Magic in Sumba

By : Kathie Armstrong Founder of the Quiksilver Foundation

A heartfelt mother-daughter experience outside a village hut on a remote jungle island proves that women of all ages, from many different backgrounds and cultures, can indeed change the world one moment at a time.

Pajura, Boxing Under the Moon Light

Tentena in District Wanokaka Coast, West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara seem crowded communities. They come from all villages in the district is to follow the ritual Pajura.
There are 14 villages that are usually involved. Indeterminate number of participating boxing. Depends on who wants to play.

Pajura Tradition

Blood, Sweat and Cheers

 When the worm turns, the spears fly and blood flows in the wildest islands of Indonesia, where headhunting is commonplace and sacrifice appeases the gods who send the sea worms for the magical frenzy of sex in the surf that keeps Sumba safe for another year

By Ron Gluckman / Sumba, Indonesia

AFTER MAKING HIS LONG INCISION, THE PRIEST pushes aside the bloody organs and indicates that I should take a closer look. Feathers fill the air, which smells of death. Voodoo curses come to mind as I gag my refusals and peer into the gaping wound.