Ipda Made Ambo's story preserves the fading nokok sago culture in Papua

indonesia-breaking-news.blogspot.com - The traditional activity of processing or squeezing starch from sago tree trunks or sago nokoks in Papua turns out to be getting weaker as time goes by. Sago nokok activities are ultimately limited to making papeda, which is mostly consumed for residents' daily meals. For Ipda Made Ambo, who has served in Bumi Cenderawasih for 31 years, and has already fallen in love with Papua, the erosion of the nokok sago culture is a concern for him. Ipda Made Ambo was proposed by the Papua Police as a candidate for Hoegeng Corner because of his dedication to the Papuan people. "So far, no one cares about sago in Jayapura. Many sago forests have also changed their function. We want to make the Papuan people aware that there is still a sago culture, eating sago is still there, don't forget about it. This is wrong one characteristic that we are Papuans," said Ipda Made Ambo to Indoline.info on Tuesday (31/10/2023). He said that when he took o...