Culture
ASEAN Film Festival Focuses on Developing Film Industries: ‘Film is business’
By: Yvette Benningshof While outside the streets were buzzing with traffic and guarded transport because of the 19th ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, inside of Galeria 21...
Setia Darma House of Masks and Puppets
By: Maya Liem Bali is one of the last remaining places in Indonesia with a living tradition of the mask dance and the wayang theatre. The largest collection...
Waria: The Lives, Struggles & Issues Raised by Yogyakarta’s Transgender Community
By: Monica Dominguez If you decide to romp the late night streets of Yogyakarta, you might encounter one of the area’s 350 waria performing in the streets, ...
Tattoo – Who are you? Signs of Civilization & Identity
By: Latitudes, translated from the Museum Maluku's brochure The Museum Maluku in Utrecht the Netherlands, features an exposition on tattoos from 25 September 2011 - 6...
The Temple of Christ and the Sugar Factory: A Javanese Jesus
By: Reyhard Matheos Jesus never set foot on Java. At least, there’s no mention of him doing so in the bible. Yet, only 20 kilometers from Yogyakarta in a small village...
Bali’s Unique Rice Paddies Unesco World Heritage?
By: Yvette Benningshof The lush green rice paddies of Bali and its unique water management system of subak are under threat. Tourism and water shortages are one of...
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival: First Impressions
By: Emma Kwee The Ubud Readers and Writers Festival is a yearly event that brings pen handlers, readers and critics from all over the world to Bali. Arriving in Ubud,...
Enchanting Young Malaysian Choreographers & Dancers at the Kuala Lumpur’s My Dance Festival
By Diana van Oort Tucked away in a corner on a rooftop of a big shopping mall I found one of Kuala Lumpur’s precious gems: a small theatre where young and more...
Photography in Indonesia – What’s Going On Now
By: Dalih Sembiring In this third part of our series on photography in Indonesia, we turn to the present. We interviewed two professional photographers to see what makes...
In Between Singapore’s Big Chains and Big Brands: An Interview with Deyana Goh of GOHD Books
Running an independent small business is a lot of work. It's also annoying in a place like Singapore, where people are so obsessed with brands and big chains. Small...
