There are many mythical stories about the children with felted hair (curled) in the mountains of Dieng. Javanese do not have curly hair, so for the people in the villages on the Dieng Plateau, this is then a miracle and they say that the children with curly/felted hair have magical powers. A ritual is often done at a certain age by one of the village elders to straighten the hair again.
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