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By Yusuf Efendi On Wednesday, 30 December 2009, Indonesia gave away another one of its best sons. The whole country, and the world, was drown in grief and mourning over the death of Kyai Abdurrahman (Ad Dakhil) Wahid, usually called Gus Dur, the fourth president of the Republic of Indonesia who was born in Jombang, East Java on 7 ...

By: Tunggul Tauladan It all began when I wanted to write about a kingdom in Bangka-Belitung (Babel) Islands. Frankly speaking, I don`t have any clue if there was ever any kingdom in Babel. I just believe that there was. First of all, I`m going to tell you a short profile of Babel. These areas had never been merged until 2001, when ...

If you are not a Malay, and you ask “What is your religion?” to a Malay, then the possible answer you will get would be Islam. Even if you do not ask, when you get to meet a Malay, most of you will think that this Malay person must be a Moslem. Malay is identical with Islam. In a workshop held by MelayuOnline.Com last January 18-19, ...

By An. Ismanto Palembang and Jambi are zones in between, either politically or culturally. Both regions were once a dispute area over political power between Malacca and its continuer (Johor-Riau) and Majapahit and its continuer (Mataram). Due to this dispute, Palembang and Jambi gained strong influence of Majapahit-Java. It can be ...

By Yusuf Efendi It was Februari 14 that our Chinese brothers and sisters in Indonesia and all over the world celebrated the 2561 Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai which, more or less, means “congratulations and be prosperous” was displayed and echoed everywhere. Happy faces are on every Chinese. Chinese traditional music accompanied ...

By Bahril Hidayat Among many interpretations of Malay identity in the mind of people in Indonesia, some deviate from what it actually signifies. Malay-is-Malaysia notion is a kind of stigma often conceived by common people whereas really Malay is not only Malaysia. In Indonesia exclusively, Malay is understood to be the ...

By Iswara N. Raditya Our car was moving so fast along the main road of Pontianak Regency capital on Tuesday (02/19) that morning. Aam Ito Tistomo a.k.a. Mas Aam, our photographer, Karaeng Oe Syaipul Ansari, and myself were on our way to Amantubillah Palace, the pride of Mempawah Kingdom. We departed from  Syaipul’s house. ...

By Samsuni When a Makassar – Bugis couple is going to held a marriage, the most important thing to discuss is the bride price. Since the last 30 years, bride price in the marriage of Makassar – Bugis is a bugbear for young men because its amount keeps increasing. The bride’s family often stakes out high amount of bride price from tens ...

By Iswara N. Raditya It was a sunny day in Pontianak, not really different with the weather of Yogyakarta, where we took off few hours before. We departed from Adisucipto Airport and flied for approximately an hour and a half before landing in Supadio Airport, Pontianak, West Kalimantan. We, the team of www.melayuonline.com (later ...

By Tunggul Tauladan BKPBM team paid a visit to Pontianak to fulfill the invitation of Lembaga Adat Melayu Serantau (LAMS) which sponsored series of Malay events. The team involved the Head of BKPBM Mahyudin Al Mudra SH. MM., Yuhastina Sinaro MA. (BKPBM PR), Aam Ito A.Md., (BKPBM photographer), and Tunggul Tauladan (editor of ...

By Tunggul Tauladan Our trip to Pontianak continued. Next, our team planned several agendas in Pontianak. First, we would like to visit Bang Natsir’s office at the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Conservation House of Historical and Traditional Values and second, we planned to visit Rumah Panjang Dayak in Pontianak. ...

By Tunggul Tauladan It was our third day in West Kalimantan. Our agenda for the day was visiting Singkawang to fulfill the invitation of Bang Iswan M. Isa, Director of Al Barakah Center as well as Head of Land Board of Singkawang. Our trip to Singkawang, the City of Thousand Shrines, began. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, Third Day in ...