I love the traditional houses of Tana Toraja – Tongkonan – partly due to the mystery behind the architecture style and partly due to symbolic motifs that are intricately carved on the exterior of the houses. Let’s take a closer look…
rumah adat
Beautiful Bajawa
7th – 8th January 2010 I arrived in Bajawa just before sunset and booked in to the ‘Edelweis Hotel’. Bajawa is a quiet, relaxed hill town and is the main trading centre of the Ngada people, one of the most traditional groups in Flores. I decided to book into a room upstairs, which had a […]
Wonderful Wogo
7th January 2010 It was a long journey in the car from Moni to Kampung Wogo – a large traditional village – one of the largest and most traditional in the area, although {disappointing for me that…} electricity is now available in the village. But I couldn’t wait to get out of the car, […]