HEAVEN lies beneath mother’s feet, and among those mother’s feet (as well as father’s), some lie bare remotely on the coast of Aindua. On a stretch of white sand beach of Mimika, local women give birth to their babies and immerse themselves with others to relish the leisure time of tranquil afternoons. Women grill fish and squid, while men sit around until sunset.

My colleague, Alif Iman Nurlambang, came to that tiny dot o