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Ezra in Indonesia: January 2011
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Sunday, January 30, 2011. While smoking among men seems much more prevalent here than in American, I do not remember having seen an Indonesian woman smoke. Apparently one of the female ETAs was told something along the lines of, "don't smoke in public; people might think you are a prostitute." Maybe it's a good thing that I haven't seen women smoking. Posted by Ezra Cohn. After the slaughter, Mary and her parents left. I ended up nongkronging (hanging out) with my counterpar...
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Ezra in Indonesia: Pilkada=Pilihan Kepala Daerah=choosing of the regional head=elections
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Friday, November 5, 2010. Pilkada=Pilihan Kepala Daerah=choosing of the regional head=elections. Because of the tensions the election raise, the police are out in force. I even saw. One of these last weekend. From http:/ www.primeportal.net/apc/shchang/barracuda 4x4 apc walk 1.htm. Posted by Ezra Cohn. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pilkada=Pilihan Kepala Daerah=choosing of the regi. View my complete profile. Enter your email address:.
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Ezra in Indonesia: Toraja 2
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Sunday, January 30, 2011. Soon after we got there we saw a buffalo slaughter. While almost every buffalo I have seen killed has needed only one slash of the parang (machete) to the neck, this slaughter did not go so well. It took a lot of tries to get a good cut. This is the first whack. I would be up all night if I uploaded every attempt I caught on camera. After nongkronging for a bit, a few of the Indonesians started moving the coffins. The inside of the old grave:. During th...
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Ezra in Indonesia: Smoking in Indonesia
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Sunday, January 30, 2011. While smoking among men seems much more prevalent here than in American, I do not remember having seen an Indonesian woman smoke. Apparently one of the female ETAs was told something along the lines of, "don't smoke in public; people might think you are a prostitute." Maybe it's a good thing that I haven't seen women smoking. Posted by Ezra Cohn. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Enter your email address:.
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Ezra in Indonesia: Tsunami
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Legend has it there was a tsunami off the coast of Sumatra. Also, Mount Merapi in Central Java erupted. This is quite bad for people living in Sumatra and Java. I am quite a ways away on Sulawesi, so I am fine. To those who asked, thanks for asking about my aliveness. Posted by Ezra Cohn. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). SMA Barana, part 1. From Dog to Dinner. So apparently Ive been rather bad about posting. . View my complete profile.
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Ezra in Indonesia: July 2010
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Wednesday, July 14, 2010. UPDATE: Indonesian Wikipedia notes that Tikala is on the road to Sesean, presumably from Rantepao. Both of these are on google maps, so that gives a slightly better idea of where I will be. I leave for Indonesia in mid-late August, and will be there for nine months. I suspect this blog will lie dormant for a month or so, so make sure to sign up for email updates so that you don't have to remember to start looking at the blog a month from now.
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Ezra in Indonesia: November 2010
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Friday, November 5, 2010. Pilkada=Pilihan Kepala Daerah=choosing of the regional head=elections. Because of the tensions the election raise, the police are out in force. I even saw. One of these last weekend. From http:/ www.primeportal.net/apc/shchang/barracuda 4x4 apc walk 1.htm. Posted by Ezra Cohn. A lot of you have been asking about living conditions. I'll see what I can do to describe them. I actually have quite the nice house (duplex? Posted by Ezra Cohn.
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Ezra in Indonesia: SMA Barana', part 1
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Monday, October 25, 2010. SMA Barana', part 1. On the plus side, having fixed classrooms makes it much easier to schedule classes than having moving classes. With fixed classrooms, the school only has to schedule the 30 or so teachers moving around. With movable classes, the school would have to schedule 270 students moving around. The school also probably needs fewer class spaces, which makes fixed classes less expensive. Second, the teachers’ hands are tied in terms of c...
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Ezra in Indonesia: Toraja: a primer
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Nine Months In Indonesia. Friday, January 7, 2011. I have stayed away from mentioning it for so long because it has taken me so long to appreciate (and because I am really bad at posting with any regularity or frequency. I was actually ready to write this at least two months ago). Now that I am ready, here are my thoughts as well as a decent introduction to Torajan culture and ceremonies. If no one lives in a Tongkonan, why build it, and why call it a house? So how about those burials? It was grass fed:.
