Lamakera

Lamakera stands at the eastern end of Solor, looking across the strait toward Lembata. Its sailors are known for hunting at sea from small boats, using harpoons of different sizes for turtles, rays and larger prey. The community belonged to the island world of Solor Watan Lema, an alliance of coastal settlements whose remembered relationships reached east toward Alor. Its position at the strait placed the village among the linked communities of the Solor archipelago.