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Meet Suparto Brata

August 28, 2010
By Brahmanto Anindito
Meet Suparto Brata

I met this extraordinary person few weeks ago. Born on the February 27th, 1932, R.M. Suparto Brata is a man of letters. Often, he writes novels and short stories in Javanese. It makes him known as a Javanese literary writer. This is not a popular option in Indonesia, because mostly people don’t buy books...
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Re-appreciate Jaipong Dance

August 12, 2010
By Rie Yanti
Re-appreciate Jaipong Dance

When I was a child, I desired to learn pendet, a dance from Bali. I liked the dancers’ eyes. They open wide and wild. It is very different with a dance from my region, jaipong. This dance looks bored, old-fashioned, hick, and the dancers sometimes has to do some movement with her hip or...
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Lomba Mengarang Femina

August 5, 2010
By Ihsan Maulana
Lomba Mengarang Femina

Untuk kesekian kalinya, Femina menyelenggarakan sayembara menulis fiksi. Sebagaimana biasa, Femina menyelenggarakannya untuk dua genre sekaligus: Cerpen (cerita pendek) dan cerber (cerita bersambung). Bagi Anda yang memiliki stok cerita atau berniat membuat cerita yang sesuai karakteristik majalah Femina, jangan lewatkan ajang tahunan ini.
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Bandung Has Lansia Park Too

June 28, 2010
By Rie Yanti
Bandung Has Lansia Park Too

Visiting Geology Museum and Indonesian Postal Museum was exhausting enough. So I took a rest for a while. From the right yard of Gedung Sate, I crossed Cilaki Street and entered the Lansia Park, still in Bandung.
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Pengarung Bahu

June 23, 2010
By Guest Author
Pengarung Bahu

Jenis: Kumpulan cerita pendek (kumcer) Penulis: Mochammad Asrori Format: Buku cetak (kertas HVS di dalam) & e-book Tebal: 134 halaman Dimensi: 15,24 cm x 22,86 cm Berat buku cetak: 0,25 kg ISBN: 978-0-557-52977-3 Penerbit: Lulu
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