Porelea Village
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Welcome
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Welcome
Some information about the village
Porelea village
1100 population. Desa (village) consists of 5 districts
Local produce is sweet potato, corn and cassava, chickens and pigs are kept. Pigs are slaughtered on special occasions.
Local houses traditionally made of thatched roves, timber and rattan walls
Cacao is the cash crop
There is a school, a church and a meeting hall.
Transport in is by motorbike only (ojek) there are a several small shops.
A trader with a shop on his motorbike brings vegetables and other necessities
Some footpaths are paved.
The traditional welcome involves the elders in traditional dress meeting at the village entrance. They place a traditional scarf on the visitors head and then a chicken.
The women dance and sing and offer the visitors a necklace made from palm leaves which encase an egg
Travelling to polelea is about 4 hours, 2 in a car to Gimpu, then ojek into the mountains. The bike trip takes about 2.5 hours and crosses several rivers.
The climate is mild.
The height is approximately 2000 m above sea level.