In Reply to: Genital female mutilation in Lombok posted by Ail on Tuesday, 27. April 1999 at 08:44 Bali Time:
At first I thought, "Oh, how silly! Female circumsision on Lombok!" But I did a little research and found a few references to mutilation being practices on some areas on Java. My husband, a balinese person from Lombok, has never heard any information about this practice, but it might be worth looking into further.
Here is a posting from a person involved in research on this issue. Perhaps you could contact them to find more information:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/54/009.html
Let me know what you find out!