Indigenous people are being pushed off their lands to make way for an expansion of biofuel crops around the world, threatening to destroy their cultures by forcing them into big cities, the head of a U.N. panel said Monday. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, chair of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, said some of the native people m... detail... »
Bangkok- Bangkok is launching a series of initiatives aimed at improving relations between Buddhists and Muslims in the south of the country, at the centre of a pro-Muslim and separatist rebellion which has claimed over 2,100 lives since January 2004. Local reports on Monday said Bangkok is inaugurating Malay language courses in the Mus... detail... »
Padang- one day in 1993, Wirda Hanim, a long-time resident of the West Sumatra provincial capital Padang, attended a traditional celebration at her village, Sumani, in Tanah Datar regency. During the festivity, she observed some women and men wearing clay batik shawls, known locally as batik tanah liek. The shawls were already very o... detail... »
London- A two-day symposium on Britain and the Malay world began here today as part of Malaysia`s 50th independence anniversary celebration. Hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society, the event brings together academicians and researchers from Australia, Britain, Malaysia, Singapore and Russia with papers on Malaysian literature, history and... detail... »
Kuala Kangsar- Usually placid Kuala Kangsar is a hive of activity as the royal town prepares to welcome Zara Salim Davidson who will wed the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, in a ceremony spread over three days next week at the Istana Iskandariah, here. The town witnessed the last royal wedding almost two decades ago when Raj... detail... »
MelayuOnline.com, Yogyakarta– Riau Governor H.M. Rusli Zainal and entourage visited the office of MelayuOnline.com in the Balai Kajian dan Pengembangan Budaya Melayu-BKPBM (Centre for Research and Development of Malay Culture), Wednesday May 16th, 2007. In his visit, the Governor was accompanied by several important figures: H. Septina R... detail... »
The Government`s plan to popularise top spinning (main gasing) as one of the folk games (sukan rakyat) in the country can be realised as seen from the efforts taken by Persekutuan Gasing Malaysia (Pegama) in organising the National “Gasing” festival held at the municipal field in Temerloh recently. A total of 365 participants fr... detail... »
Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, Indonesia- When staff rescued the infant ape from an oil palm plantation in 2004, her hand had been hacked off, probably by a machete blow that killed her mother, and workers had planned to sell her as an exotic pet. "She was traumatized," said Lone Droscher-Nielsen, a Danish woman who in ... detail... »
The gleaming towers of Singapore are a far remove from the squalor of Malegaon, but a common historical thread runs through both, as it does through habitats as diverse as Mauritius and Jabalpur, the powerloom townships of Malegaon and Bhiwandi and the Muslim quarters of Madanpura and Mominpura in Mumbai. All the above-mentioned were ... detail... »
Many books have been written about batik, but Grand Batik Interiors is arguably the first that highlights the debut of batik into the world of interior design, presenting a fresh new perspective on this most ancient of crafts. Published by Buku Antar Bangsa (BAB) Publishing Indonesia - the publishing house that initiated the highly... detail... »
Indonesia forests are disappearing at a rate faster than anywhere else on Earth, Greenpeace has said, describing the issue as a "national shame". Logging, fires and land clearing for palm oil plantations are all decimating the country`s forests, the environmental group said, with an area equivalent to 300 football pitches destroyed ev... detail... »
Most weddings these days are held at either a five-star hotel or a boring community centre. You don`t want to get married that way, do you? If your dream is to make your wedding an unforgettable one (not that you`ll ever forget your wedding), think about a completely different way to do it in an interesting overseas destination. Destinat... detail... »
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