: "Madura has gained world fame : Tho_f it abounds in only salt and lime" :: <small>-- Ismail</small>
A byword for crowded poverty even in Indonesia, Madura's infertile soil has led to an estimated 10 million Madurese migrants leaving the island, with only around 4 million left to eke out a living from subsistence agriculture (mostly maize) and cattle farming.
Madurese women, though, are famous throughout Indonesia for one thing: secretive '''sex techniques''' known as ''goyang Madura''. These seem to involve clenching vaginal muscles in a way not unlike Kegel exercises, assisted with herbal preparations like the ''tongkat Madura'' ("Madura stick") that were a minor hit in Japan a few years back.
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