On Sunday mornings, my mother would grate coconut meat. She would squeeze the milk from the grated shreds, then cook the coconut milk in a saucepan over a medium heat. After three hours of cooking, she’d scoop off the oil that appeared at the surface, until all that remained were the galendo, the dregs, which […]
BANGKA BELITUNG, Indonesia A conflict that flared up at the start of the year between traditional fishers and illegal miners in Indonesia’s Bangka-Belitung Islands has once again highlighted the social tensions that have long gripped one of the richest tin-mining regions in the world. The incident was sparked by social media posts uploaded by […]