The Lesser Known Part of the Timun Mas Tale by Bageur Al Ikhsan

A retelling of the old Timun Mas tale as a forbidden queer love story in parallel to the in-story writer’s own, as told to a child of a gay couple.

With two stories where one frames the other, Bageur presents yet another exploration of queer ecology within indigenous cultures with his unique retelling of the Indonesian folktale of Timun Mas. This in itself is beautiful, but the frame story of a gay dad telling this story to his son–and especially the context thereof–is a true stroke of genius.

Read the article on ⁠⁠https://newnaratif.com/timun-mas-tale/

Produced and narrated by Dania Joedo, translated by Gisela Swaragita

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