Buku ini menggambarkan motif dalam cerita asal-usul suku dan nenek moyang yang terdapat di pulau Alor, Pura, dan Pantar Kabupaten Alor, NTT. Adapun beberapa motif yang terdapat dalam cerita asal-usul nenek moyang yang berhasil dikumpulkan dalam penelitian ini meliputi motif nenek moyang turun dari langit, nenek moyang sebagai pencipta, penjelmaan makhluk, kepemilikan benda ajaib, nenek moyang m…
It was said that in Kutai region, more precisely in Jaitan Layar Hamlet, all people lived happily. They were content with their crops’ yield. However, the Chief of Jaitan Layar Village felt sad. He was blessed with power, honor, and more than enough wealth. Unfortunately, there was nothing but silence in his home. It had been decades since a baby’s cry was heard there. Not a single ch…
The sound of raindrops was still heard this morning. It was quite chilly around the lake. The birds were reluctant to sing. They hid under dense foliage. Even rabbits were reluctant to leave their burrows. Usually, the lake was lively with swans, ducks and geese that were swimming around and chasing each other, but this morning there was none. As if the nature was sad because the sun refu…