Feature: Chinese-inspired village volleyball tournament energizes local communities in Indonesia

by Dames Alexander Sinaga

LUMAJANG, Indonesia, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,000 residents swarmed into an open-air stadium surrounded by sugarcane fields in Purwosono, a village in Lumajang Regency in Indonesia's East Java Province, to watch the final of a volleyball competition on Thursday evening.

Initiated and organized by the Purwosono village administration, the tournament drew inspiration from th