kangge island

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GIVEN NAME OF MARISA BY THE NETHERLANDS, THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS ARE VERY HETEROGEN

Marisa Village, a very heterogeneous village

 

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Our second stopover inland during the 2017 Coral Reef Expedition in Alor Waters and East Flores with WWF-Indonesia was Marisa Village, on Kangge Island, Pantar Barat Laut District, Alor Regency, NTT on March 28 2017, the sixth day. Again, I was very happy to be able to step on land.

 

From the Menami Ship we took the Simba speedboat to reach the village. The process of docked at the dock that looked like a fortress took quite a while due to the current. Along the way we were also amazed to see the current so strong and clearly visible from the surface. There are even some currents twisting, sucking downward. Hiy, it's scary to dive in a current like that. Mr. Darwin Laba and his wife, villagers who already know Khaifin (WWF-Indonesia Biodiversity Monitoring Coordinator for Lesser Sunda) welcomed us and invited us to sit in his yard. His wife also provided sweet tea and cake after previously 'handing over' the baby in her arms to Nisa (WWF-Indonesia) and Sila (Reef Check Indonesia). The baby boy named Adnan was easily transferred and invited to joke with strangers like us.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Darwin Laba and his wife Adnan's kid is not afraid of strangers The only village on Kangge Island is the original Mukobao Tribe who has their own language. But the residents who live in this village are more than 200 families and around 1,000 people come from various places. Some are from Atadehi on Lembata Island such as Mr. Darwin, some are from Bajo, Bugis, Buton, Takabonerate, even the Philippines (Filipino women who met young people here in Malaysia, both of whom were foreign workers). The average migrants arrived in the village, which was named Marisa by the Dutch colonialists, since 7-10 years ago. They have become very attached to the local people and can speak the local language. But of course all of them are also fluent in Indonesian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Neat village road

The villagers who are 100% Muslim make their main livelihood is cultivating seaweed. They sell it to Kalabahi on Alor Island or Wairiang on Lembata Island. The two cities are also the destinations of residents here to shop for basic necessities. To go to Kalabahi by motorboat 26 PK takes 4.5 hours, but if you go to Wairiang it is only 1 hour. There are no boats or public boats from Marisa Village, but many families have their own motorboats.

 

 

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Meanwhile, there are school facilities here up to the MTS and SMU levels. There is also a Puskesmas. The village streets are neat and cemented. According to Khaifin, who had lived in this village for 3 weeks several years ago, the telephone signal was also quite good because across the village, on Pantar Island, there was a telephone transmitter to be precise. That was the result of our brief visit that afternoon to Marisa Village.

 

 

 

 

 

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