Nanda Feriana stood up and lifted the bowl to eye level. Stepping back and forth, she murmured the counts of her steps. That afternoon she was demonstrating the ranup lapuan dance on the porch of her house in Lhokseumawe, Aceh.

Green Wall in a Barren School

To Ligaya Tumbelaka, 54, Sumatran tigers are rare species of charismatic carnivore that should be protected. So, when in 1992 she was offered the job to become the only studbook keeper of this species in Indonesia, the Tangkuney, North Sulawesi-born Ligaya did not hesitate to take it. At that time, she had just completed specializing in the subject of primates at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in the United States.

A group of women gathered in the mosque, chanting from the Holy Qur'an. Their crystal-clear voices mingled with the morning breeze blowing from Tomini Bay in Gorontalo. The combination of natural tranquility and devout prayer recitation wiped out the fatigue of the visitors who had just arrived in the tourist village of Bongo. Leafy mahogany trees lined 200 meters of road approaching the village entrance. Coconut and candlenut trees grew nearby.

Barru's 'One-Door' Express Licensing System
The Barru Regency in South Sulawesi has come up with some innovations in business licensing procedures. As a result, the value of investments in this region has increased by more than threefold.

Two women wearing neatly-wound headscarves welcomed each person who entered the Licensing and Capital Service Office (KP3M) in Barru, South Sulawesi, three weeks ago. Like bank tellers, seated at wooden desks, they waited on five customers. If a visitor was made to wait, they smiled as they asked him to wait on the row of steel benches located across from their desk.

Itinerant Psychiatrist