Mt. Merapi
A Feast to Appease Merapi
Friday, August 26, 2005
In the last two weeks Mount Merapi has shown increased activity. The people living on the slopes of the volcano are responding to the danger in a traditional way.
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THAT day Iman Dimejo, 65, and his family did not go to work in the field. The elder of Jrakah village on the slopes of Mount Merapi had to prepare many offerings for a traditional feast in the evening. The components of the offering that must be there are quite varied: a traditional corn cone (tumpeng), pressed peanut cakes, black soybeans, roasted soybean cakes, and many more. It was to be a complete offering to soothe Merapis anger which has fl
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