Just give me your detail plan and schedule.

I am flexible. I am thinking that it will be in June or July.

Thank you! I will inform the village that you willing to come. I am scheduled to arrive at the village by December 22 and will stay until Christmas. For sure, I will tell them about your intention to participate in the village development.

Could you tell me when do you plan to come to the village?

Brgds,
Ng Sebastian

I am interested in visiting your village and staying a while. I am willing to assist in helping with teaching some English and helping your family members increase revenue from tourists. I am very impressed with your good work!

Aloha,

Mike

You are right. History book mentioned that. And you can trace the influence of Indian Textile even in Bali (Gerinsing in Tenganan). You go further east (Sumba, Alor and Lembata) you will notice the influence blended with local values. The same work with Borobudur

Brgds,
Ng Sebastian

Thank you for the appreciation. Saya sekarang tinggal di Makassar tetapi saya sering pulang kampung karena Mama dan keluarga saya yang lain masih tinggal di kampung.

Keluarga saya dan orang di Kampung hampir setiap hari menggunakan bahasa Indonesia. Tentu mereka lebih sering pakai bahasa daerahnya sendiri.

Senang anda akan pindah ke Flores. Boleh tahu, nanti mau tinggal di mana?

Brgds,
Ng Sebastian

Regards
Barry Acott

Regards
barry acott

Thank you. The majority of population on my home island – Flores are Catholic followers as it was introduced by Portuguese in 16 centuries although Catholicism entered my area just in 1920th.

Being located in coastal area, some families in the village are Muslims. It is common in the village people having meal together in the same room but consuming different meals. Christians in one row having pork whilst Muslims at the other row having goat.

India gave strong influence into Indonesian civilization. In Lesser Sunda Islands one could find centuries old Indian Patola which its influence could be easily find at some ethnics Ikat Weaving designs. Ikat Weaving is the main weaving method adopted in Lesser Sunda Islands which of course has been blended with local values.

The people in my village did not have Ikat Weaving but they practice a kind of Supplementary Weaving technique where the designs are formed by adding new vivid color threads into the blue black background while weaving.

That\’s all for now.

Cheers,
Ng Sebastian

That is a nice written piece. When I look at the pictures it reminds me of my village in North East India. Even the weaving of Sarong in similar to what we have in North East India. Great to see the similariies.

Also I wanted to know which religion do these people in your village follow. We in North East either follow Buddhism/Chrisitianity or our local religion. So I was just curious to know if the villagers in Indonesia follow Islam or not as it is one of the nations with the highest Islam population.

Brgds,
Ng Sebastian

Cheers………… Len