The rumbling engine of our car approached an unsurfaced road before we entered the peaceful village of Limau from Tobelo, North Maluku. Mukmi Sabam, a custom chief, and Muhammad, the village head, welcomed Tempo one noon in April.

They accompanied us to a house onstilts called BangsahaSeri Kodhoba. Two brothers once occupied this houseand later came into conflict. . In the house there are two wooden replicas of hawks already corroded by termites.