Spirits or Demons?

August 31, 2004

  Michael D. Gumert
Fulbright Researcher, American-Indonesian Exchange Foundation, Jakarta

 

WEST of the Wallace line it is rather easy to find long-tailed macaques, a familiar primate to many Indonesians. Often referred to as simply "monyet biasa," these apparently non-extraordinary monkeys actually hold a special place next to humanity, making them far from ordinary in the animal kingdom. They are best known for thei


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