traditional village of Wae Rebo
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The traditional village of Wae Rebo is a remote Manggarai highland settlement on Flores Island in Indonesia, renowned for its conical thatched houses and well-preserved indigenous culture.
All labels observed (1)
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| traditional village of Wae Rebo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1486461 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: traditional village of Wae Rebo Context triple: [Flores, hasAttraction, traditional village of Wae Rebo]
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A.
Kidani Village
Kidani Village is a Disney Vacation Club resort area themed after an African village, featuring savanna-view accommodations and cultural theming adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
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B.
Wuksachi Village
Wuksachi Village is a year-round visitor hub in Sequoia National Park featuring lodging, dining, and services near the park’s giant sequoia groves.
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C.
Orongo ceremonial village
Orongo ceremonial village is an ancient stone settlement on Easter Island famed for its cliffside petroglyphs and its central role in the Birdman (Tangata manu) ritual.
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D.
Tambora village
Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
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E.
Sajama village
Sajama village is a small Andean settlement in western Bolivia, known as the gateway to Nevado Sajama and the surrounding Sajama National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: traditional village of Wae Rebo Target entity description: The traditional village of Wae Rebo is a remote Manggarai highland settlement on Flores Island in Indonesia, renowned for its conical thatched houses and well-preserved indigenous culture.
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A.
Kidani Village
Kidani Village is a Disney Vacation Club resort area themed after an African village, featuring savanna-view accommodations and cultural theming adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
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B.
Wuksachi Village
Wuksachi Village is a year-round visitor hub in Sequoia National Park featuring lodging, dining, and services near the park’s giant sequoia groves.
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C.
Orongo ceremonial village
Orongo ceremonial village is an ancient stone settlement on Easter Island famed for its cliffside petroglyphs and its central role in the Birdman (Tangata manu) ritual.
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D.
Tambora village
Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
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E.
Sajama village
Sajama village is a small Andean settlement in western Bolivia, known as the gateway to Nevado Sajama and the surrounding Sajama National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
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tourist attraction ⓘ traditional village ⓘ |
| access |
reachable only by foot
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requires several hours of trekking ⓘ |
| altitude | approximately 1100 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Mbaru Niang ⓘ |
| centralSpace | ceremonial courtyard ⓘ |
| climate | tropical highland climate ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | important cultural heritage site of Manggarai people ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
coffee cultivation
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Manggarai people ⓘ |
| governedBy |
adat council
ⓘ
customary chief ⓘ |
| hasCircularLayout | true ⓘ |
| hasGuesthouse | traditional house adapted for visitors ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfBuilding | Mbaru Niang conical houses ⓘ |
| indigenousCulture | Manggarai traditional culture ⓘ |
| isRemote | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conical thatched houses
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remote mountain location ⓘ traditional communal lifestyle ⓘ well-preserved indigenous culture ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Manggarai language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
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Flores ⓘ
surface form:
Flores Island
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ Manggarai Regency ⓘ highlands of western Flores ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Ruteng ⓘ |
| numberOfMainHouses | 7 ⓘ |
| practices |
ancestral rituals
ⓘ
traditional Manggarai ceremonies ⓘ |
| preservationEfforts | community-led restoration of traditional houses ⓘ |
| preservationPartner | Indonesian heritage organizations ⓘ |
| province |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
surface form:
East Nusa Tenggara Province
|
| recognizedBy |
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Merit for Cultural Heritage Conservation
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surface form:
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | thatched palm or alang-alang grass ⓘ |
| tourismType |
community-based tourism
ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOAward | Award of Excellence ⓘ |
| UNESCOAwardYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| wallMaterial | bamboo and wood ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: traditional village of Wae Rebo Description of subject: The traditional village of Wae Rebo is a remote Manggarai highland settlement on Flores Island in Indonesia, renowned for its conical thatched houses and well-preserved indigenous culture.
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