Random photos of our findings in situ (West Timor, Indonesia)
Random photos of our findings in situ (West Timor, Indonesia)
Aitos with blood spots from the last ritual sacrifice
Aitos with blood spots from the last sacrifice, Belu, West Timor .
A feast was held by a community in a village in East Amanuban in Timor Island, Indonesia, after they had a ritual sacrifice for a new canal. The ritual was lead by a fukun, an elderly who was believed to have power to control water in the village. In the procession, they poured fresh chicken blood into the new canal, while praying that the canal would last at least until the dry season that year was over. The feast itself was part of the ritual where the whole community shared the chickens that were sacrificed during the ritual.