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NIHI Sumba is a luxury resort on the western coast of Sumba Island in eastern ... it the first hotel in the world to have horses available for therapy and wellness ...
Pasola is a mounted spear-fighting competition from western Sumba, Indonesia. It is played by throwing wooden spears at the opponent while riding a horse to celebrate the rice-planting season. The word pasola means spear in the local language and derives from the Sanskrit sula. According to legend, pasola originated with a woman from the ...
It is likely that Sumbawa horse was introduced to the island by the Javanese people of Majapahit Empire, [9] [10] who conquered the island in the 14th century. The sultans of Bima and West Sumbawa are deemed to possess numerous horses. [11]: 56 Sumbawa and the Sumba (Sandalwood) horse are supposed to be close from the Mongolian Horse. [12]: 407
Sumba Island was a subject of Majapahit's dominion, and the word "Sumba" itself was first officially used during the Majapahit era (mentioned in the ancient Javanese manuscripts of Pararaton and Sumpah Palapa oath of Gajah Mada); the word itself was thought as the closest substitution in Javanese for the native name of the island according to ...
The Sumbawa Pony (Indonesian: kuda-Sumbawa) is a pony breed, named after the island on which they are bred, Sumbawa Island in Indonesia. This breed is very similar to the Sumba or Sandalwood Pony, a breed also developed in these islands, which came from crossing the native ponies on horses of Arabian breeding. [1]
Due to the merchants from Arabia to the island, new breed of horses were introduced. The dry climate of the local Tropical savanna climate contributed to the expansion of horse breeding. [7] It is assumed that Sumba people were dependent on the Javanese kingdom of Majapahit, then from other kingdom relations in Sumbawa and Sulawesi. In fact ...
The area of East Nusa Tenggara province included the western part of Timor island, Flores, Sumba and many smaller islands in the region. The province was originally (from 1958) sub-divided into twelve regencies , [ 14 ] but on 11 April 1996, the City of Kupang , was separated from Kupang Regency and given regency-level status.
It is likely that Sumbawa horse was introduced to the island by the Javanese people of Majapahit Empire, [13] [14] who conquered the island in the 14th century. The sultans of Bima and West Sumbawa are deemed to possess numerous horses. [15]: 56 Sumbawa and the Sumba (Sandalwood) horse are supposed to be close from the Mongolian Horse.