By Peter Bataona Ie Gerek is the most significant ritual ceremony for the whaling community of Lamalera. Every year they hold this ceremony in order to proclaim that whaling activities is started and spirit of ancestors and spirit of the nature around like the sea, fishes and others animal may be informed and let this whaling community doing this activities though out the year safety and properous. In the community of the whaling of Lamalera they consider the role of “Lika te

Lamalera is well known as whaling community which catches whale traditionally for their diets up to this modern time.