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Top:/Destinations/East Nusa Tenggara/Arts and Culture
 East Nusa Tenggara is rich in arts and culture. Everywhere you go in the province you will notice differences from the other parts of Indonesia. The differences can be in languages (dialects), fabrics and costume (sarongs), art forms and the style of the architecture.
Although the vast majority of the population of Flores is Catholic, many people still follow their old ways, by living in traditional villages and placing food offerings on megalithic stones to appease their ancestors.
In the mountains around Bajawa, the Ngada people still follow the laws laid down by their ancestors. The Ngadanese are divided into clans that have village heads, chiefs and elders who make decisions on matters such as land rights, funerals, marriages and other ceremonies.
At Ngadanese rituals three objects form a ceremonial unit, i.e. PEO, a single megalithic stone, is used for communication with the ancestors. These are erected in the center of the village and are not allowed to be moved; NGADU, an umbrella shaped structure with a thatched roof, is used by the mate clan elders during ceremonial offerings; BHAGA, a small hut with carvings, is used by the female clan elder when asking for the ancestors’ protection of the newborn children.
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