Bandung, West Java - At a time when most Indonesian scholars are paying little attention to the survival of the country`s local dialects, Chaedar Alwasilah stands as a fervent guardian of the Sundanese language. The scholar`s noble aim is to reinvigorate Sundanese cultural heritage and to propose the renaissance of Sundanese culture. Th... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - While many have welcomed the "1 Malaysia" concept espoused by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, some quarters are seen as creating confusion by saying that such a concept had been bandied about before. They liken the concept to the "Malaysian Malaysia" ideology mooted by Lee Kuan Yew through the People`s Act... detail... »
Pekalongan, Central Java - The International Batik Exhibition of two Pekalongan sentra productions will be organized in Pekalongan, Central Java to move the market, once the batik village was established. The Head of Tourism Office of Pekalongan Doyo Budi Wibowo said the international scale event is held in every 2 years and will be held... detail... »
Jakarta - The Agency of Education of Jakarta will officiate an e-Library at High School 12, East Jakarta. This is aimed at meeting the need for information. "This will be the pioneering project in Indonesia. It is expected that every school can come and join so that online book exchange is possible," said Head of Jakarta Agency of Educ... detail... »
Bantul, Yogyakarta - The Javanese word wiwit means a beginning, or a start. So the fact that farmers carry out the wiwit tradition as they approach the harvest shows that, for them, the harvest is not the end of the cycle. Rather, it marks the beginning of a new process in agriculture. “To balance the ecosystem and maintain soil fertil... detail... »
Dili, Timor Leste -Yahiya Lambert won`t leave East Timor until he`s set up the country`s first art academy. He`s been here for 28 years, so a few more won`t be a problem for the 37-year-old Indonesian, a native of the Maluku Islands. "My life is first for the art and for my dream of the academy. Once I set up the academy then I will... detail... »
Florida, USA - Stuart Gitlin is so entranced with the Indonesian merchandise he sells at his Miami store, Chantik Imports, that sometimes he moves things off the sales floor. His attachment stems from knowing that some of the furniture, sculptures and accessories he stocks are one-of-a-kind pieces made by natives out of trees and mater... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The Prime Minister`s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, today launched the "Permata Pintar Negara" programme, which aim is to search, and identify, smart students to be moulded into outstanding intellectuals in future. She said there were about 140,000 smart students in the country and that 20,000 of them had turned... detail... »
Leiden, Nederland -Aceh Books is a recently-launched site from the Dutch Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. On this website people will find a list of over 600 titles of books about Aceh. These books are now digitally available. The devastating tsunami that struck Aceh on 26 December 2004 caused thousands of vict... detail... »
Jakarta- This year`s “Fashion Nation” concluded on Friday after a week of showcasing new collections at Senayan City in South Jakarta. The event kicked off with a show by “Fashion First,” a boutique at Senayan City that fosters many young and talented Indonesian designers. The store`s spring and summer 2009 collection, called “From AM to ... detail... »
Jakarta- As legislative candidates kept their eyes on the quick count results of the general elections, city residents spent their long weekend after election day flocking to the city‘s recreational sites. More than 40,000 people visited the Ancol leisure complex, also known as Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, in North Jakarta on Friday, which wa... detail... »
Sangkulirang, East Kalimantan- A team of conservationists has found a cluster of orangutans in a remote area in Sangkulirang subdistrict in East Kalimantan Province. The Nature Conservancy`s senior ecologist, Erik Meijaard, told the Jakarta Globe on Sunday that the orangutan population inhabited a 2,500-square-kilometer area out of the 8,... detail... »
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