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Ondel-ondel are typical Betawi dolls and a popular icon of Jakarta. This pair of 2.5m tall and 1m wide giant dolls are often seen...
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Wayang – The Art Of Indonesian Shadow Puppets
Wayang or shadow puppets are inseparable from Indonesian culture. The process of making Wayang and the subsequent performance includes acting, singing, music, speech, literary, painting,...
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Buddha Purnima, a Buddhist festival, marks Gautama Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. He is thought to have been born in 623 B.C.This significant and...
Java-Yatrir Patra – Rabindranath Tagore’s Indonesian experience
By Poonam Sagar: "Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the...
Amol Titus – Collaborations, Conservation and Creative Writing among the Batak...
Amol Titus – Collaborations, Conservation and Creative Writing among the Batak of Lake TobaWhile people are quite familiar with the writings, sustainability expertise and...












