There is a season for everything!

Indonesia oficially has two seasons, dry and rainy!  We are still officialy in the rainy season, but a cutting from the Jakarta Post informed me on another season I knew nothing about!

"About 20 women allegedly soliciting themselves for kawin kontrak (unregistered or contractual marriage) were arrested by Cisarua Police in several places in Bogor last wek.

The women would come to villas and boarding houses in Warung Kaleng and Gang Sempit in Puncak, soliciting themselves to mostly Arab-descent people who were on vacation in the area.

One of the women, Aryati, explained that the kawin kontrak season started next month.

Unregistered marriages are widespread in Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim nation, because they are still recognized under religious law. By pronouncing talaq (divorce in Arabic) three times, a husband can annul the marriage under Islam.

Critics said such practice was actually prostitution that abused religious beliefs. "

I learn something new every day... See also the link below for the "old official line" on this subject.

http://viewsfromtheeast.blogspot.com/2006/09/indonesian-vice-president-is-pimp.html