Cultural Tourism Praiyawang Custom Village, Rindi Village
In Sumba there are still many traditional villages that still hold fast to the preservation of their customs, one of which is the Indigenous Village of Praiyawang. Located in Rindi Village, Rindi Subdistrict, about 69 km to the east of Waingapu City, the atmosphere of the past civilization was very strong when entering this village. Starting from the architecture of the Sumba house with a tall tower, a line of megalithic old graves of nobles with a characteristic sculpture carved with meaning. In addition to old stone graves, visitors can see traditional houses, ancestral relics such as gongs, tambur and traditional clothes that are hundreds of years old but still well maintained.
The roof shape of a typical high-rise Praiyawang traditional house and each house has 3 parts: the bottom, middle and top of the house, reflecting natural symbols in the view of the Sumba tribe, namely the lower realms (places of spirits), middle nature (human places) and nature above (place of the gods). There are eight main houses surrounding traditional villages and large stone graves weighing up to one to five tons in the middle of the village. The eight main houses symbolize the eight descendants of nobles in the Indigenous Village of Praiyawang, with their respective functions. The Big House (Harapanuna Traditional House / Uma Bokul) is currently used as a storage place for corpses which are also used in special rituals such as the customary rituals of the kings' death, while Uma Ndewa is used specifically for traditional ritual shaving for the newborn king's child. So is the case with Uma Kopi or the house where you drink coffee.
Access to this village is quite difficult because there is no direct accommodation from Waingapu to this village, but visitors can rent a motorbike / car from Waingapu. The road to Praiyawang is pretty good arena along the asphalt road is still very smooth and smooth. Praiyawang village seems to have received less attention from the local government due to the tourist gates that appear to be neglected.
Activities that can be carried out by visitors in this traditional village are taking photos around the village, seeing megalithic graves, watching traditional dance performances and seeing first hand the process of making Sumba's typical ikat cloth. If you want to feel the atmosphere of a pristine village with beautiful and exotic scenery, come to the Village of the Indigenous Village of Praiyawang in the Village of Rindi. [Anggey / Indonesia Rich]
The roof shape of a typical high-rise Praiyawang traditional house and each house has 3 parts: the bottom, middle and top of the house, reflecting natural symbols in the view of the Sumba tribe, namely the lower realms (places of spirits), middle nature (human places) and nature above (place of the gods). There are eight main houses surrounding traditional villages and large stone graves weighing up to one to five tons in the middle of the village. The eight main houses symbolize the eight descendants of nobles in the Indigenous Village of Praiyawang, with their respective functions. The Big House (Harapanuna Traditional House / Uma Bokul) is currently used as a storage place for corpses which are also used in special rituals such as the customary rituals of the kings' death, while Uma Ndewa is used specifically for traditional ritual shaving for the newborn king's child. So is the case with Uma Kopi or the house where you drink coffee.
Access to this village is quite difficult because there is no direct accommodation from Waingapu to this village, but visitors can rent a motorbike / car from Waingapu. The road to Praiyawang is pretty good arena along the asphalt road is still very smooth and smooth. Praiyawang village seems to have received less attention from the local government due to the tourist gates that appear to be neglected.
Activities that can be carried out by visitors in this traditional village are taking photos around the village, seeing megalithic graves, watching traditional dance performances and seeing first hand the process of making Sumba's typical ikat cloth. If you want to feel the atmosphere of a pristine village with beautiful and exotic scenery, come to the Village of the Indigenous Village of Praiyawang in the Village of Rindi. [Anggey / Indonesia Rich]
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