The Wanderer

She is French but Indandiak has lived in Yogyakarta for 25 years. Mount Merapi in Java and its people are important parts of her life and work.

September 6, 2016

Elizabeth Diorita Inandiak feels a certain affinity to Mount Merapi. Perhaps it is because although she was born in Lyon, France, 59 years ago, she became like a daughter to the famous guardian' of Mount Merapi, Maridjan, better known as Mbah (Grandfather) Maridjan. She often served as Maridjan's driver when he needed to go somewhere. Maridjan died in 2010 from pyroclastic flow of the erupting Mount Merapi. Their relationship inspired the idea for

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