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    Just before the low tide the fishermen look at the ocean to watch.: by seluvega, Views[131]
         		 The first step for traditional is getting the alive fishing bait.: by seluvega, Views[144]
         		 My Badui host preparing our super.: by nerriza, Views[300]
         		 A Baduy boy sharping his tools after a days work in the fields.: by nerriza, Views[361]
         		 Granny sifting through rice before cooking.: by nerriza, Views[964]
     
    Trading rice paddies for other provisions.: by nerriza, Views[308]
         		 A Badui woman returning home from a days work in the rice fields. : by nerriza, Views[257]
         		 As night begins to fall, the men will always try to collect one last batch. Being a male dominant culture, the men take pride in looking out for their family. But as Made, the man in the picture, says “That last trip is for me. Five kilos more, will buy me a pack of cigarettes, that will get me through tomorrow.” : by mau, Views[268]
         		 But as children do, they always find time to have fun and enjoy their life in one of the most beautiful places in the world. : by mau, Views[944]
         		 Most locals have never left their small island, meaning most children will follow the steps of their parents and will become seaweed farmers. Though many children skip the morning session to go to school. The majority comes around in the evening to begin what will probably become their life long work. : by mau, Views[374]
     
    Women make many trips carrying full baskets of seaweed. Each basket weighs approximately 30 kilos. For each kilo, they will receive $2000 IDR, which is equivalent to 20 cents of a dollar. A kilo of rice is $10,000 IDR.: by mau, Views[286]
         		 As the sun sets, the people from Nusa Lembongan will take advantage of the low tides, and will resume their daily harvesting of seaweed. The seaweed that will be used to make cosmetics and beauty products for the outside world. : by mau, Views[250]
         		 the delicious casava that is being cook with javanese brown sugar: by deasy, Views[616]
         		 molding the ready made hot brown sugar into the coconut shell: by deasy, Views[743]
         		 adding more
     
    a pan full of boiling
         		 A Javanese lady in her traditional kitchen evironment: by deasy, Views[1239]
         		 Geurutee, Aceh Jaya: by rubyjournal, Views[539]
         		 Demonstran, Police, and Army: by rubyjournal, Views[324]
         		 Sun, Beach, and Sand : by rubyjournal, Views[184]
     
    long way beside the beach: by rubyjournal, Views[195]
         		 Aceh Tsunami Museum: by rubyjournal, Views[270]
         		 It was beautiful sunny Sunday Morning behind my neighbourhood where there are still farm fields. The ray of light are caught by the trees and made this beautiful scene. Locals like to let their chicken pet running freely through the fields. They're not worry about loosing them because eventually the chickens would get very far.: by lieshabear, Views[1102]
         		 Mrs. Nik and her son, Rofiq, waits in the shades while Mr. Nik works on burning the remaining cane plants after the harvest.: by lieshabear, Views[547]
         		 This is Mr. Nik. He lives a few blocks away, but his family owns a cane field behind my neighbourhood. The cane are harvest once in a year. After it's being harvested, the remaining plants have to be burnt before the farmers could plant the new plants. Mr. Nik works as a factory labor on week days and takes care of his field on Sundays.: by lieshabear, Views[559]
     
    The effects of a growing city is the growth of the housing which can expand to the far side of the city. Most affordable housing are small houses, built from what used to be a farming field. Some field still existing between those houses, like this chili field that is being harvest by Lastri. She is one of the locals that lives behind my neighbourhood and still owns her family field. Her sons have all grown up and chose to move to a bigger city rather than to be a farmer like their parents.: by lieshabear, Views[595]
     
         		 Talking about investment, they are indeed great investments for the future. These kids have dreams and ambitions to increase their standard of living and reduce poverty.
         		 This is an ordinary day in Dito's class in SD Mi Al Istiqomah. As a school located in slum area, some foster parents like me are investing our money in its kids.: by catherinesetiawan, Views[280]
         		 Dito has two best friends named Yoni and Hendi. Three of them are the smartest boys in the class. Yoni and Hendi are coming from low income family and also get subsidies from other foster parents to pay for their education.: by catherinesetiawan, Views[442]
     
