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Read Around the World: Indonesia

‘—stories passed between successive storytellers across—generations. As the ylang-ylang rapidly blossomed—so did the champak—In her whole life, Ma Rabiah had never evicted a soul. The settlers came & went as they pleased—never even collected rent—Many years before—the area was nothing but a jungle of shrubs—plots of land had no owners at all—rice fields—coconut plantations. This lasted until people began to arrive—’

‘—whispering to each other—cooking up their own versions of what had happened—palm trees—a starfruit tree—By the roadside a majestic flame tree—The scene forever burned into her retinas—unexpunged for decades—& still standing there was Margio, his face a mask of gore—For a moment they exchanged a glance at the strangest threshold of conscience, in a state where both comprehended the hideousness of what had happened.’

Orang dewasa di sini butuh psikolog

‘ A scent of brine wafted through the coconut palms—cacao plantation—leaves were of use only to the tempeh factories—Not long after the plantation was declared bankrupt, people had arrived to put up boundary stakes, clear away the water hyacinths and vast tangles of kangkong—Rice required too much &—peanuts—were more resilient—less trouble—people were no longer bound to the soil—They had no interest in a dead hog.’

So far it's rather an exploration of time settings. From the last event, developed backwards, the more to the back again to give character background to—maybe—a single loop that become a full circle? Idk let me see...

murder happening in the kampung, Ma Soma, delivering news to the Kyai and Mayor about gore detail of how the boy Margio kill Anwar Sadat brutally.
They proceed to go help with Anwar Sadat body that killed in cold blood, like camel that been ‘sembelih’ in raya qurban.
Meanwhile, they tell backstory of this old Anwar Sadat whose were important person for kampung, also being the subject of peoples bawang time