In the back Corners of Lombok

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDONESIA | Sunday, 30 June 2013 | Views [280] | View Larger Image

A local villager prepares food for the feast that will feed the whole village. Cows were slaughtered out back and baskets of rice were prepared. I found myself in the prep line at one point and was passing plates out to feed the 500 people that comprise the village.

Heavy rains poured down on the celebration but everyone was able to crowd under the tarps until it passed, avoiding the holes above that would splash down on us intermittently. A tradition of theirs is to throw the bride’s underwear on the roof of her husband’s house to ward off rain on their wedding day – it almost worked. Many of the dirt roads remained flooded after we left.

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Back behind the celebrations men prepare curry in vats for the wedding feast.

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In the back Corners of Lombok

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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