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        "id": 1720654,
        "msgid": "east-flores-residents-discover-ancient-artefacts-while-fishing-on-konga-beach-1778194579",
        "date": "2026-05-06 09:04:28",
        "title": "East Flores Residents Discover Ancient Artefacts While Fishing on Konga Beach",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "Residents of East Flores, Indonesia, unearthed several ancient artefacts, believed to date back to the Singosari Kingdom era, while fishing and gathering prawns on Konga Beach in Titehena Subdistrict on Monday evening. The discoveries, including statues, crosses adorned with gem-like stones, keris daggers, a dragon-headed staff, a conical crown, a jug, arm bracelets, and other items, were found by local villager Bernardus Budi and have gone viral on social media. Authorities from the local Tourism and Culture Office plan to inspect the site and document the artefacts, highlighting the area's historical significance as a transit point for Portuguese and Japanese forces during World War II, where previous wartime remnants have also been found.",
        "content": "<p>A video of a resident discovering several ancient antique items,\nsuspected to be from the kingdom era, on Konga Beach in Titehena\nSubdistrict, East Flores, on Monday night (4\/5\/2026), has gone viral on\nsocial media. The village head of Konga, Aloysius Sinyo Kung, stated\nthat the finder of the statue and ancient antique items is named\nBernardus Budi, a resident of Dulipali Village. At the time, he was\nfishing and looking for prawns on Konga Beach, and he found the valuable\nitems there. \u201cBudi went to the beach and found them while prawn fishing.\nHe stored them in the garden; there is a kingdom statue, a cross, a\nsmall box like a diamond or gemstone, a staff with a bird\u2019s head, and so\non,\u201d said Aloysius when confirmed by detikBali on Wednesday (6\/5\/2026).\nAloysius said the ancient items are suspected to originate from the\nSingosari Kingdom because some attributes, such as the staff with a\nbird\u2019s head and keris, resemble those from the kingdom era. The\ncirculating video shows one cross adorned with new gem-like crystals in\ntwo colours, several keris, a staff with a dragon head, a conical crown,\na jug, arm bracelets, up to bamboo bird traps, and several other antique\nitems whose exact names are unknown. Aloysius once asked the resident\nwho found the antiques to secure them in the Konga Village area\ntemporarily so they could be investigated. However, Bernardus had\nalready taken the heirloom items home and stored them in the garden.\nAccording to Aloysius, the Konga area was a transit point for the\nPortuguese and Japanese nations. This is evidenced by residents\npreviously finding 16 grenades and 393 bullets from World War II\nremnants. The Head of the Tourism and Culture Office of East Flores\nRegency, Hery Lamawuran, said his side will go to the discovery location\nand record the valuable items found. \u201cOur plan today, Wednesday\n(6\/5\/2026), is to check there, see, and at least do recording,\u201d he\nconcluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/east-flores-residents-discover-ancient-artefacts-while-fishing-on-konga-beach-1778194579",
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