Bada Valley
Bada Valley or Napu Valley, located in the Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains hundreds of megaliths going back to the 14th century that are called watu ("stone") in the local Badaic languages and arca ("statue") in Indonesian. The purpose of the megaliths and their builders are unknown.
Main Megaliths
Two Dutch ladies standing by a statue in Bada Valley in the 1930s
Megalithic Baula statue in the Bada Valley
Two tourists next to the Palindo megalith in 2015.
| Local Name | Translation | Size | Comments | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palindo | Entertainer | 4.5m | 1°51′34.54″S 120°15′17.79″E | |
| Mesinga | Wearing a Scarf | |||
| Maturu | Sleeping | 3.5m | ||
| Oba | Monkey | 1°52′6.99″S 120°13′53.26″E | ||
| Naime | ||||
| Baula | Buffalo | |||
| Torumpana | ||||
| Ari Ipohi | 1°52′38.73″S 120°15′20.23″E | |||
| Loga | Relieved Heart | 1°51′49.50″S 120°16′46.68″E | ||
| Langke Bulawa | Golden Bracelet | 1.8m | 1°51′11.23″S 120°17′29.50″E |
Sources
- Tarling, Nicholas, The Cambridge history of Southeast Asia: From early times to c.1500, p. 134, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-35505-2 and ISBN 0-521-35506-0
- The Space Wanderer
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