The Ngada People

14 Jun-2000
The Ngada Village
The Ngada are a pre-Malay culture on Flores. While officially Catholic, they have a distinctive Animist religion

The village



This rooftop ornament means that only men live in this house



Chewing betel-nut with the ladies



Christian shrine
The only sign of their official Catholic religion - it was built by the government, not the people of the village



House decorations



Those are goats on the roof of that bus!