutu Flores is located in Central Flores, who has three craters with three different colors.

Flores, of the Portuguese language which means “flower” in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Flores included in clusters along the Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali and NTB, with a total area of about 14,300 km ². Flores island of Timor, Sumba and Alor islands are four major islands in NTT which is one of the islands in the Indonesian province with 566 islands. At the western end of Flores Island and the east there are several small group of islands. In the east there are clusters of Lembata Island, Adonara and Solor, while the west is the constellation Komodo and Rinca.

West of the island of Flores, after a group of small islands it is the island of Sumbawa (NTB), whereas in the east after a group of small islands of the archipelago that there is no Alor.Di southeastern island of Timor. To the southwest is the island of Sumba, in the south there Savu Sea, north, across the Flores Sea is Sulawesi.

Flores tribe is an ethnic mix of Malays, Melanesians, and Portuguese. Due to the location adjacent to the East, who had been a Portuguese colony, then the interaction with the Portuguese culture has occurred in the culture Flores, either through genetics, Religion, and Culture.

TEKE (dance from Ngada, Flores, Indonesia)

Nice beach in Flores, Indonesia

Bena Traditional Village, Flores, Indonesia

Landing at Ende Airport, Flores, Indonesia

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