    Meet Dito my foster kid, an 8 year old boy from East Jakarta. He is in grade three, studying at SD Mi Al Istiqoma in Pulo Gadung, one of the slum areas in Jakarta. Even though his family is poor and his father is an unemployment, but he can still get education in this place. : by catherinesetiawan, Views[358]
         		 Rain or sun the horses today shall run; bareback riding, some jockeys fall, stronger ones hold on and the lucky ones make it first to the finish line.: by t-soul, Views[830]
         		 Everybody is tense, focused on outrunning, afraid of losing; adrenaline smell of man and beast stench behind the metal bars. Seconds and the gun will fire, gates will open and dust shall fill the vacuum. : by t-soul, Views[249]
         		 Sandlewood Ponies of Sumbawa are much shorter than their cousin the arabian horse. However, they remain powerful giants juxtaposed with the lean 8 year old rider.: by t-soul, Views[267]
         		 The jockeys are the pride of their families and the ultimate heroes on this day. Fathers carry them on their backs into the arena, prepare their costume and whisper a prayer. Their contribution to the family starts at an early age and sometimes at a hefty price. : by t-soul, Views[237]
     
    Main Jaran is a once a year event. Thrill seekers from nearby villages crowd the stands, climb the surrounding walls or hang on trees for a peek. Betting occupies the majority, minimum bet for locals is 50,000 rupiah (5$), foreigners must start betting at 200,000. Jockeys' parents are paid 100,000 per race, stable owners make millions.: by t-soul, Views[248]
         		 The ex mariner Hasyim, like a modern Caronte of Dante’s Divina Commedia, is now working as accompany for workers from a ship to another. He took me for a trip in the canal for showing me proudly the working process. : by myversion, Views[705]
         		 Some of the workers have just finished to load a “pinisi” with gypsum, which going through the direction of the Surabaya harbor. All of the hooded workers which are covered with the whit dust of the gypsum are looking like the crew of a ghost ship. : by myversion, Views[740]
         		 Workers are often using the turbid canal which comes from the Ciliwung River(Turbid water river)and flows into the sea, for moving from one ship to another for trasfering the stocks and the workers. During the navigation it’s usual to see the maintenance work of these old wood ships called “pinisi” in Bahasa, directly on the little platforms on the water. : by myversion, Views[741]
         		 Conditions of work are still ancestral, they work in the old way, without glove, barefoot and they protect their respiratory tracts from dust by covering their faces with t-shirts.: by myversion, Views[600]
     
    Recently I lived two months in Jakarta. Of course Jakarta is not a typical touristic city, few monuments, few attraction. One of the places that caught my attention is “Sunda Kelapa”, the old harbor in Batava(the old name of Jakarta). The atmosphere here is dreamlike. The leaden sky, and the workers moving like ghosts are seem to take you into a dream. Still today the sailors are using a piece of wood instead of footbridge for unloading the stocks. : by myversion, Views[384]
         		 An elderly local wears his Batik shirt for the Friday tradition. : by travella, Views[199]
         		 Three local women take a break under a tree after exploring Borobudur temple.: by travella, Views[196]
         		 A trained crocodile and monkey attraction entertain the visitors. The trainer put a bean into the crocodile's mouth and the monkey open its mouth to take the bean and eat it.: by odell, Views[1479]
         		 The owner of the park provides some attraction moments for the visitors. At this moment, visitors usually try to touch the crocodile and take a photo with it.: by odell, Views[382]
     
    With $0.6 or Rp6000, people loves to bring their family here to see almost 2000 crocodiles.: by odell, Views[342]
         		 A 11 years old crocodile is waiting form the feed time. This park was established by Lo Than Mok on 1959 and located in sub-urban area in Medan (North Sumatera) Indonesia. The oldest alive collection is a 40 years old crocodile.: by odell, Views[405]
         		 A man with little girl look at the crocodiles in the inside of crocodile cage in Asam Kumbang Crocodile Park.: by odell, Views[349]
         		 Friends can be found everywhere, including in slums coastal of Jakarta. A young fisherman gave an refreshment to a monkey. He never forgot to share food and drink to the monkey before going to the sea though it was not his. : by iamdreamcatcher, Views[875]
         		 Saiful (right) and his friend were relaxing before going to the sea. His a young fisherman with dark experiences from the sea. Two times imprisoned for illegal fishing in Northern Territory, Australia, not make him stop going to be a fisherman. Fishing is the only skill he has have. : by iamdreamcatcher, Views[420]
     
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