Tourism of Indonesia
Ready to Go to Prailiu Village Sumba
Planning to go on a tour or travelling, we definitely want a smooth trip, comfortable accommodation, cheap hotels, good food, cheap plane tickets, close to everywhere, and can rent a motorbike or car.
Attraction
In Prailiu Village Sumba, there is natural beauty and unique culture of the local community. There are many uniqueness, starting from the village (desa), sub-district (kecamatan), district (kabupaten) and provincial levels.
In Indonesia, each province has different and interesting characteristics. Each province has a different and unique culture and lifestyle.
Prailiu is one of the many traditional and exotic villages in Sumba. It is located in a suburb area of Waingapu, the capital city of East Sumba District about two kilometers away from the city center.
Despite rapid development, traditional tall houses with sharp leaf roofs are still apparent here. However, you can now see many zinc roof houses with different designs.
The local government, assisted by the World Bank, is currently reconstructing local traditional houses in this village.
Although most of the local inhabitants are Christian, they still follow local traditions based on their original religion of Marapu. Tall houses and burial processes, for instance, are closely related with their traditional beliefs.
Their traditional houses have three parts, representing local cosmology i.e., underground as the home of the dead, the middle part as the home for the living, and the roof as the home of the Gods.
The government is taking good care of the preservation of nature and maintaining the condition of the forest.
The environment is also well maintained.
Activity
Visiting Prailiu Village Sumba, we will witness routine community activities in unique traditional cultures. And there are special dishes and food as part of culinary tours that are delicious and yummy.
We can find the famous traditional woven fabric and its weaving process here. In addition to traditional houses, Prailiu also has a number of original cemeteries.
You can do many things in Prailiu. Local inhabitants are familiar with tourists and researchers. You can see mothers weaving fabrics who can show you how to weave, spin, and make natural colored dies for yarn.
Buying fabrics and various types of woven products are certainly what they expect from tourists. You can walk around the village while observing traditional houses and cemeteries full of carved materials and corpse preserving process.
In this place there are also regular events or activities held every year, both national and international.
Accessibility
The journey to Prailiu Village Sumba is now very easy. We can enter through various modes of transportation.
Access to go to Prailiu Village Sumba:
There are regular flights to Waingapu airport. It provides flights from Kupang via Maumere and from Denpasar four times a week. Transnusa also provides this route from Kupang but its schedule is tentative.
Although winding, the condition of the roads from Tambolaka to Waingapu are good. Meadows and savannas in East Sumba provide amazing scenery along the way.
For sea transportation, motor boats from Ende and Aimere in Flores and from Kupang in Timor (ASDP-Waingapu: 0387-61533) are available. Pelni ships arrive in Waingapu twice a week.
You can find rented cars at Waingapu airport. If you are a hotel guest, you can ask for a pick up service. Hotels generally provide rented cars. In the city, there are motor taxis that can take you around. You can just stand by the street, and they will come to offer their services.
The condition of the infrastructure is getting better. Starting from highways, airports, trails, ports, bridges, stairs, even some places can be reached by toll roads.
We can visit by plane, car, ship, bus, motorcycle and bicycle. At some point, we can take the train. We can also walk freely.
Amenity
In Prailiu Village Sumba, as technology getting better. We can easily find locations for mini markets, shops (warung kedai), Money Changer, ATMs, Bank BRI BCA BNI Mandiri, BTPN Bank Nagari BJB, supermarkets, and restaurants. So we will not starve or lack the necessary items.
Suggestion:
Betel is a compulsory dish for visitors. You don’t have to eat it but you have to be polite when rejecting it so as to respect local customs.
Tourists are considered potential buyers by mothers selling fabrics. It is best not to have a quick transaction, but you should have a small talk first. Hospitality will bring many advantages. You will probably be given information about which products are made of manufactured yarns and which are of home woven yarns.
If you are sick and need help, you can also visit clinics, drugstore pharmacies (apotek), practice doctors, hospitals, and health centers (puskesmas).
In this place we can also look for places of worship such as mosques, churches, and others.
Accommodation
Finding place to stay in Prailiu Village Sumba is very easy. We can stay at home stays, hotels, inns, hostels and other places.
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Experience and Reviews
There are already many visitors have visited Prailiu Village Sumba, there are many interesting stories that are told. Like feeling satisfied, happy, wanting to come again, sleep well, and almost no one is disappointed or complains to come here.
So, visitors will find out on how to find the best hotels, where is exactly located, why it is amazing, how much is the fare and rate, who are the people, whom to ask, and when is the best time to visit.
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