Cruel Gruel

THE sun beats down on the head of Laurensius Bewat, who carries three pieces of tree trunk on his back. This resident of Rubit village, Kewapante, Sikka regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), has just returned from the jungle around the foot of Mount Egon. He appears weary after three hours of gathering trunks of the gewang tree to make putak flour. As he reaches his home, this 25-year-old does not rest. He cleans up the trunks, then lays them out in

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