Slavery's Hidden Face: The Enduring Legacy of Indonesia's Caste System Indonesia's Sumba Island is often touted as a tropical paradise, its turquoise waterfalls and untouched landscapes evoking a sense of timelessness.
Yet, beneath the surface, a stark reality lurks: slavery remains a daily presence on the island.
The east coast of Sumba is particularly notorious for its rigid caste system, which has endured despite formal abolition over 160 years ago.