A number of non-governmental environmental organizations will hold the South to South Film Festival 2008 at the Goethe Institute in Central Jakarta from Jan. 25 to Jan. 27. The festival, which has been organized by the Jatam mining advocacy network, the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and Forest Watch, will screen 16 documentary films from 11 countries, including Indonesia, Guatemala, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, the Czech Republic and Australia.
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For the Balinese, the kasepekang (banishment) is the ultimate punishment as Balinese culture is rooted in the community, in which every family is a member of a banjar. The eldest member of a family usually resides in the village where the banjar is located.
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Mount Kelud is like a close friend to those living on the slopes of the smoldering volcano. Part of the local community is determined to stay as long as the mountain’s natural resources provide them with the comforts of livelihood.
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I will be traveling throughout Indonesia, at least in the culinary sense, and have a taste of the very diverse kitchens of the different provinces. Though signs of global warming are also very much noted in Indonesia, food still remains one of the main needs of man. Let us be optimistic, and have some palate-pleasing dishes to taste, and or at least to read about what kind of dishes the locals prefer as Indonesia’s leading gastronome, Suryanti N. Ganie, explains.
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Tourists visiting Bali always find the island intoxicating, especially for those who try the locally brewed traditional alcohol, arak. Arak, Bali’s pride and joy of spirits, is a colorless and sugarless beverage, distilled from palm sap or rice, with a 20 to 50 percent alcohol content. With its high alcoholic content, arak drinkers do not need long to begin feeling its effects kick in.
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Alfred Russel Wallace, the so-called father of animal geography, formulated his ideas on evolution by natural selection while observing and collecting wildlife in the islands of Southeast Asia. Wallace was noted for more than providing an explanation for the processes of evolution. His observations in the Malay Archipelago led him to propose an imaginary line running between the region’s islands. These differ as much as do those of Africa and South America and more than those of Europe and North America.
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The monument, which lies next to a large house between the beach and the paved road, looks inconspicuous. The message it bears is of forgotten warriors from an obscure past. It was built to honor fallen Japanese soldiers in World War II, who were interned on the island of Rempang before being repatriated to Japan at the war’s end. Over 100 died, reportedly from sickness and hunger.
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Good art is never superficial. It always stimulates our thoughts and emotions. Its role is imperative in constructing an advanced society. Historically, a good art is a manifestation or synthesis of the current discourse in our social and cultural lives. Thus ideally, a good art needs to have a creative environment that encourages new ideas to flourish.
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Had Alfonso Horeng chosen to pursue her master’s degree in agriculture science, the lives of 200 women or more on the island of Flores would surely have been different. During the year 2007, Alfonso — who is often referred to as “the keeper of the culture of Sikka” on Flores — has participated in 12 exhibitions in Jakarta.
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Each island in the archipelago has its own cuisine and Kalimantan is no different. You can obtain most of the dishes from the other islands in the restorans and warungs but it is the fish (ikan) that is cooked in several ways that you will find the most inviting and appetising.
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