It Was Formed 1,740 Years Ago, Jayapura City Government Targets Mount Srobu To Become A Cultural Conservation Site

One of the megalithic sites located on Mount Srobu, Jayapura City (ANTARA/Ardiles Leloltery)

PAPUA - Jayapura City Government (Pemkot), Papua, is committed to making Mount Srobu, which is in Abepura District, a cultural heritage site belonging to Jayapura City. "As an effort to preserve cultural heritage sites, we will issue a Regional Regulation (Perda) to protect Mount Srobu," said Jayapura Mayor Frans Pekey while inspecting the cultural heritage site on Mount Srobu, Antara, Sunday, May 12. The megalithic site on Mount Srobu is invaluable so it must be preserved and preserved. "We will organize this area in order to provide education and science and as a cultural tourist spot in the future," he said. He explained that his party is also committed to building the area which will later be used by the community to increase science or historical value. "The Jayapura City Government together with the Papua Provincial Government and related ministries and agencies will jointly build this area so that this existing megalithic site can be guarded," he said. Researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Erlina Novita Itje said the cultural heritage site of Mount Srobu had been formed since 1,740 years ago or around IV AD where human traces of the final pre-history in Papua were found. "Here, apart from the traces of the settlement, we also found five megalithic structures that were scattered along the back of the hill," he said.

The five megalithic structures, namely two worship centers, three burial sites, were also found to be like megalithic statues which illustrate that there are already leadership structures with very clear social strata.