Donggo Village

Donggo, 40 km by road, is the oldest village in Bima. The inhabitants here have customs and traditions which differ from those of other villages. They have preserved a unique ethnic identity, wear distinctive black clothing, observe their own hierarchical order and build their own traditional houses. Donggo villagers earn their living by farming and cultivating in irrigated fields on hilly slopes. They produce ahigh quality woven cloth in a process of making thread, designing patterns and dyeing material still done traditionally. Other crafts produced here include writing Sanskrit manuscripts onto tablets of stone.