Evicted from Ancestral Land

Investors at Long Temen Estate have made it hard for locals to conduct rituals. Some even suggested they resorted to bloodshed.

April 11, 2012

In his half-meter-long bird feather headgear, Wang Loh led a ritual with his ethnic Dayak Wahea people at Long Temen Estate, East Kalimantan, in the camp of an oil palm estate company in the region in January.

In a video recording watched by Tempo, dozens of local residents attended the ritual. They invoked the help of their ancestors to restore their communal rights. "We swear that the misery we've endured will be borne by those who have denied u

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