Peeking through a slit in her giant puppet costume, Indonesian teen Juniarti is drenched in sweat as she moves stiffly under the blistering sun.
The 15-year-old and a motley crew of other children - some as young as nine - make a living by strapping on 2m brightly coloured folk effigies known as Ondel-Ondel.
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