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An emplacement is a settlement built amid a tea plantation to accommodate tea pickers who cannot afford to buy their own homes. Such an emplacement has existed since the Dutch colonial era.

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KOMPAS/RIZA FATHONI

A woman and her family go about their daily activities on 23 June 2019 at their house in the Empalasmen V neighborhood of the Cipuspa tea plantation in Sukaresmi village, Rancabali, Bandung regency, West Java.

Komala, 22, and Resty, 20, were relaxing on the wooden floor of the sitting room, facing the television. It was June 23, 2019 and they were watching Bangunnya Nyi Roro Kidul (The Rise of Nyi Roro Kidul), starring Indonesia’s queen of horror Suzanna. The film’s creepy scenes failed to scare them. The siblings even giggled now and again as Dorman Borisman and Bokir cracked jokes on screen.

A third of the film had played when Komala’s child, Karina, 5, joined them after playing in the front yard of their home in Emplacement V Cipuspa, Sukaresmi village, Rancabali district, Bandung regency, West Java. She was followed by Resty’s husband, Dede, 23, who had just come out of the bathroom. The atmosphere was even more cheerful with the arrival of Kartini, 39, who had just returned from a neighbor’s house. Kartini is the mother of Komala and Resty.

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