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Batik Today

Batik Today

On October 2, 2009, UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The education, science and cultural organization of United Nations insisted that Indonesia preserves their batik heritage. Of course! I can’t see otherwise.

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Sundanese Marriage Ceremony Today

Sundanese Marriage Ceremony Today

As other conventional culture, the marriage is getting simplified day to day. My aunt was married in 1995, when I was in elementary school. Yet I remember the detail of the procession (sure, I look up the photo album too). And when I attended my cousin’s marriage two years ago, I found many differences....

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Characteristic of A Movie Crazy

Characteristic of A Movie Crazy

I have few friends who are movie-crazy, I mean, a film maniac. No doubt, movie is their breath. Nonetheless, I enjoy observe such behavior; how they are thinking, how they act. This is their common characteristic: There are always Home Video’s member cards in his/her wallet. Still around his/her wallet, we will find some...

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Hear the Angklung, Hear the Singing Bamboo

Hear the Angklung, Hear the Singing Bamboo

I felt so sleepy that night. But when I was playing switch channels as usual, my eyes tethered on Metro TV. Kick Andy, a program similar to Oprah Show, was broadcasting a story of angklung performers’ group. Ah, angklung. I knew this traditional music instrument by school lesson a long time ago, but never...

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Tarzan Pronoun

Tarzan Pronoun

I think, this is Malayan language family typical. One uses his own name in dialog, instead of “I”. Like Tarzan when he said, “Tarzan see Jane in danger.” It’s real people dialog, especially in Malayan culture. However, very few people practice this weird style. What kind of people are they?

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