Month: October 2014
Blitar, the closest town to Mount Kelud volcano, has been known as one of the most powerful and well-respected volcanoes in Java, and is still active to this day. Around the Regency of Blitar, there are various plantations of all sizes that have been there since centuries. The commodities planted are usually coffee, tea, rubber, …
Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1811-1880) was an Indonesian Romantic painter of Javanese ethnicity who pioneered modern Indonesian art. He was considered to be Indonesia’s first modern artist, and his paintings, albeit many are associated with the nineteenth-century romanticism that was popular in Europe at the time, also expressed his cultural roots and national history. As …
The term “Babah” in Java is commonly used to address the half-breed culture that resulted from marriages between the Chinese settlers and the native Javanese women. In the years to follow, this term gradually obtained a broader essence, and was used as well for the “pure” Chinese blood, whose lifestyle had been influenced by local …
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Indonesia Cultural Dining Series With Classical Dance Performance at Hotel Tugu Malang “ Dewi Sekartaji “ Sejalan dengan missi Hotel Tugu Malang untuk membawa kembali seni, jiwa dan romantisme Indonesia di masa lalu, mulai hari Rabu tanggal 15 October 2014 mendatang dilanjut dengan setiap hari Rabu berikutnya, Hotel Tugu Malang akan menghadirkan Malam Budaya …
“The Lure of Lombok” (with coverage and photos on Tugu Lombok) was just published in the Vancouver Sun newspaper on September 6 (and reprinted in The Montreal Gazette and The Edmonton Journal). See: http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/lure+Lombok/10178419/story.html http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/lure+Lombok/10178419/story.html http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/lure+Lombok/10178419/story.html