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Sumba People Weaving Lessons in Life: Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara
By Barrie | 
No Comments » Hinggi (traditional garments) were originally worn by kings only. Further down the line, however, ordinary people were given the freedom to wear hinggi at weddings and funerals. And with economic growth, hinggi have now become a commodity, leading to the emergence of new motifs as demanded by the market, including images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.
Indonesians in Focus: Kusnodin
By Barrie | No Comments » Some people are suspicious of free enterprise and even afraid to compete with people from other countries, but not Kusnodin, a villager who lives west of Borobudur temple in Central Java. He says he is growing impatient waiting for free trade to come because he is sure that he can easily play a role in the global market.
Record Attempt by Sumba Weavers: East Nusa Tenggara
By Barrie | No Comments » There was intense activity in the house of Hendrik Pali, 60, in Lambanapu, seven kilometers east of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), with large tents being put up in the front yard in July. While some people thought the father of six was getting ready for a party, Hendrik turned out to be preparing for a rare cultural event — the making of a 50-meter-long piece of handwoven cloth for making garments called hinggi .
Indonesians in Focus: Hari Purnomo
By Barrie | No Comments » 
One of the most actively discussed topics at the moment is the character or “personality” of Indonesian fine arts. It is easy to be dismissive and say, “What personality”? And this unalloyed pessimism about the arts scene has been around now for quite some time.
Benjang Tradtional Game: Bandung, West Java
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Benjang is a traditional game that is believed to have been developed in the Islamic boarding schools of Ujungberung, Cobolerang and Cinunuk districts in Bandung regency. Benjang players usually pray to have fun and for fair play before a game. The instruments used in benjang include the terbang gendang (a conical-shaped drum resting on crossbeams and beaten with the hands), the bedug (a large drum suspended horizontally) and the trumpet. Sundanese songs are also performed. Benjang is a form of sumo-like fighting in which the main aim is to push your opponent out of the arena using your shoulders as you are not allowed to use your hands.
Sundanese and the ‘Angklung’ Patent Battle: West Java
By Barrie | No Comments » The angklung is a bamboo instrument consisting of a number of vertical tubes attached to a handheld horizontal rod that is rattled by the performer. It has become not just an instrument for making music but also for devising political and social protests.
Indonesians in Focus: Bondan Suryaning Tias
By Barrie | No Comments » Artist Bondan Suryaning Tias searched through his files and began to read an article in a newspaper cutting on what gave him his artistic inspiration.
The Panji Legends
By Barrie | No Comments » The Mahabharata and Ramayana Indian epics are reasonably familiar to literati in the West where they’ve been infrequently performed. The Panji legends, once well-known throughout Southeast Asia, are now foreign outside Java — and to much of the present generation of Indonesians who prefer TV to live theater.
Indonesians in Focus: Marusya Nainggolan
By Barrie | No Comments » Amid her tight schedule for the ongoing 6th Schouwburg Festival, which runs through Sept. 28, Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ) director Marusya Nainggolan welcomed The Jakarta Post to her modest office, contained within an old house next to the main building.
Eco-labeled Furniture
By Barrie | No Comments » The Indonesian Ecolabeling Agency (LEI) has set up cooperation with several other institutions to provide the furniture market with products and handicrafts made from wood taken from ecolabeled forests.
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