Spider web rice fields in East Nusa Tenggara

The historical and cultural stories behind rice fields Flores are as intriguing as the spider form of his fields.

With the breathtaking three crater lakes of different colors peeking through the forest fog in Kelimutu of Liang Bua cave, where the remains of the "hobbit" Gay floresiensis was discovered 10 years ago, Flores in East Nusa Tenggara has much to offer. Travelers

For a more contemporary insight into local history, one can look at the traditional houses of the area and the rice fields that resembles the shape of giant cobwebs.

The rice fields in Cancar, which is close to Ruteng, the capital of East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

The people of Manggarai Raya, which includes Flores, have a tradition of mapping rice fields and gardens called lingko. The word also refers to communal ownership of land to meet. Meet the needs of people

It is estimated that lingko began when the people of Flores switched to agriculture from hunting and various groups began to settle in the same area.

Consequently, a village formed, known as beo.

The residents of the surrounding forest beo put in arable land and the size of lingko depends on how many countries the locals can convert and the number of residents in the village.

The word lingko is said to be derived from the name of the plants that grow in the area of the river that flows through the country.

Each tribe in Manggarai has an elder who is referred to as tu'a teno and he manages the allocation of indigenous land. The main house (mbaru gendang), which is a circular building that looks a drum, is the place where the award is made.

The shape of indigenous land take is philosophically related to mbaru niang - traditional houses which can still be found in Wae Rebo and Ruteng Pu'u.

These homes have main pillars (siri bongkok) in the middle, surrounded by eight external support posts (siri leles). The main pillar is where offerings are placed for ancestors, and this is why it is considered very scared. In some areas of Flores, these sacrifices called mori kraeng.