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Stories of resilience
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- Jl. Luar Batang V
Luar Batang still has that island feeling to it - a distinctly different character
Waiting for the beam
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The name Luar Batang means ‘outside the beam’. In those days Sunda Kelapa harbour was blocked with a long wooden beam: batang in local dialect. Their boats were inspected before the beam would be lifted to let them through. Sometimes they had to wait for days.
Island feeling
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Back in the days, high tide water turned the kampung into an isolated village. Luar Batang still has that island feeling to it - a distinctly different character.
The rubble ferry
The bridge between the two kampungs was destroyed in 2016 as part of the redevelopment plan. Mr. Achmad - owner of local laundry shop - built a ferry out of the rubble to reconnect the two villlages. Pak Suarto who used to sell seashell crafts at Pasar Ikan says: “I had to pack up my life when the shops were destroyed, now I’ve opened a new shop here”.