This unrest was fueled by a widely circulated “fiction” of symbolic terror known as the “ninja,” a socio-horror figure linked to the killings of dukun santet (sorcerers) and, over time, religious leaders such as kiai. This fiction not only spread fear but also shaped a psycho-social landscape built on rumor.
Those born in the 1990s and earlier lived through this period, while most of the performers of Curriculum Vitae, 2000 (born in the 2000s) did not experience it firsthand, inheriting its narratives instead through the stories, memories, and traumas of previous generations.