Tag: Culture, Dalih Sembiring, Photography
Photography in Indonesia (3)
By: Dalih Sembiring It’s in Fashion “I like taking all kinds of photography, except beauty photography; I fear of drooling [from staring at the models],”...
Rembang’s Special Dishes, on the hunt for Central Javanese local delicacies
By: Labodali Sembiring Rembang is the name of one of Central Java’s northern districts, as well as its capital. Getting here from Central Java’s capital of Semarang...
Reintroducing Lasem’s Brilliant Batik
By: Labodalih Sembiring Batik is a cloth with distinct local and traditional patterns, created by a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. UNESCO designated Indonesian...
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...
Photography in Indonesia – Modern Times
By: Dalih Sembiring This is the second installment of our photography in Indonesia series. In this series, we look at photography in Indonesia, a phenomenon that has...
Photography in Indonesia – History in the Making
By: Dalih Sembiring Photography is as capricious as life itself. From the mere concept of a pinhole camera to the invention of the Daguerreotype; from black-and-white...
A Small Encyclopedia of Indonesia’s Scary Beings
By: Dalih Sembiring In Indonesia, a long enough chat sometimes entertains the topic of the supernatural. This writing helps you join in the fun and introduces you to...
Hush, Little Baby, Lullabies from Indonesia
By: Dalih Sembiring When I was a little boy, before I went to sleep, I would lie on my grandmother’s big belly while she chanted me a lullaby. It was a two-line...
East Timor: Dili Insider Tips, Savor Dili’s Laidback Charm
By: Dalih Sembiring Many East Timorese may not know the exact size of their country, but they can tell you that it stretches from Oecussi, an exclave bordering with...
Introduction to East Timor
By: Dalih Sembiring After approximately 200 years of Portuguese colonialization and more than 20 years of Indonesian rule, the world’s second-youngest state was...
