God Takes a Bride

NEVER mind, just let him insult us. Gusti Allah mboten sare (God doesn't sleep)," said the ludruk actor during a performance in Turen subdistrict, Malang, East Java, in 1965. "Gusti Allah gak turu, wong gak duwe kloso (God doesn't sleep because he doesn't have a mat)," interrupted another actor in response. The dialogue angered a sympathizer of the Barisan Ansor Serbaguna (or Banser, a group within Nahdlatul Ulama) who was watching the play among the h

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