In 2015, Indonesia announced the construction of seven dams to provide water in East Nusa Tenggara province, an eastern region of the archipelago where access to freshwater is scarce during the annual dry season.
People here still recall Bibiana Doe and Anggela Mersiana Mau passing out during clashes with security forces during demonstrations at the construction site in 2016, which Mongabay reported on at the time.“We formed a human chain and they just shoved us,” said Bibiana, recounting the events of June 7, 2016.“It was like we weren’t human.
He said he worries the ceremonial sites kept sacred by the generations before him will all soon be submerged by development.“We ask the central government to think about us, the Indigenous people, so that our culture is not lost,” Mateus said.“Because our culture is what follows from our ancestors.
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