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Jamu!

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February 18th 2007
Once a week the house we stay in is transformed into an efficient, large scale Jamu factory. Over 100 Javanese herbs and spices are peeled, mashed, ground, boiled, soaked, dryed, blended, encapsulated. In one bucket I am shown a root that is like ginger but with ten times the strength, a chunk of cinnamon bark the size of my arm, whole nutmeg, pepper, honey bark, and a white pomagranite fruit. ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Yogyakarta

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more