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of South-East Asia and commonly build megaliths such as dolmens for collective graves. About 100 megalithic tombs are still built each year (as of 2021). These tombs are more frequent in the west part of Sumba, inhabited by segmentary societies made of clans and of politically autonomous villages.
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near the west coast owns a lime quarry that provides the huge slabs needed for the dolmens. In 2008, Anakalang prince Umbu Dingu ordered a 16-tons stone to cover the tomb of his father Reda Ana Buni. This stone slab was manually pulled by about 400 men from the quarry to the village on tree trunk
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The largest megalithic grave in Sumba is in
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Linguistically, Anakalang is part of East Sumba, although politically and geographically it is situated within West Sumba. The women are mainly weavers, making baskets and mats, while the men are involved in string twining etc. Ornaments are taken care of and hidden away for ancestors.
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Other tombs are on the eastern side of the burial location. These are upright slabs with carvings of the local king and queen, with motifs of buffaloes and cockerels. Close to this tomb, the Raja's son lives with his wife and narrates the story to visitors.
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A mass marriage festival is held there every two years, on a date based on the full moon. This major social interaction and display of negociations, like are ritualist events, follows strict rules that serve" to reinforce and perpetuate social relations.
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A megalithic tomb in the village has a stone slab erected vertically. Its carved images date to 1926, having taken six months to complete. The burial ceremony involved the sacrifice of 150 buffaloes; their horns are kept in a local house.
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rollers. The complete process of negociations, extraction, paring, transport over some 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) and animal sacrifices, required some 4,000 personnes and took two years to achieve.
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Another tomb is on the same road about 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) away at
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Geographically, it is in a valley at the center of the western part of Sumba island, 115 kilometers (71 mi) west of
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until 1953, gathering much power through multiple strategic marriages. Umbu Remu
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Megalithic royal grave stone in Anakalang, Central Sumba.
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179:Central Sumba Regency
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