Jangat Pico, a member of the Orang Rimba indigenous people who live on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, was reluctant to say the name of the new coronavirus when he heard it for the first time.“In Orang Rimba custom, the name of a disease cannot be said aloud,” Pico, 24, said in a video call. “If we say (it), then that disease will come to us.”Superstitions aroun […]
Quarantine a tradition for the forest people of Sumatra – Covid-19 pandemic meant they just updated the rules
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