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kampong
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kampong [ˈkæmpɒŋ kæmˈpɒŋ]
n
(in Malaysia) a village
[from Malay]
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Noun1.kampongkampong - a native village in Malaysia        
village, hamlet - a settlement smaller than a town


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In the kampungs [indigenous neighborhoods, built in styles of vernacular architecture, the home of the working classes and the location also of squatter settlements] the proliferation of radios, cassette players, television sets, and motorcycles suggested a general increase in prosperity (p.
The strength of his study lies in his ability to convey the grassroots developments--with his analysis of magic and violence at the level of the kampungs or slums of Jakarta--and then to bring the reader to an understanding of the role of the occult in the daily political life of Indonesian presidents.
 
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