The Return of Ontosoroh
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The play Nyai Ontosoroh was again performed at Teater Salihara. New experiences and an inner power were evident after performing in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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MEMORIES flowed one after another from an old tin suitcase. Memories of a woman forced to become the concubine of a Dutch man, memories of the flower of Sidoarjo who was sold by her father for 25 gulden at the age of 14. “I wore this red shawl the first time I met the Big Boss/Tuan Besar Kuasa,” she said. Slowly, she pulled the shawl from the suitcase and draped it over her body.
The women’s name was Sanikem, daughter of the town clerk Sa
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