***Background information about Umapura Village is in the August 18, 2020 story We continue to explore the ritual garments of the eight...

Written by Ms. Yulianti Peni in Indonesian. Translated and revised by Linda S. McIntosh Umapura is one of five villages on Ternate, a small island located in the Pantar Strait adjacent to the Bird’s Head Peninsula or Northwest Alor Island, East Indonesia. Alor Regency’s population of 200,000 speak 25-30 languages and dialects. The residents of Umapura belong to the Alurung group, also known as Alorese. This group consisting of approximately 25,000 people living in the coastal

Several scholars have remarked on the absence of a serious study about the textiles of Alor Regency, Indonesia. Alor textiles have...

Below, we provide a list of some of the publications about Alor Regency.