Cravings for Fried Oriole

Umi Siti Maimamah, 29, had never seen an oriole (songbird) before. But all of a sudden the name of this bird was sweet to her ears. When she was seven months pregnant, Umi, who lives in Brebes, Central Java, telephoned Djamal Santoso, her 31-year-old husband. On Tuesday four weeks ago, as midnight approached, Djamal was asked to leave his security guard post in Semarang and bring home a fried oriole bird.

Djamal was naturally surprised. If t

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