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Traditional Occupation - Endangered Species 2008-07-18 23:57:00 A couple “traditional occupation” that consider close to extinction. Some were deemed outdated, while others were regarded simply as ‘having no future’. One thing for sure, most of these jobs were gone because they could not compete with the advancement of new technologies which have caused a shift in the pattern of human’s behaviour.Here their stories…Becak driverBecak (tricycle) Driv Read more:Traditional
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Temulawak Rhizomes - Traditional Herbal 2008-07-18 00:53:00 Fortunately, all plants – though many still unknown – give benefits, one form of these benefits is as medicine. Meet temulawak, its roots are highly beneficial, and believed to be equivalent rival to Korean ginseng.Temulawak - Curcuma xanthorrhizaThe practice of concocting medicinal herbs has been going on since our ancestor generation. In ethnic traditional society we can still found someone Read more:Traditional
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Historic Ubud - Bali (continues) 2008-06-04 01:45:00 The Ayung River winds its way through several Ubud villages on its way to Sayan and on to the sea.The RoyalsSkipping ahead almost a millennium, we come to the founding of the royal house in the greater Ubud area. In the 17th century, a rebellion occurred in the royal house of Gelgel, the then-capital of Bali, which started a surge of many small skirmishes and conflicts between royal houses. Nine k
Historic Ubud - Bali 2008-06-03 07:34:00 "Today the entire world is a museum available to those who have the desire to see. In this museum, Bali is one of the most impressive collections, and while I have seen relatively little of Bali, I am convinced that Ubud is the principal gem of the entire collection. Ubud contains not only the precious mementoes of Bali's glorious past but also the living representations of its impressive present
Traditional Cloth of Madura 2008-05-26 22:50:00 East Javanese house and its traditional weapon - clurit (and traditional clothes of the island of Madura)In Indonesia which consists of some ethnic groups, every ethnic group has its own characteristics in clothing. For Madurese people, especially those living in Sumenep, the type of dresses is distinguished as follows:1. Daily dress2. Ceremonial dress3. Common people’s dress4. Elite people’s Read more:Traditional
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Architecture of South Sumatera Traditional House 2008-04-28 18:15:00 Palembang architectureTraditional
architecture is usually built according to and following the norms inherited by their ancestors and followed by the local society.Beside pile-houses, where living-rooms are over the ground-surface, and the space under the houses is for keeping tools and animals, other characteristics of the traditional building of South
Sumatra (Palembang) are the differing height Read more:Architecture
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Tapis - Traditional Weaving of Lampung 2008-04-24 21:47:00 Lampung had a rich and varied weaving tradition and its has its own traditions, high valued handicraft and art creations such as woven cloth, interwoven by gold threads called "tapis". For the Lampung community, tapis cloth reflects the status of the owner. Take Tapis Raja Medal, for example. This particular type of cloth may be worn only during traditional ceremonies by the upper class of the ind Read more:Traditional
Architecture of Banjar Traditional House 2008-04-07 00:30:00 A traditional house of Banjar. This type of house is often called the high roofed-house (rumah bubungan tinggi) or “rumah ba-anjung” because the roof is very high and sharp, South KalimantanHistory and the Development of the TraditionalHouse
of BanjarThe traditional house of Banjar is usually called “Rumah Hubungan Tinggi “ because the roofs form a 45° angle. This form of the Banjar Hous Read more:Architecture
Architecture of Lampung Traditional House 2008-04-06 23:51:00 Lampung Architecture
The influence of Hindu and Islam does not change much in traditional architecture of Lampung. The traditional Architecture of Lampung like that of other areas in Indonesia, is wood architecture which has a structure and planning like that found in the area os South Sumatra “Atap Pelana” roof which is also called “Atas bumbungan perahu” roof, has the form of trapeze whit Read more:Traditional
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Badui Community in Banten – Sacred Lives 2008-03-26 23:37:00 Badui peopleIn a fast-changing world, the Badui community in Banten reminds an enigma. A deeply spiritual community, a wholly unique and closed society, the Badui people of Banten steadfastly maintain their ancient ways, rejecting most trappings of modern society.Members of the innermost community, the badui Dalam (inner badui people), live in one of three villages, Cibeo, Dikertawana and Cikeusik Read more:Lives
North Sumatera Cultural Art 2008-03-22 22:36:00 The native people consists of all kinds of ethnic groups namely the Malayans, Batak Toba, Simalungun, Karo, Pakpak Dairi, Pesisir, Mandailing and Nias. They reside in their own area, nevertheless there is an assimilation among the migrants in some areas especially in big cities.The majority of the population earn their living by farming. In the coastal area there are a lot of them who live as fish Read more:North
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Lampung Cultural Art 2008-03-21 23:53:00 The culture of Lampung has begun since prehistoric time based on the prehistoric inheritance of Lampung including the spreading area of megalith and bronze Culture, this is based on the discoveries of bronze drums or “nekara” and statues of ancestors of megalithic era in specific Pasemah style of Art.At the beginning of the first century the Hindu influence was supposed to enter Indonesia. The Read more:Cultural
