Midday in the Garden of Good and Evil

July 1, 2003

John Byrne
Cultural observer

 

IN a city of 18 million people, to find somewhere quiet, leafy and green in Jakarta is truly an achievement. A while back, a favorite of mine was off Jl. Prapanca Raya, in, of all places, a cemetery where General A.H. Nasutions daughter was buried after she became a victim of the September 30 coup in 1965. With the traditional frangipani trees dotted throughout this cemetery, it was possible to believe for a mo


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