decorated stone sculpture in the centre of Kampung Waigalli
Nice traditional village with a good arts and crafts collection
Kampung Waigalli, the first village we visit on the way from Waikabubak to the coast, is unusual in that it has been built on a dark, igneous rock, not on the usual, light-coloured limestone. Interestingly, the tombs in the villages still have limestone slabs, and perhaps also some pieces of sandstone, which suggests that the hard black stone is no good for carving.
tombs aligned in Waigalli
roof decoration
one of the women of the village
the art market, displayed on the largest village tomb
The roofs of the traditional houses are almost all thatched, and here they are decorated with sticks with carvings of recognizable figures, man and woman. Another unique characteristic of this kampung is that as soon as we have been spotted, many of the villagers get their artefacts out, both wooden and stone sculptures, to put them up for sale from the large central tomb on which they are being displayed, something we didn’t see anywhere else yet – and something which is, of course, not lost on us, obsessive collectors.
the view from the village, down to the river
From here it is a short drive down to Wanokaka Beach.
the goats have taken over the most comfortable tombs
