Wednesday, June 14, 2000

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


 (Indonesia, The Travel Addicts)
 (Indonesia, The Travel Addicts)
 (Indonesia, The Travel Addicts)

The village

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This rooftop ornament means that only men live in this house

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Chewing betel-nut with the ladies

The only sign of their official Catholic religion - it was built by the government, not the people of the village (Indonesia, The Travel Addicts)

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

 (Indonesia, The Travel Addicts)

House decorations

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Those are goats on the roof of that bus!

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