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Madura is an island off the coast of East Java, Indonesia.

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• Bangkalan

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Madhura ampon kalonta e manca naghara

Buja tor tana kapor

"Madura has gained world fame

Tho’ it abounds in only salt and lime"

-- Ismail

A byword for crowded poverty even in Indonesia, Madura's infertile soil has led to an estimated 10 million Madurese migrants leaving the island, with only around 4 million left to eke out a living from subsistence agriculture (mostly maize) and cattle farming.

Madurese women, though, are famous throughout Indonesia for one thing: secretive sex techniques known as goyang Madura. These seem to involve clenching vaginal muscles in a way not unlike Kegel exercises, assisted with herbal preparations like the tongkat Madura ("Madura stick") that were a minor hit in Japan a few years back.

[edit] Talk

The local language is Madurese, but standard Indonesian is widely spoken.

[edit] Get in

Currently the only way to travel to Madura involves taking a ferry from Ujung, near Surabaya on the Javanese mainland, to Kamal, near Bangkalan. The Suramadu Bridge [1] to link to two is under construction and expected to be complete sometime around 2008.

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• Bull racing

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