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"Small Eyes" Sarong or Tenapi Matang Karing
The Tenapi Matang Karing represents membership in the Suku Uma Aring or Younger/Youngest Brother patrilineage of the Alurung ethnic...
lindasmcintosh
Oct 3, 20201 min read
The Tenapi Muko Tahakang or Ripe Banana Sarong of the Dengwahi Lineage, Umapura Village
***Background information about Umapura Village is in the August 18, 2020 story We continue to explore the ritual garments of the eight...
lindasmcintosh
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Tenapi Patola of the Uma Kakang Lineage, Umapura Village, Ternate, Northwest Alor Regency
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
lindasmcintosh
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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