New Road for the Bikers Brotherhood
For 25 years the Bikers Brotherhood has been the most feared motorcycle club in Bandung. Once widely known for their brutality and fondness for roadside brawls, the brotherhood has now turned over a new leaf. Its members have become actively involved in community-building, from helping victims of natural disasters to caring for folk art and historic buildings.
April 29, 2014
On the evening of Saturday, April 5, the traffic on Bandung's Jalan Braga was at a standstill. A policeman seemed at a loss trying to bring some order to the solid mass. Dozens of cars and motorcycles were parked along both sides of the road. The celebrations going on were centered in a two-storey building. Apparently, members of the Bikers Brotherhood Motorcycle Club (BBMC), the most respectedand once the most fearedgroup of its kind in Bandung,
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