Si Paloian and the Padi Field: A Bruneian Trickster Tale of Patience and Community
In the kampongs of Brunei, where rice fields stretch across the lowlands in neat geometric patterns and water buffalo rest in the shade of coconut palms, there once lived a man known to everyone as Si Paloian. His name was spoken with a mixture of affection and exasperation, for Si Paloian was clever, yes, but he was also reckless, impatient,
