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About six kilometers south of Watublapi is Bola, a big village,
dominated by an impressive church. The road then descends for
two kilometers towards Ipir, a village at the southern coast.
The paved road is extended until the coastal village of
Habibola, 15 kilometers east of Ipir. About a kilometer before
Habibola is Pantai Doreng, a nice, four kilometer long beach
with sand with the color of gold.
Ipir used to own a big
wooden cross at the beach, of which it is said to be made during
the Portuguese period. It disappeared in 1947 and is replaced by
a more simple model on the same location.
The residents of
Ipir are all catholic. The village still looks traditional.
Almost all houses, the bigger and smaller, still have their
traditional roofing of alang-alang. The walls are made of split
bamboo. Most women wear sarongs with a characteristic pattern,
which can only be found in this area. The local weaver supplies
to the need of fabrics and brings in money as well.
When the
weather is calm, men in canoe's with small sails sail onto the
sea to fish. The local economy is heavily depending on the trade
of copra, however the small coastal plains hardly offer any
space for big coconut tree forests. Cashew trees form an
addition to their income.
The villagers also tap palm trees
for tuak, a drink which becomes slightly alcoholic during
natural fermentation. Don't take the 'slightly' too light: who
drinks enough tuak will get as drunk as possible.
In Ipir you
can see the women working with threats for their ikats. All
fabrics are made on traditional machines and made from
hand-woven cotton; the dye is made from tree bark, roots and
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