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From wall to wall, dialogue with the surrounding
As a medium, the mural has a different perspective as a medium of communication to influence human perception, understanding, feelings and values, which creates a new behavior patterns, a fresh new look and a new spirit in the environment and all the problems. Not easy to bring about dialogue and invites the community to do something, it requires a media that works the way the ad. Mural can be an effective media to come in, socialize, and give new things in different perspective. This program for social change at Pondok Betung, Pondok Aren, Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia. www.pondokbetung.com This project starting from January - May 2012
Yoga in Bali: Where to go?
By: Ed Caffin
Ohm… Bali has something for everyone. As a holiday destination the island offers all you wish for: beaches, good weather and an endless variety of restaurants and activities. Whether you want to shop, surf or party till you drop, Bali has it all. Among the millions of holiday-makers, the island attracts an ever growing number of yoga practitioners. Especially since the bestseller book and subsequent blockbuster movie Eat, Pray, Love, going on a meditation and yoga retreat on Bali seems the thing to do. But where to go?
It’s safe to say that Bali has grown into Asia’s center for yoga. This is partly due to fact that the practice of yoga is part of Balinese Hindu religion. Balinese style yoga classes, focusing mainly on spiritual energy, can be found all over the island, but most centers adopt a more physically oriented western style of Hatha or Ashtanga yoga. Good studio’s can be found all over the island, most of them however are situated in the Kuta-Denpasar area and around Ubud.
Ode to Conrad: a Borneo River
The lights of the boat dimly shine through the blanket of fog covering the river, whether it's a trick of the mind or not, you can not tell. Standing with you on the meager jetty of logs anchored to the river bottom with rocks are entire families, some from Sulawesi, some from Samarinda, some from villages in the jungle not even Livingston could have found. They carry their entire lives with them on this journey and as you watch the boat approach and feel the water churning beneath the swaying logs you stand on, you can't help but wonder what kind of lives these people lead, that they find themselves here at this hour, on this river.
The boat pulls up, silently beckoning you and your fellow mariners aboard. Only one man steps off the boat, he wears a shirt that might have once been a bright red but now has faded and darkened to something more akin to blood than anything else. On his waist he carries the weapon of his people, an intricate Mandau of Dayak make, his arms are covered in tattoo's, depicting his status among his tribe as well as his deeds, what those are, you can not tell.
There it is
My article about Malang. Malang is a nice city in Indonesia. Have you ever been to Malang? It's a city famous for it's apples.
Win+ weblog I
Dear Win + Friends,
Welcome to the Win+ weblog.
Latitudes,nu has been online now for a few months and I'd like to introduce myself properly, although I contacted most of you individually.10 years ago I visited Indonesia for the first time, together with Peter van Riel. Since then I’m a regular visitor of Indonesia and I have been involved in Latitudes the last 5 years. Latitudes.nu is a webportal that focuses on everything Southeast Asian. We hope to bring East and West together with articles, discussions and images on culture, travel, economy, news and more. My special interests are the Win+ projects.
Brain Book; From Social Forums to Knowledge Forums
Imagine how an Indonesian child can do his homework with the assistance of an English teacher, who (for example) lives in Birmingham. Both the other way around when English students learn the Indonesian language from a teacher at the University in Jakarta. For the implementation of the program Spotlight Centre for New Media, intends to collaborate with Education institutions, artists, ICT developers and researchers to rethink and discuss alternative learning methods, read more… The program advocates and emphasizes the importance of access to information and rights based education. By creating online forums, websites, digital libraries and interactive learning programs, a voice is given to underserved communities. Unlocking and connecting people through the digital network not only change lives it also enhance mutual understanding. By means of web cams a two ways-communication is established which offers the possibility to gaze into people’s daily life routine. The program elevates education to an interactive and global level. It opens spaces to communicate freely and to share information without government restrictions. Moreover it marks the next step in the digital progress, from the social forums, to the “knowledge forums”. Currently Spotlight works on a concept for a web application with the working title “Brain Book” . The idea of an online school class where teachers and pupils from across the globe can interact with each other. The main subjects are English and Indonesian language as the basis for further development. For this program Spotlight invites, visual artists, graphic designers, ICT developers, educators, and researchers to share their knowledge. For further details related to the program please contact: tino@spotlightcentre.org, info@spotlightcentre.org or visit the official website: http://www.spotlightcentre.org/
Menggung, a story
Home after a month at Nglurah, a village that is known as the center of decorative plants in Tawangmangu. My idea to join the dhukutan ceremony (village purification), drove me to a wider idea. My plan to spend a week failed and I stayed there for a month, in a house of a very kind family. After the ceremony, I started to collect information on their folklore , about their village, the ceremony, and an archaeological site named Menggung. These three points are related to each other. The villagers believe that their 'guardians' stay at Menggung. They call them Eyang Menggung (Grandpa Menggung) and Nyai Roso Putih (Grandma Nyai Roso Putih). The place is really peaceful and shaded with huge trees within the site's area. According to most of villagers and other people that have interest to the place, there are two main statues. Grandpa The one that they call Grandpa Menggung is a statue of Dvarapala. But different with other Dvarapala that I've seen at other temples in Java, this Dvarapala doesn't hold a cudgel but a sword. And I'm wondering what this means. And other statue, Nyai Roso Putih is actually the statue of Shiva with six hands and it has no boobs so I still believe that the statue is a man. It can be proved by Nandhini under his feet and a trisula. And there's some interesting point about the statue. Beside trisula, it has another symbol like something that seems to be like cakra, then crux, and deers. These whole things popped up questions in my head. If what I saw was really a chakra, the statue probably is a Hari-Hara statue. But, I can't ignore the deers that associated to Sarasvati, the female aspect of Brahma,
Ubuntu 3rd Videoblog
By: Maritta Versnel
Ubuntu Theatre Organisation is in Bandung to do a project with streetkids. Every two weeks we will update you about the project and take a look at one of the girls' house!
This week, we meet Atin, a drummer-girl! And Mega is answering some questions she got from Holland.
Wujudkan Mimpimu (Make your dreams come true)! Ubuntu 2nd Videoblog
Ubuntu Theatre Organisation is in Bandung to do a project with streetkids. Every two weeks we will update you about the project and take a look at one of the girls' house! This week, we meet Mega, a 12-year old wanna-be-rockstar! Watch the third blog here: Ubuntu 3rd VideoblogIndonesia
Indonesia Travel Guide
With 17,508 islands Indonesia has it all: bustling cities, green rice paddies & glorious beaches. Read all about it in our Indonesia travel guide.
Malaysia
Malaysia Travel Guide
Malaysia, truly Asia! Read about multicultural Malaysia, the people, the culture & the food in our Malaysia travel guide.
Singapore
Singapore Travel Guide
The city state of Singapore is an eclectic metropolis. Get to know the hot spots & explore the urban jungle with our Singapore travel guide.
