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it should not, be surprising, therefore, to find certain histories, or their interpretation, being contested.In the kabupaten (regency) of Manggarai on western Flores in Eastern Indonesia, sucha contestation has arisen in connection with the reconstruction of a type of large, roundcommunal house built in Manggarai before the Dutch began to interfere in house buildingin the early twentieth century. The structure that has been rebuilt belongs to a prominentclan of the Todo royalty, from whom, during the Dutch colonial period, a King ofManggarai was selected. There are a number of very different renditions of history inManggarai; some are the constructions of Europeans or other representatives of dominantpowers in the region over the centuries, others the tales of the Todo royalty, still othersthose of the descendents of aboriginal Manggarai peoples. These histories represent differentphilosophical views that are ultimately political, and for the various peoples in Manggaraithey encapsulate present day concerns, resulting in a different way of interpreting andpresenting time and place.
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