Kelimutu mountain is a volcano located on the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Location precisely in this mountain village Koanara, moni, Kelimutu District, Kabupaten Ende. This mountain has three crater lakes on top. This lake is known by the name of Lake of Three Colors for the three different colors, namely Brown, light green, and chestnut. However, colors always change over time.

Kelimutu is a combination word of "keli" which means mountain, and the word "quality" which means boiling. According to local belief, colors on the lake has Kelimutu each have the power of nature and a very formidable.

Spirituality According to the ancestor of the mountain Ende Lio kelimutu occur as people perform Ende Lio prohibition yng given that people in a market Ende Lio may not sell nails, lime, and betel in the market.

Tiwu Kelimutu lake or in the top three sections in accordance with the color - the color that is in the lake. Green Lake colored young or "Tiwu Nuwa MURI koo Fai" is a gathering place where the souls of young-mudi who has died. Brown color of the lake or "Tiwu Ata Polo" is a gathering place where the souls of those who have died for and he always lives to crime / horoscope. While the lake color Brown or reddish "Tiwu Ata Mbupu" is a gathering place where the souls of parents who have died. According to observations from the public Ende Lio kelimutu lake color changes between one and three years

Knowledgeable about the lake that 1,051,000 square meters with a water volume of 1292 million cubic meters. Boundary between the lake is a narrow wall of stone that is easy to landslides. This wall is very steep with a slope angle 70 degrees. Wall height of the lake ranges from 50 to 150 meters.


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