In Tanah Abang, South Sumatra, after girls marry they would leave their parents’ hut to go live with their in-laws. If a husband-and-wife didn’t have any sons, who would take care of them in their old age? Despite being over 40 and already having 14 daughters, Maryam is determined to have a baby boy.
Read MoreGema’s brother was found dead after entering the sacred ancestors’ forest. Everyone in Gema's village in Kalimantan thought that he was cursed, but Gema remembered him telling her about strange men whom he had spied on in the sacred land, chopping down trees.
Read MoreLittle Banta has heard this warning all his life: don’t swim in the river, or the evil spirit Baluembidi will drown you. After military men with strange accents rode into his small hometown in Aceh, and his father disappeared, Banta went to the river.
Read MoreSunday, 10-10-10, Aya’s body was discovered in ten pieces in large black garbage bags dumped on the median strip of the main road outside Ciputat Market.
Read MoreAfter tsunami devastated his hometown, Mustafa has to grow up fast. His mother is nowhere to be found, his father is losing his mind.
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