The imaginary Wallace Line in Southeast Asia and Australia isn’t so fictional for the differing animal species living on either side.
Culture
Pon Wednesday exists in the Javanese calendar and has been picked three times by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, to announce his cabinet reshuffles.
Australia – and the Asia-Pacific region more broadly – has just lost one of its most gifted development economists. Dr Peter McCawley, AO, died peacefully in Canberra, Australia, on 18 July, having had cancer for some time.
Gamelan is the traditional music ensemble of Javanese, Sudanese and Balinese peoples, with distinct regional styles and instruments.
With sturdy riffs and Rage Against the Machine-style funk bass, the young female trio have accrued millions of listeners – and are devoted to calling out violence against women.
Instead of a genuine decentralisation of the media in line with the political ideal of regional autonomy, national players have usurped regional media businesses and successful local players have expanded their businesses to other regions.
The Netherlands and Indonesia have hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken — sometimes by force — during colonial times as a major step forward in restitution efforts worldwide.
The Indonesian resort haven of Bali will impose a 150,000 rupiah (S$13.30) tax on tourists entering the “Island of Gods” from 2024 to preserve its culture, officials said.
Modern Indonesian cuisine blends ingredients and cooking styles from around the vast country, or puts a local spin on Western dishes.
The Thousand Temples Festival (Festival Seribu Candi) is held on July 11 to 13, 2023 in Sleman, Yogyakarta. According to the Department of Culture of Sleman Regency, this festival is an effort to promote Prambanan Temple, one of the World Heritage historic sites.
The Netherlands is set to hand back hundreds of precious artefacts taken from Indonesia and Sri Lanka during its colonial period.
2022 was a banner year at the Indonesian box office. With the pandemic in the rear view mirror, movie-goers returned to theaters in a big way and pushed ticket sales of domestic films to an all-time high of 54 million.
Our Mother’s Land signifies renewed interest in environmental documentary in Indonesia and around the world, particularly since the intensified social and political debate about climate change in the 1990s.
Sparks from the fire filled the air as a descendant of a clan of 15th-Century blacksmiths plunged a pair of tongs holding an alloy of precious metals into the flames.
Australian university student Maya Willis is having the “best six months” of her life studying in Indonesia.
An Indigenous community in Indonesia has requested an internet blackout in their area to minimise the “negative impact” of the online world, officials said.
