Jakarta, Indonesia - The Wakatobi district government and local people have started various preparations for the region to host Sail Wakatobi-Belitung as part of Sail Indonesia 2011. For the success of the international marine event, the 50-kilometer Wangi-wangi ring road in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi, will soon be asphalted before Pre... detail... »
Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia - The 2011 International Seminar on Malay Language Education, which ended Wednesday, passed seven resolutions in efforts to uphold the Malay language as the national language and the government's official language. Malaysian Malay Language Education Association (PPBMM) president Assoc Prof Dr Hashim Othman sai... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia is to be involved in the assessment team of the sixth Inter-Governmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO (IGC-ICH UNESCO) in Bali, Culture and Tourism Minister said here Monday (March 28). "As host for the event, Indonesia will be one of the adjudicators of the sixth IGC-... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - RI has registered three intangible cultural heritage sites, namely Balinese traditional dance, Noken handicraft and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, an official said here Monday. "The Minister of Culture and Tourism today registered the three... detail... »
Makassar, Indonesia - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared that Bugis’ original literary works named I Lagaligo as one of the Memory of the World (MOW) or world’s cultural heritage. Mukhlis Paeni, an Indonesian culture-bearer, said that MOW Award from the United Nations which charged education, scien... detail... »
Karachi, Pakistan - The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi participated in the "Cultural Evening", organized by Hamara Karachi Foundation recently at the Jehangir Kothari Parade, Clifton, Karachi. This event is one of the series of Hamara Karachi Festival which is annually organized by Hamara Karachi Foundation to... detail... »
Singapore - Singapore is providing an annual allocation of S$420,000 (RM1 million) to the Malay Language Learning and Promotion Committee over five years (S$2.1 million or RM5 million) to fund and support Malay language and literature activities, it was stated here. Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Home Affairs, ... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysians should stop the practice of speaking Bahasa Melayu mixed with English in their daily conversations as this would affect the usage and strength of the Malay language as the national language. However, using English words which were already accepted in the Bahasa Melayu vocabulary was not a problem, sai... detail... »
Jakarta, Indonesia - Literary groups and students kicked off a campaign on Saturday to save the world’s biggest archive of Indonesian literature from closing down as funding from the government dries up. The KoinSastra Movement is raising funds for the H.B. Jassin Documentation Center at the Taman Ismail Marzuki cultural complex in Ci... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysia’s first foreign-language historical film epic, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, has scored an impressive number since it opened last Thursday. More than 70 per cent of its dialogue is in English. The film, produced by KRU Studios and directed by Yusry Abdul Halim, made RM2.1 million in its first five day... detail... »
Camaguey, Cuba - Located thousands of kilometers away –at the southeast part of Asia- the Indonesian culture reached Cuba in a display of visual arts dedicated to 50 years of diplomatic relations between that country and Cuba. A photo exhibition, films and a sculptor who uses materials like fruits and root vegetables offer a singular p... detail... »
Banda Aceh, Indonesia - For the first time, a six-hour marathon performance of the original version of the Saman, a synchronized dance from the Gayo highlands of Aceh, was held here on the weekend. The Saman Saraingi (all-night Saman) was held at the Dayan Dawood Academy Activity Center at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh on ... detail... »
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