Topos

Topos lies in the high country of Lebong, near the headwaters of the Ketahun River and surrounded by the Barisan Mountains. The valley is associated with the Rejang people, whose communities maintained their own centres of authority in the mountain interior. The rulers remembered as the Depati Tiang Empat belonged to this highland world, beyond the narrow coastal plain of Bengkulu. Streams descending from the hills join the Ketahun on its journey towards the Indian Ocean.