Battle Beneath the Banyan Tree

February 4, 2003

Two sentences implying a mutual attack were inscribed within the temple of Borobudur, Central Java. “The anger of the residents removed from this area will be a fire in each grain of rice you eat,” said one sentence. The other group replied, inscribing, “Those against Java World are stupid.”

The first sentence came from poet Afrizal Malna, originally written in a petition created by artists and activists of non-governme

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