Indigenous Village Wae Rebo

Indigenous Village Wae Rebo - That place is far away from the hustle of the city is also not seen as surrounded by mountains and valleys hija tropical rain that always covered the whole village. His name was Indigenous Village Wae Rebo, a village that still retains residual Manggarai architecture cultural customs that are being abandoned by his followers. The village is located in the district Manggarai, precisely in the District of West Satarmese, Satar village Lens. In this area, between the villages separated from each other very much because it was blocked by the hills and valleys are very deep. Wae Rebo village is very remote, even the villagers there was one district that did not know its existence. An anthropologist, Catherine Allerton recalled his conversation with tu'a Golo, political leaders and heads of villages, as well tu'a drums, ceremonial head. Residents Wae Rebo when it was decided to leave the hamlet. It is the 18th generation until now Wae Rebo survive a sourdough and founder Wae Rebo more than 100 years ago, Empo Maro.

Indigenous Village Wae Rebo, including Empo Maro, leaving their children with 7 houses cone exquisite ta despite his age and some of them have changed, and yet again improve. A foundation has been reported from Jakarta to provide assistance to Wae Rebo mrnjaga authenticity to establish a house of the same shape and named Gena Tirto Ndorom, where Tirto is a little word from the name of the foundation's donors earlier.

The house is called mbaru niang consists of 5 levels all covered roof and into a cone. At the first level, lutur, or tent is home to residents. At the second level, lobo, or attic is a place to store food and goods. The third level is a function lentar storing corn and other crops for cultivation. The fourth level is the Lempa rae, the place for stocking food reserves will be very useful when the harvest is less successful. While the fifth level, hekang code, ie a place to store offerings to the ancestors.

In the Indigenous Village Wae Rebo, unlike other traditional villages sometimes have different clans. Here there is only one clan or clan alone. The clan has a heritage in the house drum drum on the main mast. They have a taboo not to eat an animal, that weasel. From the narrative of elders, their ancestors came to Wae Rebo with a ferret that bertemankan believed that ferrets are part of their ancestry.

The growing population of Wae Rebo make the existence of a new village felt should be fostered. Some people Wae Rebo divided place with the new village called Kombo. Not many tourists know about, though Kombo and Wae Rebo is the same. However, because the environment is maintained in the original, Wae Rebo as the jewel in the mud. Kombo viewed differently because it does not come from ancestors who pioneered the existence of the village.

Middle-aged residents and school children living in Kombo, while the parents of the young men and teenage years of age living in Wae Rebo. They all have the same beliefs. Catholicism is the religion of the people, although animism is still thick felt in their lives.

                                        Indigenous Village Wae Rebo

Indigenous Village Wae Rebo believe that the land or forests have emotions and feelings. Before planting and mencangkulnya, a ritual must be performed to ask for permission to penunggunya. When unlicensed it will ground screaming and moaning. Fished regularly so the soil must not 'cry' sad. Wae Rebo Indigenous Villagers saw the land as a part of them and as human beings should be respected.

In the center of the village there is a stone stage is said to have scouted the forest guardian assistance in the form of dashing charming man who could lift a large stone with one hand. Each hand and foot caretaker forest has totaled six fingers. Her hair is long and his face told pretty good-looking. Once this stage is completed, caci dance was held and conducted drum beat (mbata).

From Ruteng, traveling by car for 4 hours winding. Came in a coastal village called Dintor. The road continued to climb toward the interior of the island to take the rice field and the path before reaching Denge Sebu. Of  Denge keep walking through a small forest, through Wae River Race. After a weary journey along the trail, from the Ponto Nao, looks center of Indigenous Village Wae Rebo, a village of smoke billowing from the odd cones gathered in a green field. That leftover mbaru niang endangered.

The long journey towards the village is making people a little isolated from civilization, especially education and health. A child even an average adult had walked for four hours to get out of the hamlet and came back with something weighing 15 pounds to be used as food reserves for limited natural resources that can be utilized.