Dangdut is getting ready to take America`s music scene by storm. What is Dangdut? Dangdut is Indonesia`s popular folk music genre that mixes Indian, Arab, Malay and Portuguese rhythms with other influences ranging from Rock, Latin, House, Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B, and even Classical Music. Dangdut revolution started in Indonesia in the 1970s wit... detail... »
Yogyakarta, MelayuOnline.com- Three months since the first publication, International Academic Writing Competition (LKTI) held by the Center for Research and Development of Malay Culture (BKPBM) in cooperation with the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies of Gadjah Mada University (PSSAT-UGM), has successfully collected 15 papers on ... detail... »
Jakarta - A team of archeologists, which has discovered six ancient relics, a Chinese coin, and a temple foundation in a village in the island of Java, Indonesia, have unearthed what looks like an altar and ancient ritual site used for offerings. According to a report by Tempo Interactive, the excavation was carried out in Babadan village, ... detail... »
Berkeley - While some 250 million people speak the Indonesian language, the Bahasa Indonesia is often misconceived as unimportant. Indonesian people may also think the same thing. However, top U.S. universities, including the University of California (UC) Berkeley, continue to offer Indonesian language courses - proof that the languag... detail... »
Kuching - SARAWAK marked the 87th birthday of Yang Di-pertua Negri Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng with a parade at Padang Merdeka in Kuching. Over 3,000 people in 77 contingents took part in the parade with about 2,000 students and martial arts exponents who put up performances on Oct 25. The contingents came from various go... detail... »
Malacca - The state is looking to the Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry to provide incentives to keep alive 36 endangered crafts and trades in the city. Malacca Museums Corporation general manager Khamis Abas said these trades were part of the historic city`s intangible heritage and a component of city, which was declared a Unesco ... detail... »
Pontianak - Located on the equator at latitude 0` 0” N and longitude 109` 20” E, Pontianak, also known as Equatorial City, has unique attractions for visitors to the West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. To reach the city, a land journey from Kuching takes eight hours while a flight from the Sarawak state capital takes only 30 minutes an... detail... »
Yogyakarta - Facing a world that is moving closer together and is forming alliances and coalitions, it is important to get to know your partner’s way of thinking -- their mentality, culture and traditions. Indonesia as a member of ASEAN is part of one such coalition. It has to work together with its regional neighbors on issues concerning ... detail... »
Jambi - The Prince of Wales yields to noone in his love of rainforests, but sometimes it is a love that is hard won. Yesterday he made an epic journey through the storm-lashed tropics, along dirt roads made all but impassable by the rain, to visit a camp that he believes could represent the saving of the world`s rainforests. It is a subject... detail... »
Surakarta - The sky over Surakarta was dark Sunday afternoon as hundreds of national and international delegates from the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) conference paraded along Jl. Slamet Riyadi, the Central Java city`s main street. Rain, however, did not fall that night. "That was the work of what we call here a pawang h... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has an affinity for Makyong because of its association with the beautiful and long heritage that is part of Malay history. “I like Makyong because it reminds me that Malays are people with culture, history and class. That is why, if we have more culture, we will have more class,” said the Kelantan nati... detail... »
Parit - The local Talu community, which drifted apart from their kinsfolk in Sumatra two centuries ago, re-established ties at a get-together. The group of 24 clansmen from Sumatra, led by its chieftain Tuanku Bosa Nagari Talu Dr Fadlan Maalip, met with the locals at the function in Siputeh here on Sunday. Organising chairman Prof Dr Kh... detail... »
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