The Best Rainforest Guardians
Monday, May 29, 2023
The Kajang indigenous community is considered the best forest guardian. They face threats from the regulations, plantation companies and modernization.
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BY midmorning, beams of tropical sun cut through the rainforest canopy, illuminating a bamboo hut in a rare clearing of trees. Inside, a wrinkled old man, sitting cross-legged with his eyes shut, whispers blessings to the Earth.
After the spiritual leader, the Ammatoa, goes silent, groups of men wearing dark indigo sarongs jump to their feet and head into the forest carrying an offering of rattan baskets full of rice, bananas and ligh
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