Indonesia Cultural Dining Series Once upon a time, there was a queen of Tumapel called Ken Dedes, famous for her remarkably stunning beauty. So beautiful she was that she was also known as Ardhanareswari or the Ultimate Woman. Her beauty vanquished the heart of young, handsome Ken Arok. Ken Arok had also heard that …
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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