Java (Indonesia)
Where Mantras Trump Medicine, Vaccines Are a ‘Violation’
KANEKES, Indonesia — When their ancestors warned them, through dreams and a bone-bitingly cold wind, to be careful, the community leaders of the Baduy people in Indonesia knew they needed to protect their villages from something bad that was on its way. So Jaro Nalim, one of the senior leaders in the Baduy hamlet of […]
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At Least 13 Dead as Indonesia’s Mount Semeru Erupts
Searing ash towered in the sky over the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday after the Semeru volcano erupted, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens of others. Indah Amperawati Masdar, the deputy head of East Java’s Lumajang District, near Mount Semeru, said in a news conference on Saturday that at least 41 people […]
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