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Through rare performances, sacred instruments and master artists brought from remote highland villages, the annual performance reveals West Sumatra’s living heritage, its ancestral music, dance and philosophy, as well as the elders who continue to safeguard it.
Human rights groups have strongly condemned a recent mob attack on a Christian prayer house in Padang, West Sumatra, accusing authorities of enabling religious intolerance through inaction and dismissive responses.
Boats and ferries are a regular mode of transport in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, where accidents are caused by bad weather and lax safety standards that often allow vessels to be overloaded.
Experts attribute this alarming figure to the lack of critical safety regulations for bus and truck operators, specifically, the absence of mandatory brake system overhauls at least once every three years, undefined limits on driver working hours and rest periods and the lack of standardized mental and physical health requirements for drivers.
