Flores Island has many villages where weaving is a major occupation for women. They are still weaving in the old style with handspun yarn made from local plants.

Original photo by Bay Deane.

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Langa Village sits at the foot of an active volcano. The people in this village live in much the same way their ancestors did hundreds of years ago.

You will notice the many graves around the village. Their traditional beliefs worship their ancestors. To honour their ancestors and have their spirits protect them, family members are buried near the house. This traditional belief has been merged with Christianity introduced by missionaries, hence the crosses.

Original photo by Marcus.

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The kelimutu mountain is an ancient volano on Flores, (Indonesia) with on its top 3 coloured lakes, one turquoise, one colour"coca cola" and a third one (not on the photo) black. These lakes change colour during the times. Walking up there for sunrise is fabulous.

For larger photos you can view at http://planetimagehost.com/images/9251_kelimutu_lakes_large.jpg


Original photo by Moussetitik.

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The Blue stone Beach is located at Nangapanda - Ende Regency. As you saw the photo above, the girl have collect the stone to export abroad.

Original photo by Natalia.

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This Sumba Man with their traditional House and some petrify in Megalithicum periode.

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Here's the Sidoarjo - East Java people house's that was sunken by "Hot Mud Flood". It looks like very terrible, isn't it?

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"Padoa" is a Sabu island traditional dance which used a Sabu's traditional clothes. The dance itself conducted as an expression thank to goodness about the crop result that they've earned.

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Handheld this map will help you to around the indonesia area

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We set to work to excavate some of the statues which stood on the slope of the Raraku mountain. The natives were entirely indifferent whether they worked or not, but by paying high wages and giving any quantity of mutton, we were able at this time to get a certain amount of precarious labour for digging and camp work. The whole lot, including my maid-servant, went in for every week-end to the village, and it was always a matter of anxiety to know whether they would ever return. -from Chapter XII Western anthropology's first in-depth look at an isolated culture is also a daring adventure story of around-the-world travel. In February 1913, archaeologist Katherine Routledge set sail on a custom-built yacht-with a small crew and the support of British Association for the Advancement of Science, the British Museum, and the Royal Geographical Society-for Easter Island, where she embarked up the first effort to catalogue the island's mysterious statues, interview the natives, and document their culture, folklore, and traditions. Her scholarship is impeccable-this 1919 work is still considered foundational-but her lively writing and her practical perspective make this a delightful read that thrill armchair travelers and amateur ethnographers alike. British archaeologist KATHERINE ROUTLEDGE (1866-1935) studied at Oxford University. She also wrote With Prehistoric People (1910), about her experiences in Africa after the Boer War.

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East Flores OR Flores Timur is the one of available regency in Flores Island that have several interest place, you can see the eputobi pics above...

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Bromo mountain or the local people called Brahma is a one of tourist place that very popular in East Java, exactly at Probolinggo Regency near Malang Regency.Bromo Mountain had a crater with the diameter ± 800 metre (north-south) and ± 600 metre (east-west). The desert is a mainstay tour at Bromo mountain, in the wild cool mountains, we could see the desert and the wide field. Whereas that most was expected from Mount Bromo is a "sightview" when the sunrise/sunset, will give the amazing view for you. These pics by my brother, his taken the photos when visit there.

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