Custodians of Culture
After 14 years in which it was left in disrepair, the Uma Mbakulu customary house in Praingu Lewa Paku village was reconstructed. Umbu Mbora, the raja of Lewa Kambera and the leader of Praingu Lewa Paku, a village on the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara, had at last got back his throne. "It is in this place that I should live," he told Tempo two weeks ago.
Rebuilding the house was not easy because of the cost. Only after asking for help from Father Robert Ramone did Mbora find a solution. Thanks to the priest's lobbying, in June the village received Rp430 million in aid from the Education and Culture Ministry to renovate the house.
December 23, 2014
After 14 years in which it was left in disrepair, the Uma Mbakulu customary house in Praingu Lewa Paku village was reconstructed. Umbu Mbora, the raja of Lewa Kambera and the leader of Praingu Lewa Paku, a village on the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara, had at last got back his throne. "It is in this place that I should live," he told Tempo two weeks ago.
Rebuilding the house was not easy because of the cost. Only after asking for help from Fa
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