How an indigenous group is keeping Indonesia’s rain forest alive
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
A Kajang couple after attending Andingingi, an annual ritual to ask the forest for forgiveness for humanity’s sins. (Peter Yeung for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyComment
BULUKUMBA REGENCY, Indonesia — By midmorning, beams of tropical sun cut through the rainforest canopy, illuminating a bamboo hut in a rare clearing of trees. Inside, a wrinkled old man, sitting cross-legged with his eyes shut, whispers . . .