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Saraswati: Bali
By Barrie | 
No Comments » Today is Saraswati in Bali. This is the special day of thanks for the gift of knowledge. The festive day is a time for making offerings to books and especially... [Read this entry]
Bali Needs to Register Cultural Assets
By Barrie | No Comments » Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has asked the Balinese to protect their cultural assets by registering them as intellectual property. Indonesia recently became embroiled in a spat with Malaysia... [Read this entry]
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... [Read this entry]
Pencak Silat
By Barrie | No Comments » Pencak Silat is a martial art that was first practiced in Sumatra after arriving in Indonesia with Indian and Chinese travelers more than 1000 years ago. Today there are hundreds... [Read this entry]
Deconstructing Balinese Identity
By Barrie | No Comments » Images of the great and colorful celebrations surrounding the Kuningan-Galungan holidays in late June are still fresh in the mind.
Avenues of lamak (woven palm leaves) and penjor (decorated bamboo... [Read this entry]
Le Mayeur Museum: Sanur, Bali
By Barrie | No Comments » The Museum Le Mayeur in Sanur is definitely a must-see place in Bali for the simple reason that some of Belgian artist Andrien Jean Le Mayeur’s finest paintings of... [Read this entry]
Healing Arts Link: Bali
By Barrie | 2 Comments » The ancient art of voodoo was born in Dotu village, West Africa, spreading throughout the world with the slave trade of the 16th and 17th centuries. Perhaps it was... [Read this entry]
Barrie Lie-Birchall has traveled throughout the archipelago of Indonesia for nearly three decades and has written and published numerous travel articles in magazines and newspapers globally. A freelance writer, Barrie graduate from West Coast College in Perth with Honours in Languages, and continued studying Anthropology and Cultural Studies at Edith Cowan University. Barrie has lived in various places in Indonesia immersing himself into the culture and way of life. His greatest passions are his love of life, his love of writing, and of course, Indonesia.- Arts & Crafts of Indonesia
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Mohon bantuannya untuk mendapatkan contact Bpk Qur ... [read more] - Rudy Mallonee on Knockdown Houses: South Sumatra
Hello, Do you have an english speaking/writing em ... [read more] - Ardi Sayuti on Derawan Islands: East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dear sir, Please let me know the contact person d ... [read more] - Mastura Mohd Sani on Dining on the Flavours of Java at Payon: Jakarta, Indonesia
I never tasted such good indonesian food other tha ... [read more] - Toro Kambali on Ampel Mosque: Surabaya, East Java
Sunan Ampel alias Raden Rachmat was the architect ... [read more] - chairiah bin yahya on Indonesians in Focus: M. Quraish Shihab
assalamualaikum kepada yth kami berharap tanggap ... [read more] - NN on Security Tightened: Gilimanuk Port, Bali
It is horrifying that the major port of Bali the ... [read more] - Jennie on Ten Years after May 1998 Tragedy
Thank you for posting this article, Barrie. ~Jenni ... [read more] - lita on Indonesians in Focus: Rahayu Supanggah
I have been keeping this question for sometime wit ... [read more] - Martheen on Hydro-Fuel Inventions: Yogyakarta, Central Java
It's scam guys. The reaction between hydrogen&oxyg ... [read more]
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