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Yene
Yene are small wooden statues found throughout the Leti Islands, in the southeastern part of the Maluku Islands, Maluku archipelago in eastern Indonesia. Yene are believed to act as a vessel where the ancestor spirit would reside temporarily before departing to the land of the dead. The Leti's religious beliefs are based upon a male god being the sun and a female god being earth. There were many rituals based on their belief in gods such as fertility. There are even massive sculptures in the middle of their village. As a result of this the Leti people have continued this into much smaller sculptures of their ancestors and their spirits. Form Three kinds of statues are found throughout the Maluku Islands: Statues of ancestors; statues of progenitors (linked to the origin and foundation of the descendants), and statues of the cosmos (heaven and earth) represented as male and female, respectively. In the Leti Islands, yene are small-sized statues of the ancestors, usually depicted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leti Islands
The Letti Islands () of Indonesia are part of the Maluku Islands, in southwest Maluku Province. (The spelling Leti Islands is also used sometimes.) They are also called the "Lemola" Archipelago, from the initial two letters of each of the three main islands, Letti, Moa and Lakor; each of the three islands now constitutes a separate administrative district (''kecamatan'') within the Maluku Barat Daya Regency (''Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya'') The islands cover in area and supported a population of 16,664 at the 2010 Census, which had increased to 26,870 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 30,837. The most significant town is Pati, on Moa. Industries include the cultivation of rice, coconut palms and tobacco, animal husbandry, and fishing. Letti proper, the westernmost island, covers 90.10 km2 and had a population of 9,019 in mid 2023. The island is a triangular mountain ridge, subtended by Koli Besar mountain in the east and the Rapat mountains in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
