Tomb Stone of Passumah Culture, from Pajar Bulan Village, Southern Sumatra

Artefak Batu Nisan Suku Pasemah

Pajar bulan village, Pagar Alam regency

Passumah land and rejang land is brotherhood in oral legend and mythology story. This one archeology artefct from Pajar Bulan village, this area now to be part of pagar alam regency, south sumatra province Indonesia.

Pajar bulan very popular in old book written by english men and dutch men who have explore this area when rejang land and passumah land have been colony by British and Netherland more than hundred ago.

This is a grave stone of passumah culture, from pajar Bulan village, one evidence from more than thausand of passumah stone artefact. Some people say that have influence from Dongson culture of cambodja, still need more research evidence for suppport this hypotesis.

Grave stone of passumah in Keban Agung today
(photo by Davito Pasya)

Other old grave stone at pajar bulan, year 1931.
(Trophen museum netherland collection)