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Back in Papua

Back in Papua

With ten pieces of luggage weighing 70kg, I felt lucky that my friend Lily Sanjaya let me have Alpen, a Moni boy, to accompany me to Bilogai. He watched and carried some of the luggage during the travel. Missing luggage is common at the airports in Papua; I had lost some before. Airplane delay is…
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Big Sister Syndrome: How Lucky Our Children

Big Sister Syndrome: How Lucky Our Children

I wrote Nat and Lynn about the illustrating picture of “Parent Donors” post: ‘a common view in rural areas of developing countries.’ And, yesterday I saw that view in the interior of Papua. Check this video clip “Big sister syndrome in developing countries” I wrote that the view always stirred my feeling: touching but sad…
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Buying cuscus equals saving it?

Buying cuscus equals saving it?

A papuan man stopped me a few meters from my hotel in Jayapura. “Do you want to buy cuscus?” He showed the cuscus, the flurry brown strips over white fur. It was so cute and beautiful. “Where did you get it?” “Sarmi,” he anwerred. I know where it is. A village in the northwest coast…
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