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<p>Waikabubak, the capital city of West Sumba district,<strong> </strong>has been slow to develop into an urban centre. Nevertheless shops and offices still line the main street, and its population is a melting pot of both indigenous Sumbanese people and Buginese and Savunese immigrants living side by side.</p>
<p>On the outskirts of the city you’ll find stone tombs planted in the front yards of otherwise contemporary houses. Followers of Marapu, the original religion in Sumba, continue the tradition of burying corpses inside megaliths, although nowadays the tombs might be made from poured concrete rather than traditionally hewn boulders. These landmarks can be found across all of Sumba, and are evidence of the<strong> </strong>Megalithic and Neolithic cultures that originated and continue to exist in the area.</p>
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