摘要：Tumpang is an ancient hillside farming
village in the center of Indonesia’s East
Java Province. It squats on the fl anks
of Mount Semeru, an active volcano puffi ng
light gray ash across the countryside and so
fertilizing the land. Temple ruins date back to
the 13th century Singosari kingdom.
According to connoisseurs, Tumpang
was once home for some of the nation’s most
delectable rice. The locals go further. They
say Tumpang is where rice culture began,
and that anthropologists—who source
the grain and irrigation techniques from
northern Vietnam during the Dongson Period
more than 3,000 years ago—are wrong.
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