The Tala River is a river of western Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2,400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. According to the Central Maluku legend, the three rivers flow from a sacred lake on the mountain peak called Nunusaku. There grows a ficus tree with three big roots, each stretching in the direction of these rivers, and is where th…
The Tala River is a river of western Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2,400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. According to the Central Maluku legend, the three rivers flow from a sacred lake on the mountain peak called Nunusaku. There grows a ficus tree with three big roots, each stretching in the direction of these rivers, and is where the Alifuru people of Seram island, who later inhabited the surrounding islands, originated. The three rivers are known in local language as Kwele Batai Telu or Kwalai Batai Telu watering the island of Seram. "Nunusaku" is a term consisting of two words: "nunu" and "saku". This place is located in the area of Manusa-Manue and considered impassable by humans. Alune and Wemale people live in the watershed areas of the three rivers. Alune inhabit the whole area of the Eti, the mountainous area of Tala and most of coastal Sapalewa, while the Wemale live east of the Tala and Sapalewa.
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