tibisi linsak only arrived four years ago. despite the persecution and abuse, neither woman is prepared to remain silent. in contrast to almost all the other women here, they have a small income. a neighbor turns the wood they're chopping into charcoal, which they sell on the streets. tindang's inhabitants are almost entirely women. most are over 70. if they didn't get occasional food supplies from the church and from aid organizations, they would starve. they all have scars, but most are invisible. some have dementia and are confused. but all of them have been traumatized by persecution and a centuries old ritual. to determine whether a woman is a witch, a fetish priest cuts the throat of a chicken and then throws it onto the ground. if the bird dies on its stomach, then the woman is guilty. if the hen ends up on its back, it was a false alarm. in tindang, the fetish priest is also the village chief. it was his father who founded the refuge for alleged witches almost 50 years ago. >> the spirits decide whether someone is a wi