JEMBATAN AKAR , A MASTERPIECE Fakih Sokan

If you pay a visit to the west of Sumatra, what you want to see?
What is with the anai valley or large clock in Bukittinggi?
Of course not! Because the area which is one tourist destination in Indonesia, have a lot of tourism options.
One is the root bridge in the Pulut-Pulut village of Bayang.
Unique, antique and never thing by most people may comment that when you first see a bridge connecting two villages between Pulut-Pulut village and Lubuk Silau villages in the reservoir glare Nagari Asam Kumbang, Bayang Utara sub-district.Pesisir Selatan district.
The root of a bridge across the river bar in the first shadow is made from pure whole root of the tree is woven so connected and can be passed by human beings.
Because the time is now crowded and visited by the tourists on to maintain the preservation of the root bridge, the steel wire is placed on both sides
Start the root of this bridge.
According to the story of the elders in the village where Pulut-Pulut-root bridge is located, around the end of a 19th century village parson birdlime-Fakih Sokan feel concerned about the students' view-his students can not go mengaji because stem rivers Bayang are flood . Even though there are bamboo bridges made by the community, often bamboo bridge in the river water float by stem Bayang a large .
Since it is thought Fakih Sokan to create a bridge that does not use a pole that plant on the rivers basis.Agar not float on the river water are buoyant.
So plant by Fakih Sokan two Beringin trees on both sides of the river canyon, precisely at the second base of the bamboo bridge built by the community.
Day by day passed, the tree is planted Beringin fakih Sokan grow large.
Little by little the root of the tree Beringin depending on the cliffs by the river intertwine Sokan fakih to the bamboo bridge across a river that stem shadow.
Year of change years, eventually the root of the tree-root of each other connected.More day the root of the tree is tied Beringin strong.end can be used by men as a bridge after a twenty-five years Fakih Sokan-establish the root of the root of the tree Beringin.
Now Fakih Sokan masterpiece that you can see to Pulut-Pulut villages is still standing with strong.As a unique the world.