Bada Valley

[2] Meanwhile, some others suspect that the stones are related to the megalithic culture in Laos, Cambodia, and several regions in Indonesia from 2,000 years ago.

However, in the notes of Albert Christian Kruyt, the founder of Poso, it is mentioned that before the arrival of the Dutch in Lore in 1908, it was still common for people to make stone tombs.

In the center of the Bada Valley, the current of the Lariang River is quite calm due to the relatively flat terrain.

Some people also believe that the stones were intended to ward off evil spirits, while others claim that the objects have supernatural powers and can disappear or move.

Palindo, Torompana, Tarae Roe, and Loga are some of the names given by locals to the ancient statues in the Bada Valley.

Besides the stone statues and green rice fields, visitors will also find traditional Lore houses lined up.

These wooden houses with ijuk (sugar palm fiber) roofs and bamboo walls are often used as lodging for visitors.

Elders in Sepe Village believe that the Palindo statue, which means "the entertainer" in the local language, represents their ancestors, the Tosaloge tribe.

The Bada people in the past offered sacrifices to these statues before undertaking major tasks, such as opening new farmland.

[6] The megalithic statues in the Bada Valley represent human faces that have been stylized, where the eyebrows and nose are depicted as one, while the mouth is omitted.

Gender differences are also depicted in facial features, where the female statues have faces with a fringe covering the forehead.

[1] Kalamba are artifacts in the form of large jars with lids, 1.5-2 meters in diameter, used for burial, found in the Bada Valley.