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"ampo," a snack made from clean, gravel-free dark earth collected from nearby paddy fields.
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In general it is only the Javanese women who eat the ampo, either in the time of pregnancy, or in order to grow thin; the absence of plumpness being there regarded as a kind of beauty.
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The attention of physiologists, since my return from the Orinoco, having been powerfully directed to these phenomena of geophagy, M. Leschenault (one of the naturalists of the expedition to the Antarctic regions under the command of captain Baudin) has published some curious details on the tanaampo, or ampo, of the
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In this state it takes the name of ampo, and is sold in the public markets.
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In this state it takes the name of ampo, and is sold in the public markets.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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In general it is only the Javanese women who eat the ampo, either in the time of pregnancy, or in order to grow thin; the absence of plumpness being there regarded as a kind of beauty.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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"The ampo-making has become a family tradition in the village and I do not know exactly when it started," she said.
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She is the village's only ampo producer, and can earn up to $2 a day to supplement her family's income from farming.
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Rasima, who like many Indonesians only has one name, makes ampo everyday to sell at the local market, just like her ancestors.
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It taught me to value what is really important, karas keng org, ampo karas keng pamiabe ampo keng bie.
Just Typing Out Loud 2009
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