Ratenggaro and Wainyapu (KODI) - Southwest Sumba

Ratenggaro Village - Southwest Sumba

If you’ve got a sharp eye for funky tribal architecture and you happened to see our recent post on the back roads of Sumba, then you probably noticed that shot of Thomas fording the river backed by a series of unbelievably vertical thatched huts. That was Ratenggaro, perhaps the most stunning village in the entire Kodi tribal region (and perhaps all of Sumba).

Little story about Sumba cultures and food

Has a great and unique position respect to the Sunda Banda archipelagoes, it is one of the biggest island on the East Nusa Tenggara region beside Flores and Timor. It represents an isolated sliver of probable continental crust to the south of active volcanic islands (Sumbawa, Flores ) within the forearc basin . It is situated to the north of passage from the Java Trench (subduction front) to the Timor Through (collision front). It does not show still the effects of strong compression in contrast to islands of the outer arc system (Savu, Roti, Timor), while the magmatic units make up a substantial part of the Late Cretaceous to Paleogene stratigraphy.

Staying a Night in Elopada Southwest Sumba

 Story by : danieltrih's

 

By the month of May 2012, it has been 9 times for me back and forth visiting Sumba  island, and yet  the fascination of this mystical isolated island is still hovering inside my body , soul, and spirit. This time I got chance to  stay in Sumba South West, which is predominantly inhabited by the Weejewan or Wewewa , namely the biggest Ethnic group in the island, about 125,000 in numbers. We stayed in one community, located in the top of the hill, called Kampung Wonga,  Wonga Community. 

Marapu, Sumba’s Animist Religion

Marapu, Sumba’s Animist Religion More than 60% of the population of Sumba Marapu (a kind of religion that believes the spirit of ancestors). The rest are Christians (both Catholic and Protestant). Only a small number of pupulation is Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.