THE classes took place over a period of almost two years, attended by darkly tanned farmers. But a different atmosphere pervaded the classroom over a one-week period last month. A number of foreigners also took part in the classes. Like the farmers, they also studied the lessons diligently taking notes as they went. The “school” was being held at Cipedang village in the Indramayu subdistrict of West Java.

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