Memories of past violence are etched in the remains of buildings ravaged by mass riots, now piled up in the thick grass. Grafitti, full of rage, are still written on the walls of buildings. Eleven years have passed, since the bloody conflict that tore Ambon apart without mercy. People’s lives were easily plucked from the city streets, throwing sweet Ambon into a tragic period never before known in that land.

The riots spread to Banda, the lege