Extracting Sweets from the Marapu
Monday, September 28, 2020
A four-meter wide wooden and bamboo gate blocks entry to a part of Patawang village in Umalulu subdistrict, East Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). A sign of no entry is put in the middle of a steel bar barrier. Wooden stakes stretch for more than two kilometers in either direction of the gate in that grassland area.
Together with some of his friends, Hapu Tarambiha II, 57, entered this forbidden area on Saturday, August 8. Abo
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