HE looked distressed. His eyes stared at something far away. His face carried the worried look of the future. Two years ago, at the Sultan Hotel in Banda Aceh, Tempo met Teungku Adnan PMTOH, the Aceh storyteller. He was born in Meukek, South Aceh in December 1931. He lamented, Until now, there is no one to replace me.

Adnan once taught and trained his son to be a storyteller in 1990. He was brought along, from stage to stage, inside and outside of