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The Pasola Horseback Fighting Festival in West Sumba Island of Indonesia

The Pasola Horseback Fighting Festival in West Sumba Island of Indonesia

The island of Sumba is well known of its sandalwoods, horses, impressive megalithic tombs, typical hand woven textile (“ikat”), and still untouched beautiful beaches. There are two entering point in to Sumba island from anywhere in the Lesser Waingapu & Waikabubak (Tambolaka). These are the people could enter Sumba for either by flight or boat [...]

January 14 2011 | Posted in Indonesia Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Pasola Festival, Sumba Island | Read More »

Sumba Island : Primitives and Horseback Fighting

Sumba Island : Primitives and Horseback Fighting

Sumba is an island in eastern Indonesia, is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and is in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Sumba has an area of 11,153 km², and the population was officially at 611,422 in 2005. To the northwest of Sumba is Sumbawa, to the northeast, across the Sumba Strait (Selat Sumba), [...]

October 13 2010 | Posted in Indonesia Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumba Island | Read More »


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