THE cry of a baby broke the busy atmosphere of assisting delivery in a house in Banggae subdistrict, Majene, West Sulawesi. With a sembilu (cut-off outer bamboo skin) Indo Rukka adeptly severed the umbilical cord of the infant. This woman was a famous sandothe Majene term for traditional midwivesin Banggae. She put some coffee powder on the cut cord as a drug. "She got this method from a dream," said Sri Ariyati. To Tempo Ariyati related her experi