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than his friends
went to school at the central Patuhaw
complex where his father is the school
messenger boy (pesuruh)
Endang not lucky enough to get
such a job
since age 13 Endang has worked as
a tea picker, a less usual job for a
boy
his mother & wife are also tea pickers;
Endang's wife also born on Patuhaw. &
they have one child now
they go to Ciwedei once every 3 or 4
mo., depending on how much
money is left from their earnings after
various cuts are taken out
Endang has studied praying & a
W. Java form of martial arts called
"pencak silat" with a teacher in 
Pengalengan area ((?))
   Endang & his wife have already
gotten their own room in the bedeng
(barracks) which measures 2x3 meters;
have been able to buy a transistor &
like to hear plays in Sundanese lan-
guage
also watch TV at the kepala mandor's
house & prefer musical variety shows
Endang's parents come (from Garut
town and has occasionally

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happened that whole family has gone
to Garut for Lebaran - on these
trips passed Ciwedei & Bandung
-sometimes buy clothes at Ciwedei but
more often on credit from clothing
trader who comes around to Cileeur
at time of payday
-Endang has never stayed outside
the plantation &, despite his rela-
tively good bahasa, his world view
very limited
p10 says his ambition to travel (merantau)
but he has no experience and
therefore not brave enough

(5) fifth interview w/13-yr. old boy
named Enai
day before interview parent, gave a
selamatan to celebrate Enai's gradua-
tion from Qur'an reading course;
in this community a sign of adulthood
-Enai started SM in Ciwedei
but costs proved too much for the
family and he had to quit
2 months ago he began working
with his father in the insecticide
spraying division ((what are the
health effects of this work?))
earnings turned over completely
to his father & Enai "doesn't yet