Surakarta - To celebrate Kartini Day, to commemorate national heroine, Kartini, Indonesia`s women emancipator, the Solo Youth Heritage is awarding women who succeeded in preserving the local traditions and cultures at the Solo Square Surakarta yesterday evening. The event, held in Javanese tradition, was titled, “A Tribute to You, My Karti... detail... »
Blora, Central Java - A fossil team from the Bandung Geological Museum and the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry`s Center for Geological Surveys has found the complete fossils of a prehistoric elephant and a prehistoric leaf in Blora, Central Java, a local official said Wednesday. Blora Tourism and Culture Agency cultural division ... detail... »
Jakarta - On his first official visit as prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak pledged to sustain a special relationship with Indonesia driven by continuity and a steady stream of new initiatives. “Let our cooperation be all-encompassing, from the basic to the hi-tech, so that the aspirations of our two countries can be mutually benefi... detail... »
Jakarta - The launch of a library located in a city museum and a series of library workshops will mark this year`s World Book Day celebration, with the aim of making libraries and museums more interesting places to visit. Located on the first floor of Bank Mandiri Museum in the city`s Old Town, the library@batavia is slated to make its d... detail... »
Jakarta - Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, arrived here today for a two-day official visit to Indonesia. It marks his first overseas visit as the Prime Minister, and the trip to the ASEAN member country is in line with Malaysia‘s long-standing tradition with neighbou... detail... »
Islamabad, Pakistan - The pride of any nation is strongly interlinked to the extent to which it keeps its rich legacies and envied traditions alive and intact. Culture is to a nation like pulse is to life. Hosted by Butar Latuconsina, wife of Indonesian Envoy and arranged at the Indonesian Embassy, the Kartini`s Day carried thoroughly, a... detail... »
Jakarta - One photo shows a group of Dayak tribespeople on a riverbank in a Kalimantan rainforest, the air seemingly filled with heat and humidity. In another picture, people from West Java‘s Badui community prepare a ceremony in the open air next to their protected forest. In a third, a tattooed mother from the Mentawai tribe in Sumatra ... detail... »
Badung, Bali - A group of people have urged the management of the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park (GWK) to preserve the Majapahit temple built within the 230-hectare park on Jimbaran Hill in the Badung regency. Noko Prawiro, a representative of the group, said the group had asked the park management, PT Garuda Adhimatra Indonesia (GAI... detail... »
Jakarta - No matter how exotic it may be for outsiders, how internationally recognized and how cherished it is by some, classical shadow puppet (wayang) performance remains so unpopular that it has to struggle to keep itself alive, a project trying to preserve the art proves. Starting this month, the Lontar Foundation, along with four ot... detail... »
Jakarta - Approximately 200 of the city`s female traffic police will be on duty along the main roads of Jakarta this Kartini day, while female bus drivers will brighten busway lanes with traditional costumes. “To celebrate Kartini day, female police will be posted at traffic lights on the main roads in Jakarta,” Adj. Comr. Husaima, from t... detail... »
Bachok, Malaysia - A 180-year-old Terengganu Malay house, surrounded by tobacco fields and simple kampung homes, rarely fails to catch the eye of visitors heading to Kampung Kandis. Most don’t realise this is the Kandis Resource Centre, started by the late Nik Rashiddin Nik Hussein to promote the art of wood carving. His is not a hous... detail... »
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - Budget airline Firefly is targeting golf lovers with a package that will take them to Indonesian holiday island Batam for a round — or two — of golf. The “3D2N Batam Golf Package”, which costs RM999 per person on a twin-share basis, is one of 11 holiday packages to local and Asean destinations under the airline... detail... »
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