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.

Two Dutch ladies standing by a statue in Bada Valley in the 1930s

History

The megaliths in the Bada Valley were first discovered in 1908. Although the discovery has been going on for more than 100 years, little is known about the object, including when the stone statue was made. Some have speculated that the stones were carved around 5,000 years ago, while others think the megaliths were created around 2,000 years ago.

Meanwhile, some people suspect that the stone is still related to megalithic culture in Laos, Cambodia, and several areas in Indonesia 2,000 years ago.

According to Ancient Origins, it is not known who made the megalith statue in the Bada Valley. Megaliths in the Bada Valley are unique and different.

Main Megaliths
Megalithic Baula statue in the Bada Valley
Two tourists next to the Palindo megalith in 2015.
Local NameTranslationSizeCommentsLocation
PalindoEntertainer4.5m1°51′34.54″S 120°15′17.79″E
MesingaWearing a Scarf
MaturuSleeping3.5m
ObaMonkey1°52′6.99″S 120°13′53.26″E
Naime
BaulaBuffalo
Torumpana
Ari Ipohi1°52′38.73″S 120°15′20.23″E
LogaRelieved Heart1°51′49.50″S 120°16′46.68″E
Langke BulawaGolden Bracelet1.8m1°51′11.23″S 120°17′29.50″E

See also

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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