STORIES : Ludruk
Ludruk
Ludruk (Indonesia)
By Verges Diego
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79 years old Soimah, beig helped to hair dress by Cristan Tog, is the oldes participants of the Ludruk Show at the Irama Buday Theater in Surabaya. She dosen't work anywhere else, but she rent a small room in the city center. Even she has to borrow make up from the other Waria (how are called transgender in Indonesia) she keeps enjoying the show, the place where she still feel free and support by a community who has becomed her family.