Jakarta: Taking a nap on a sandy beach is pretty relaxing, but can you imagine going to sleep on a pile of sand every night? The residents of three small fishing villages in the Batang region of Indonesia prefer to sleep on piles of sand than on modern mattresses.
Even the richest of residents prefer sleeping on sand than on mattresses in the villages, and even if some own conventional beds, they are mostly for decorative purposes.
The villagers, most of them fishermen, believe the sand brought in from nearby beaches has medicinal properties that can help with a variety of conditions, from rheumatism to itches, although there’s no scientific proof of this.
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