THE jokes by Si Cepot were refreshing. To the farmers in Lembang, a cool mountainous region in West Java, the comic character in the wayang golek puppet show managed to warm up the environment around them.

Little wonder that Suara Petani, the rural radio station which operates on 95,55 FM, features Si Cepot almost every night. When he’s not on, the station plays popular dangdut music. Wayang golek and dangdut are two forms of entertainmen