the king four

Islands of Raja Ampat is a series of four a group of islands, however, and is located in the western part of the bird (Vogelkoop) the island of Papua. As the administration, a group of this under the District of Raja Ampat, West Papua. Islands is now the goals of the divers are interested in the beauty of the underwater scenery. Four a group of islands that are members of the named according to four largest island, which is the Waigeo, Misool, Salawati, and the island Batanta.

The origin of the name of Raja Ampat, according to the myth of the local community from a woman found seven eggs. Four rounds of among them hatch into four princes who got separated, and each became king in power in Waigeo, Salawati, Misool and Misool the West. Meanwhile, three eggs other to be a ghost, a woman, and a stone.

In the pages of history, the Raja Ampat has long been inhabited by the nobility and implement the system of the Moluccas. In this system, the people of a collection of humans. Every village was led by a king since the establishment of the five of Muslims in the Moluccas, Raja Ampat be a part of the claims of Kesultanan Tidore. After Kesultanan Tidore down from the Netherlands, Raja Ampat in the claims of the Dutch East Indies.

Masyarakat Kepulauan Raja Ampat umumnya nelayan tradisional yang berdiam di kampung-kampung kecil yang letaknya berjauhan dan berbeda pulau. Mereka adalah masyarakat yang ramah menerima tamu dari luar, apalagi kalau kita membawa oleh-oleh buat mereka berupa pinang ataupun permen. Barang ini menjadi semacam 'pipa perdamaian indian' di Raja Ampat. Acara mengobrol dengan makan pinang disebut juga "Para-para Pinang" seringkali bergiliran satu sama lain saling melempar mob, istilah setempat untuk cerita-cerita lucu.

Mereka adalah pemeluk Islam dan Kristen dan seringkali di dalam satu keluarga atau marga terdapat anggota yang memeluk salah satu dari dua agama tersebut. Hal ini menjadikan masyarakat Raja Ampat tetap rukun walaupun berbeda keyakinan.