Bada Valley

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

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.

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 Name	Translation	Size	Comments	Location
Palindo	Entertainer	4.5m		1°51′34.54″S 120°15′17.79″E / 1.8595944°S 120.2549417°E / -1.8595944; 120.2549417
Mesinga	Wearing a Scarf
Maturu	Sleeping	3.5m
Oba	Monkey			1°52′6.99″S 120°13′53.26″E / 1.8686083°S 120.2314611°E / -1.8686083; 120.2314611
Naime
Baula	Buffalo
Torumpana
Ari Ipohi				1°52′38.73″S 120°15′20.23″E / 1.8774250°S 120.2556194°E / -1.8774250; 120.2556194
Loga	Relieved Heart			1°51′49.50″S 120°16′46.68″E / 1.8637500°S 120.2796333°E / -1.8637500; 120.2796333
Langke Bulawa	Golden Bracelet	1.8m		1°51′11.23″S 120°17′29.50″E / 1.8531194°S 120.2915278°E / -1.8531194; 120.2915278

See also[]

• Prehistoric Indonesia
• History of Indonesia
• Culture of Indonesia

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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Coordinates: 1°52′48″S 120°15′00″E / 1.88000°S 120.25000°E / -1.88000; 120.25000

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