Yulianus Irwan

6 Interesting Reasons You Need to Know Why Wae Rebo is Unique 1. Cone Shaped Traditional Houses Wae Rebo is one of the three biggest traditional villages in Manggarai that maintains its traditional houses called "Mbaru Niang” (Cone Shaped Traditional house). According to the chief of Wae Rebo village, Bapa. Alex, Cone shaped traditional is the first and oldest Manggaraian structure of traditional house. "Mbaru Niang" is a symbol of protection and the unity the people. He also said that the circular shaped floor is a symbol of harmony, unity, and justice among communities and families inside Mbaru Niang. Bapa Alex (79), a chief of Wae Rebo traditional village According to the story shared by the chief of Wae Rebo, Bapa Alex, people of Wae Rebo originally came from Minangkabau, West Sumatra, Indonesia that traveled to other islands in East part of Indonesia in thousand years ago.  He also said that the age of the village Wae Rebo is about 1200

Manggarai is a regency located in the west part of Flores. It consists of 3 big regencies. They are: West Manggarai regency, Manggarai, and East Manggarai. Like many other places in Flores, Manggarai also plays much role on its animism on marriage. In which the relationship is culturally legalized by worship to the spirits with medium of chicken and buffalo and in addition as an impact of Catholicism, the couple has to be married in the church to receive an official document in council department. The marriage system in Manggarai and Flores is mostly called as "marry in" and "marry out". "Marry in" is used in which husband has to give dowry to wife. As balance, the wife will move to her husband and takes care of her husband's families for lifetime and this marriage system is applied for the patrilineal system in which the parents give their heritage to sons only. "marry out" is a system that is only applied for matrilineal system