FOR Sarimin, the village of her birth is no more than a memory of a past gone by; who knows where. Now 85 years old, the old woman is unable to remember the name and even the location of the village where her Madurese ancestors came from. Decades of life in a new land are the main reason for the loss of all Sarimin's memories of her native island.

She left Madura for Kalimantan when she was in her teens. In Kampung Tumeanggang, Petuna Village, Ba