Lonely Village in Madura

Landscape photography about a village in Batumarmar, Pamekasan, East Java.

Quiet street, quiet settlement. The villagers are very few in this place, they went and roamed around the world. Working as a migrant worker, the work money was sent to the hometown for the families to build them homes.

For years I have known this village, the silence is eternal. The big houses are classy but without its inhabitants. It's like a empty monument built up to commemorate people who never existed.

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**Perkampungan Sepi di Madura**

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Fotografi lanskap tentang sebuah desa di Batumarmar, Pamekasan, Jawa Timur.

Jalan yang tenang, pemukiman sepi. Penduduk desa sangat sedikit di tempat ini, mereka pergi dan berkeliaran di seluruh dunia. Bekerja sebagai pekerja migran, uang hasil kerja dikirim ke kampung halaman agar keluarga membangun rumah mereka.

Selama bertahun-tahun saya mengenal desa ini, keheningan disini seakan abadi. Rumah-rumah besar dibangun dengan berkelas tapi tanpa penghuni. Ini seperti monumen kosong yang dibangun untuk memperingati orang-orang yang tidak pernah ada.