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A Day With a Sumbanese Clan Village
West Sumba
97
Peaked roofs, megalithic tombs and a community that decides together how visitors are hosted.
Low tourist intensity 6h
from Rp 1.200.000Discover experience
97
Locality Score™
Deeply local
ImpactThe village cooperative sets the price and distributes it across hosting, maintenance of ancestral houses and school costs.
West Sumba
Meet Maria
Ikat weaver and community coordinator
Story
Maria dyes with indigo and morinda grown behind her house and coordinates which families host visitors each month, so no single household carries the whole burden — or takes the whole income.
Community
Praiijing clan village cooperative
Languages
Kodi, Indonesian, English (basic)
Skills
Natural dyeing, Sumba ikat, Community hosting rota
Experiences offered