The Sound of the Sea
Maria Matildis Banda
ISBN : 9789792152890 Published : 2017
Abstrak
The sound of the Ocean presents the character of Lyra. For 27 years she had longed to meet
Arakian, her father, a lamafa (whale spearman). The story was written in the setting of the
Lamalera worldview on Lembata Flores. This novel deals with a very fundamental problem
when viewed from a socio-cultural and religiosity perspective. There are many facts and
understandings about the traditions, customs and culture of Lamalera.