Liwa

Liwa lies in the highlands of western Lampung, near Mount Pesagi and south of Lake Ranau. Lampung traditions place Sekala Brak, a remembered ancestral homeland, in this mountain country. From the fifteenth century onward, groups including the Abung moved gradually from the Barisan uplands towards the eastern foothills and plains. Other communities went south and west towards the coast. The highlands remained an important reference in the stories of peoples whose settlements spread across southern Sumatra.