No quiet rules at Indonesia's flyover library.
Singing and laughter briefly drown out the roar of cars under a Jakarta flyover, where an unlikely library for kids is thriving despite choking fumes -- and opposition from menacing gangsters.
"We wanted to bring books closer to the community," Devina Febrianti, a library coordinator, told AFP as car horns blared accompanied by choking exhaust fumes. Artists painted murals on the walls, installed planter boxes and a futsal pitch, and a library with several dozen books was built on site."In the beginning not everyone was supportive when we came with books because there were already other residents here," Febrianti said.
Today, it's not uncommon to see up to 70 kids attending after-school sessions, where they read stories with teachers, get help with homework, or sing and dance on concrete covered with green Astroturf. "It makes me happy and it's exciting," she told AFP in a brief interview, before rushing back to join the other kids."This is a great place for learning, creating and playing," she said.
Some 80 reading parks have been established this part of the sprawling capital, although there is only one located right below a flyover, Febrianti said.
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