MARIA Chico’s facial lines are quite visible. So are the wrinkles on her stretched right hand. The blue scarf does not manage to hide all the grey hairs of the 90-year-old woman. Yet, Maria still looks striking in her light-green blouse and bright yellow skirt. A yellow-blue-green necklace dangles till below her chest. Her appearance contrasts with the brown brick wall she is leaning on.

Maria’s look is different from a Javanese woman of the