INDONESIAN ISLANDS - Kelimutu is a volcano located on the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The exact location of this mountain 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 with the passage of time.Flores 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 natural force.
Lake or Tiwu Flores in the top three sections corresponding to the color - the color that is in the lake. Blue lake or "Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai" is a gathering place for the souls of young people who have died. Lake of the red or "Tiwu Ata Polo" is a gathering place for the souls of the dead and as long as he lived always do evil / magick. While the lake is white or "Tiwu Mbupu Ata" is a gathering place for the souls of parents who have died.
The population around Lake Kelimutu believe, that when the lake changes color, they have to give offerings to the spirits of people - those who have died.The third area of the lake of about 1,051,000 square meters with a volume of 1,292 million cubic meters of water. Boundaries between the lake is narrow stone walls prone to landslides. This wall is very steep with 70-degree angle. Lake wall height ranges from 50 to 150 meters.
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