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Rachel Harrison, Becoming Javanese
Rachel Harrison, 34, came to Java as a geologist aiming to find “emas” (gold). Not only did she find gold, but she also gets “mas-mas” (brothers) and “mbak-mbak” (sisters), who took her to the centers of Javanese culture.
Rachel Harrison
Rachel Harrison, 34, came to Java as a geologist aiming to find “emas” (gold). Not only did she find gold, but she also gets “mas-mas” (brothers) and “mbak-mbak” (sisters), who took her to the centers of Javanese culture. Now, she becomes a European who is so "stubborn" to preserve Javanese classical dance.
The sound of gamelan is heard softly from the porch of a Joglo traditional house at the foot of a hill in Pete hamlet, Borobudur, Magelang regency, Central Java, on Thursday (29/11/2018) afternoon which was wet with rain. In between the gamelan musicians, Rachel performed a Javanese classical dance with very gentle movements. She let her gold-colored hair fall loose.
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