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Posted: 2015-05-08T16:34:27Z | Updated: 2015-05-13T16:59:01Z

In Indonesia, one man and his horse have created a walking, braying mobile library to bring books to the remote villages on Java island.

Ridwan Sururi, 42, travels between schools and villages with a tamed wild-horse called Luna who is loaded with boxes of donated books. Sururi named his project Kudapustaka, meaning 'horse library' in Indonesian, according to the BBC .

Illiteracy remains high in the rural heartlands of Central Java, despite huge strides to improve literacy rates across the country. "I love horses, and I want this hobby to bring benefit to people," Sururi told the BBC.

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Ridwan Sururi loads books onto his horse in Serang Village, Indonesia, May 5, 2015.
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Sururi, his daughter Indriani Fatmawati and his horse Luna walk to Miftahul Huda Islamic elementary school in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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Children read at Miftahul Huda Islamic elementary school in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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Ridwan Sururi's hat and books from the mobile library, May 5, 2015.
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Sururi with his sleeping son and Luna in Serang Village, May 5, 2015.
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Sururi and his mobile library in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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Sururi bathes Luna in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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Sururi prepares books for the mobile library at his house in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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Sururi writes the names of people borrowing books in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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Sururi and his daughter walk to school on May 5, 2015.
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Sururi prepares books for the mobile library at his house in Serang Village, May 5, 2015.
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A boy reads a book at Miftahul Huda Islamic elementary school on May 5, 2015.
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A boy plays with Luna in Serang Village on May 5, 2015.
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The box for the mobile library in Serang Village, May 5, 2015.
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Sururi and his daughter walk to school on May 5, 2015.

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