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SUNSHINE AND SHADE RUN RIOT AMONG THE SILENT ROWS OF CORAL MONUMENTS IN THIS NATIVE "HAVEN OF REST" In this unique native cemetery on Ong Tong Java elaborately carved and painted tombstones of coral mark the graves. Here the widow of the deceased native must spend years of her life, brushing away each leaf or twig from the spotless white coral sand. Her food is brought from the neighboring village, and she sleeps in a tiny leaf hut on the edge of the clearing. The more elaborate headstones are protected from the weather by leaf mats |