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After nearly three decades of conflict to create an independent homeland in Indonesia for the Acehnese in north Sumatra, the Indian Ocean Tsunami brought both warring sides to their knees. Thousands of Indonesian military died in the wave that hit Sumatra. Many more Acehnese perished in the water that inundated Aceh. The scars of war were deep in this part of Sumatra. When wood arrived to rapidly build homes, instead of making joyful-shaped toys, children carved planks of lumber into the only thing they remembered seeing when growing up... AK-47 Kalashnikova’s. Strangely unpleasant how a natural disaster brings about peace, tragically with so many more lives lost… ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #natgeo #storytelling #indonesia #BandaAceh #book