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Indonesians in Focus: Kartika Affandi
Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:15:54 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
Recent celebrations in Yogyakarta marked 100 years since the death of the Indonesian art icon, Affandi. The beloved painter died in 1990, at 83. The inheritor of his talent and keeper of his legend is his 72?-year-old daughter, Kartika, who started making portraits of him about five years before. She made a painting of [...]
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:28:15 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
Today in Bali is the ceremony of Galungan. This occurs once in every 210 days in the Balinese cycle of days, Galungan marks the beginning of the most important recurring religious ceremony that is celebrated by all Balinese at the same time. During the Galungan period the deified ancestors of the family descend to their [...]
Craft Fair: Jakarta, West Java
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:07:05 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
A bazaar featuring traditional handicrafts from all over the country has been organized at South Jakarta’s Cilandak Town Square mall — better known as Citos — to help out small and medium sized businesses. The event, dubbed “We Love Indonesia“, will be held all day every Thursday, starting this week until Aug. 17. The event [...]
Batik for International Diplomacy
Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:48:57 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
Wastraprema, an association of traditional textile lovers, has suggested the government use batik to promote Indonesia’s culture, values and heritage abroad. The association’s chairwoman, Adiati Arifin Siregar, said batik could facilitate the sharing of ancient values and national history with other countries as the article in the Jakarta Post explains. “We have always supported the [...]
Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:14:02 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
There’s a reason why I don’t like to yell out a person’s full name in public to get his or her attention. To get into the house from the beach side after walking home from work, I use a combination of a Swiss yodel, British colonial “cooee” and motions reminiscent of the Maori haka. On lucky [...]
Gedong Songo Temple Complex: Central Java
Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:25:27 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
Central Java is rich with the cultural heritage of Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic historical eras. The famous Buddhist temples — or candi — of Borobudur, Mendut and Pawon, and the Hindu temple Prambanan are a few of the numerous cultural influences that spread through the province. Aside from these famed temples are other, lesser-known [...]
Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:08:27 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
In the eastern part of Surakarta regency, Central Java, is an eye-catching compound of large buildings on Jl. Ir. Sutami, the road connecting Surakarta with Surabaya, East Java; or to be exact, it stands next to Sebelas Maret University (UNS) and the Indonesian Fine Arts Institute-Surakarta (ISI Surakarta). An iron fence surrounds this compound [...]
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