Madura
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Madura is an island off the coast of East Java, Indonesia.
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- Madhura ampon kalonta e manca naghara
- Buja tor tana kapor
- "Madura has gained world fame
- Tho’ it abounds in only salt and lime"
- -- Ismail
A byword for crowded poverty even in Indonesia, Madura's infertile soil has led to an estimated 10 million Madurese migrants leaving the island, with only around 4 million left to eke out a living from subsistence agriculture (mostly maize) and cattle farming.
Madurese women, though, are famous throughout Indonesia for one thing: secretive sex techniques known as goyang Madura. These seem to involve clenching vaginal muscles in a way not unlike Kegel exercises, assisted with herbal preparations like the tongkat Madura ("Madura stick") that were a minor hit in Japan a few years back.
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The local language is Madurese, but standard Indonesian is widely spoken.
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The Suramadu Bridge [1], Indonesia's longest, connects northern Surabaya on the Javanese mainland to Madura.
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The classic way to get to Madura involves taking a ferry from Ujung, near Surabaya, to Kamal, near Bangkalan.
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- Bull racing
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Karnavati Dabeli
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