Sudden Death in the South
Pangandaran had just hosted a festival. The following afternoon, a tsunami swept the southern coastline from West to Central Java.
July 25, 2006
THE party was winding down. Paper and plastic refuse was still strewn about the beach of Pangandaran, Ciamis, West Java. For two weeks, this tourist area on the southern coast of Java was packed with visitors who came to see 16 major events, among them the Prince and Princess of the Beach competition, Patok (goat races), a Bonsai Exhibition, the Chirping Bird contest, the Ronggeng Festival (a traditional musical-comedy art form), and several musi
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