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Bampalola Traditional Village
Bampalola, Alor Barat Laut, Alor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

Oral History Interview with Ali Karim
Date of Interview: 22 October 2023


This hilltop adat village was founded after an event that occurred while the eponymous ancestor, Bampalolmo, was out hunting boar with his dog. As his dog was tracking a wounded boar he led Bampalolmo to an ornate wooden column that was firmly planted in the ground on this site. Taking this as a sign, Bampalolmo then called his two brothers (Dinghafe and Bufasa) to assist him in erecting the rumah adat Lakatuil on that location.
The upturned ornamented wood on the roof of the rumah adat Lakatuli is called lading, and the horizontal wood that clamps the ridge is called dema'. The stilted posts on the edge of the roof are called aribtue, and the corridor is called tet. The main room has a designated space for storing the family heirlooms (fail) including several mokos (bronze kettledrums).

According to local tradition, the mokos are related to customary marriage practices in the village. In 2018, the Ministry of Culture and Education renovated the rumah adat, replacing its columns and thatch.
The village holds two biannual traditional feasts (makan baru): the corn harvest feast (bate baloi) and the rice harvest feast (ala baloi). After harvesting, the five tribes in the Bampalola gathered at the rumah adat Lakatuil. The raja appoints a collector (maniro) whose duty was to collect harvest for the feast, and each tribe designates representatives who are forbidden to eat the crops until the ceremony has officially. The feasting is celebrated all night long and into the following morning, enlivened by a traditional dance known as lego-lego.

The full metadata for this oral history interview can be found in the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey database under record :MAHS-IDN-NTT-ALR-ABL-S-002

Credit
Interviewer : Ahmad Kholdun Ibnu Sholah
Production Supervisor : Multia Zahara
Videographer : Andri Saputra
Video Editing : Kota Tanyoe
Drone Pilot : Fauzan Azhima N. Alidoray
Interview Summary : Kota Tanyoe, R. Michael Feener
Music : “Volcanic Winds - Gelombang Timur,” Gugas Fema Maluku Utara. Available on The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gugusgema... CreativeCommons Attributions-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

This oral history video was produced by the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS). The MAHS documents endangered historical and archaeological sites across Southern Asia through intensive fieldwork and the production of an open-access digital archive. The project is led by Professor R. Michael Feener at the Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), and funded by Arcadia. For open-access to the complete MAHS dataset of archaeological sites and historical artifacts, please visit us at: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.ky...

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