Who does not know birds of birds, birds with yellow gold and brown fur, with emerald green neck is worth mentioning as "Bird of Paradise". Did you know that the beautiful fur is the hair of Cenderawasih Jantan. The beauty of the feather color is used to attract the attention of female Cenderawasih to breed. Currently Cenderawasih bird populations are already very rare. That caused by human activities such as cutting down trees in the forest that is where they live. not less also the rampant hunting of wild birds of rare birds are traded for private pleasure collectors of birds.
In addition to being the mascot or the identity of the province of Papua, people in Papua also use Cenderawasih bird feathers as an ornament or complement of their traditional clothing. So strong the relationship between birds with the Papuan cenderawasih, so some of the people of Papua believe that the birds are a dot paris of Paradise Paradise. But not so with the people of FakFak who believe that believes that the bird Cenderawasih is the incarnation of a boy came from Fakfak named Kweiya.
Intrigued by the full story? Listen to the People's Story of Indonesia on the Origins of the Cenderawasih Bird.
In ancient times in the mountain area Bumberi, Fakfak District, West Papua Province lived an old woman with her beloved pet dog. Every day the old woman is looking for food with her dogs of the forest. One day they walked very far into the woods for food. Because the forest around their dwellings is no food they can bring home. After a long journey they finally arrived in a place that is overgrown by red trees that are fruitful (a kind of pandanus trees typical of Papua). Without lingering - old old woman was picking red fruit that has been cooked and given to the dog who has looked very hungry. Understand it, they've walked away from home to find food. The dog also devoured the fruit to fill his empty stomach.
