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Coffee and comedy: An alternate model of piety in Aceh
By: Daniel Birchok Legal reforms in the Indonesian province of Aceh over the last decade have emphasised the importance of highly visible Islamic objects and...
Islamic New Year in West Sumatra
Muharram celebrations in coastal West Sumatra have shaped a tradition that transcends religious borders Paul H. Mason A tabuik cenotaph in the centre of...
Problems of democratisation in Indonesia
Review: A new edited collection examines the challenges still facing Indonesia’s democratic project <br Harold Crouch Twelve years since the fall of the New Order...
Colonial Jakarta remembered
Review: Mrazek’s collection of oral histories evoke a by-gone age <br Sue Blackburn In the 1990s Rudolf Mrazek did a very valuable thing: he interviewed dozens of...
From books to films
Quality literature continues to lose out to how-to manuals and trashy novels Richard Oh A man of literary passions Image courtesy of Richard Oh Richard Oh is...
Indonesians speaking French
Around 7000 Indonesians currently live in New Caledonia as a result of a relatively little-known chapter in the history of Indonesia Pam Allen Javanese mask at...
Great temptation
Richard Oh’s film Koper is a moral allegory of life in today’s Indonesia Safitri Widagdo Stripped of everything Image courtesy of Richard Oh They...
Containing bird flu
Efforts to control avian influenza need to consider the importance of birds in Indonesians’ lives
A dance with history
Rasinah’s story, like her career as a masked dancer, was complex and larger than life Laurie Margot Ross Performing in the Dago Teahouse Laurie Margot Ross...
