"Sumba Island" Pulau Sumba by sachara

Pulau Sumba Travel Guide: 1 reviews and 4 photos

Coming from West Timor we entered Sumba Island in Waingapu at the east coast. We had a guesthouse close to the bay.

From there we head to the western end of the island to Waikabubak. This area is very interesting because of the traditional kampongs with clanhouses and graveyards with old stone-slab tombs carved with buffalo horns. In the kampong Tarung we were invited to attend an inauguration of a house by eight chanting priests. calling for the ancestors. We are very thankful to our host Ngailu to been invited for this ceremony in his house in the middle of the night.

  • Last visit to Pulau Sumba: Aug 1992
  • Intro Updated Apr 5, 2010
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