Gereja Ayam, An Unfinished Temple That Looks Like a Giant Chicken Sitting on Mountain in Central Java
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#F7GQ)
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In 1990, an Indonesian man named Daniel Alamsjah was working in the capital city of Jakarta when he received an unexpected divine message instructing him to create a prayer house in the shape of a dove atop a mountain in Magelang, Central Java. The resulting unfinished structure, known as Gereja Ayam, however, is more of a chicken than a dove.
In 2012, artists Ade Itameda and Lielo visited the Chicken Church and documented the adventure.
image via Alek Kurniawan
image via Alek Kurniawan
image via Alek Kurniawan
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