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River, Stay Away From My Door

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Shortsightedness, greed, and the pressures of an expanding population brought about a concentration of pollution in Indonesia’s Citarum River that is unrivaled anywhere else in the world. The higher cost of fuel in the 1970s forced businesses to cut expenses. Identifying cheaper labor was one avenue for companies to improve their profit and loss statements. […]

Saturday’s Endangered Music: Sunda and the Indonesian Chamber Traditions

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Years ago, a Dutch lady loaned me an lp of music from Indonesia. While I had already heard and admired the island nation’s complex orchestral music — the “gamelan” — I was unprepared for the soft and exquisite chamber music of the Sundanese people, which immediately captured my heart and enraptured my ears. Sundanese music […]