Traditional Craft of South Sumatera 2008-03-17 09:37:00 Since long before, South
Sumatera has been known with its traditional crafts like weaving, plaiting, wood carving, ceramics and metal-craft. Hereditary, these art craft has not change much. It is caused by the fact that most of those products are utilized as equipments in the adapt ceremonies.It has been mentioned about the tradition to decorate the adapt-house with wood-carving. This wood carving Read more:Traditional
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Palembang Songket Handwoven Textile 2008-03-10 22:00:00 Traditional weaving ToolsThe songket-weaving is a traditional craft work. It has been known already since the Sriwijaya period. The materials utilized are usually gold and silk yarns. The original characteristics of Palembang songket can be detected by observing the motives on those textiles. According to the applied decorative motives and their designs, the motives reflects roses, chained stars,
EAST JAVA CULTURAL ART 2008-03-10 00:07:00 East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura and Bawean islands. The administrative center of the province is located in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia and a major industrial center and port.East Java also hosts a significant population of other ethnic groups, such as Chin
HISTORICAL CEMETERY IN GRESIK 2008-03-09 21:32:00 CEMETERY IN GRESIKThere are some cemeteries which are of historical values in Gresik. Namely the cemetery of Fatimah binti Maimun or the cemetery of Princess Suwari or Princess Cempa (1082 A.D.). The cemetery of Fatimah binti Maimun is considered as the oldest one in Indonesia.The cemetery of Fatimah binti MaimunThe cemetery of Maulana Malik Ibrahim, died in 1419 was the first and the oldest Islam
MASK OF MALANG 2008-03-06 23:56:00 Some collection of Malang masks for Mask Dance performanceMask (topeng) as a product of fine arts is not only used as decoration, but also as the equipment of dance and theatre in some performances. In Malang, to be exact in the Kedung Monggo village, Pakisaji sub-distric and in the Jabung village, Tumpang sub-distric, lots of Topeng are made to use for the performance of an opera or “wayang to
WAYANG BEBER - The Ancient Tradition of East Java 2008-03-06 22:33:00 A classical Wayang Beber Performance in 1900One of some kinds of wayang in East Java is Wayang Beber - they have nearly vanished. The most popular of all forms is Wayang Beber Pacitan. This kind of wayang is neither made of wood not leather but paintings drawn on a scrolled sheets of bark paper. Every scene in the story is painted on a piece of paper in rotation.Since when this kind of wayang has Read more:Ancient
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SOUTH SUMATERA CULTURAL ART 2008-02-26 04:00:00 The Ampera Brigde in the evening.It spreads above Musi River, Palembang (South Sumatera)Cultural BackgroundThe South Sumatera Province encloses the inlands in the west and south parts which consist of hilly upland plains, while the north and east parts are swampy lowland plains and coast areas. Opposite the shore are the islands Bangka and Belitung.The natives of South Sumatera consists of several
SOUTH KALIMANTAN CULTURAL ART (3) 2008-02-21 20:30:00 Study of its Traditional ArtsSouth Kalimantan is rich enough in its traditional art. They are the two dimensional art and the three dimensional. The two dimensional products of art include the weaving, painting on glass, ornaments, calligraphy and wooden craft. The three dimensional ones include architecture and statues. The raw material for weaving is rattan, bamboo and purun (stalks of certain g
SOUTH KALIMANTAN CULTURAL ART (2) 2008-02-21 20:07:00 The Function and Social Role in the SocietyBeside its artistic aspects, the South Kalimantan culture and art also have their functions as well as their social role. The Dayak statues, for example, which are erected outside their villages, have a magical function to guard their villages against bad spirits.Air GuciThe “dinding air guci” (the painted screen) is made of a piece of white cloth emb
SOUTH KALIMANTAN CULTURAL ART (1) 2008-02-20 02:49:00 Barito riverThe History BackgroundThe owners of the culture art of South Kalimantan are the Banjar tribes who give dominant styles to the culture and art of that area. The Dayaks, Malays, Javanese, Buginese and some others have also contribution in the forming of South Kalimantan art and culture. The Banjars are actually the mixture of the Maayan, Lawangan, Bukit and Ngaju tribes who are influence
WEST JAVA CULTURAL ART 2008-02-19 02:40:00 Wayang golek (wooden puppet) performance contains the wisdom of the community life of people in West javaCulture can be defined as man’s creativity to survive, have children to continue his generation, and improve this welfare. Culture reflects the entire man’s knowledge as a social being used to deal with his environment and experience, utilizing his physic and natural surroundings. The Cultu
CULTURE OF INDONESIA 2008-01-10 00:24:00 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIndonesian culture has been shaped by long interaction between original indigenous customs and multiple foreign influences. Indonesia is central along ancient trading routes between the Far East and the Middle East, resulting in many cultural practices being strongly influenced by a multitude of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Islam, a
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