Smong

Film six of seven of the short films inspired by the tsunami phenomenom. Artwork by the students of the Minster School, Southwell. Directed by Geoff Litherland. Music by Charles Tebbs. 9 jun 2007.

Film six of seven of the short films inspired by the tsunami phenomenom. Artwork by the students of the Minster School, Southwell, 9 Jun 2007. Source: Still from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvbJLpogmWk

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Nurhadi Sucahyo, the SBS Radio correspondent in Indonesia, talks with Ahmadi a disaster activist with deep local knowledge about the phenomenon of Smong, that is peculiar to the area of Simeulue in the province of Aceh.

What is Smong? Why is this phenomenon believed to have saved many lives during the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh? Nurhadi Sucahyo, the SBS Radio correspondent in Indonesia, talks with Ahmadi about the effective application of local wisdom in a disaster prone region.

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