Making fun of Covid
by Sita van Bemmelen In precarious times, such as we all experience during this Covid epidemic, people tend to become morose, stressed out, or even utterly depressed. It...
Book reviews in Dutch
Reggie Baay Het lied van de goden AtlasContact, Euro 22,99 ISBN 9789025470548 Reggie Baay (1955) schrijft romans en non-fictie. Hij is nauw betrokken bij de...
‘The Moluccans. A forgotten story’ Review
Coen Verbraak De Molukkers. Een vergeten geschiedenis Alfabet Uitgevers, ISBN 9789021240005, E 22,50 This is the book that goes with the television series by the...
A Balinese cremation in Covid style
by Sita van Bemmelen Bali is well-known for its ostentatious cremations. In my husband’s Brahman family originating from the sleepy town of Klungkung most members are...
Book reviews in Dutch
Soo Kim Dit is Korea Terra, ISBN 9789089898425, Euro 22,99 Wij hebben iets met landen als Taiwan en Korea. Al was het maar vanwege al die devices made in … die we...
In search of a lost fatherland (2) Rudy Kousbroek and Sitor Situmorang about Sumatra
by Dirk A. Buiskool Photo Barbara Brouwer, Marc Vervaart After a stay of more than 30 years on Sumatra, I became attached to the country. In 1990 I came to Medan as a...
In search of a lost fatherland (1) Rudy Kousbroek and Sitor Situmorang about Sumatra
by Dirk A. Buiskool Photo Barbara Brouwer After a stay of more than 30 years on Sumatra, I became attached to the country. In 1990 I came to Medan as a teacher of...
Covid in Hindu Bali. Report by Sita van Bemmelen
Covid in Hindu Bali. The issue of social distancing by Sita van Bemmelen I am not going to tell you how badly the epidemic has hit Bali. That is self-evident, Bali being...
Muslims in Indonesia. A majority with a minority mentality
Islam in Indonesia Despite the fact the Indonesian archipelago has the largest Muslim population in the world, Islamic parties have never had the majority in its...
Tracing the Heritage of Cirebon (3) Batik Cirebon
Batik Cirebon by Regina Sari Agustinne All Cirebon’s Batik is originated in the village called Trusmi, named after Ki Gede Trusmi, a man who introduced the art of...
