Tag: Culture, indonesia, Labodalih Sembiring, Sumatra Travel, Travel
Sumatra is Amazing!
By: Dalih Sembiring Sumatra, also spelled Sumatera, is in its entirety Indonesia’s largest island. One may say that Kalimantan or Papua is larger, but those two...
Baso Recipe: Indonesian Soup with Meatballs the Size of Tennisballs!
By: Aisah Wolfard September is Food Month. We kicked off with a nice story on krupuk. Now let's go into some real special dishes. One of the most popular streetfood...
Rendang: Minang Legacy to the World
Reno Andam Suri began her rendang-production business, Rendang Uni Farah, in 2004. She dreamed of promoting rendang to a wider audience by introducing vacuum-packed...
Soulscape Road
By: Oscar Motuloh I A meditation on the Aceh Tsunami disaster by Oscar Motuloh, one of Indonesia’s most influential photographers and founder of Galeri Foto...
Supporting Children in Indonesia
Child Support Foundation Indonesia is a non-profit organisation which founders are active in Indonesia for 25 years. The core business is financial adoption of...
Indonesia, Heal Thyself!
In the absence of health insurance or government medical services, getting sick in Indonesia can be truly painful. Not only do doctors insist on injections for...
A new model for mental health care?
By: Byron Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, and Jesse Hession Grayman Conducting the Psychosocial Needs Assessment in one of Aceh’s post-conflict villages – Byron...
More than 1,000 articles posted on Latitudes
Again we have achieved a milestone. With exactly 1,099 contributions posted on Latitudes.nu on February 1st 2015 our cute little online magazine has become an important...
Poet Sitor Situmorang (90) passed away
Sitor Situmorang got a western education and moved to Jakarta where he worked as a journalist. Because of his strong affiliation with president Soekarno he was a...
Toba Festival Hotspots on Samosir Island
Around 75.000 years ago an enormous volcanic eruption created Lake Toba. It is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and in some places it is about 450 meters deep. The...
