Customary leaders Patih Majuan, Datuk Manti and Datuk Mangku approach their scared forest with hands clasped in prayer.

Other residents of the village of Talang Durian Cacar follow in tow, as the three elders reach a tennis court-sized opening here in the south of Sumatra’s Indragiri Hilir district. The four corners of the clearing are marked with tombstone-like rocks, but it’s not a cemetery. Manti sprinkles incense over a small fire.

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