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A Day With a Sumbanese Clan Village
West Sumba
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Peaked roofs, megalithic tombs and a community that decides together how visitors are hosted.
Low tourist intensity 6h
from Rp 1.200.000Discover experience
traditional · heritage · craft · ecotourism
Praiijing
The story
Praiijing's houses cluster around ancestral tombs. The community decides collectively how visitors are hosted, what may be photographed and how income is shared.
Culture
Marapu ancestral belief alongside Christianity; ikat, ritual and clan structure.
Local people
Clan households, weavers, farmers and horse keepers.
Food
Corn, rice, betel, and slow-cooked meat at ceremonial occasions.
Crafts
Natural-dye ikat, plaiting, carved house posts.
Nature
Savannah hills, coastline within reach, dramatic dry-season light.
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