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		<title>Batik Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brahmanto Anindito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Batik has long been Indonesian traditional clothes, since the kingdoms era. Though, I cannot just ignore the fact that batik or fabrics that have batik patterns are found also in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, even in African countries like Nigeria and Senegal. But in Indonesia, you will see batik as everyday life part of some people. Each region here has their own batik’s unique patterns. Relating to things in their daily life, which show up in the patterns design of nature, animals, flowers, human, folklore, and others. The culture always also influences the design. Batik from coastal cities of northern Java, for instance, has particularly vibrant color. It absorbs Javanese, Arabian, Chinese and Dutch cultures. You can say, batik is an ancient method of color dyeing. But actually, there is stamp batik and hand-made batik (called batik tulis). Making the second one is never easy. It involves a complex process with many hours of hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Philosophy of Ketupat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rie Yanti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Eid ul-Fitr day, in muslim’s house there is almost always ketupat. It is a staple food made from rice, wrapped by coconut leaves. I thought it is from Indonesia. But in fact ketupat or kupat also can be found in Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore and Philippines. It is not also served only in Eid ul-Fitr. In Bali, ketupat is also used as ceremony presents. The word “ketupat” or “kupat” derives from Javanese word “ngaku lepat”, which means admit mistake. We hope ketupat tradition can make us admit our mistakes so we can apologize each other. The shape of ketupat is rhombus. In Javanese culture it means four human desires: amarah (anger), aluamah (hunger), supiah (desire to possess something good), and mutmainah (desire to force ourselves). We struggle to conquer those desires during Ramadhan. So, by eating ketupat, we supposed to fight against those all. How to make a ketupat? Generally, it’s simple, I tell you. Ketupat pack is made of janur kuning (coconut leaves) as the symbol to refuse misfortune. People in Indonesia used to make ketupat pack together to show their intimate. But of course we can also buy them in market. Put some rice into ketupat pack, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Famous Padang Cuisine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brahmanto Anindito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brahmanto Anindito Mostly, cities in Indonesia have Padang Restaurant, or at least Padang hut. It is popular too internationally. Do you know it? The cuisine of the Minangkabau (a land of around West Sumatra province) people is commonly called Padang cuisine, due to it is the central and largest city of the region. Padang food is famed for its spicy and unique way it being served. All the dishes are displayed at a glass counter near the entrance for customers to select their favorites. I think this is an ancient tactic to whet one’s appetite. Ordering at a Padang restaurant couldn’t be easier: sit down, and watch the dozens dishes with highly flavored foods pile up. It is served in small portions of various dishes, but constituting, with rice and insipid tea. Eat what you like, ladies and gentlemen, then pay only for dishes you’ve actually consumed. Don’t worry, the waiter knows exactly what have missed there. You’ll soon look at rendang sapi (spicy curried beef cooked until the sauce is dry), soto padang (crispy beef in spicy soup), ayam pop (popcorn-like of chicken), curried fish, sate padang (beef satay in curry sauce), fried chicken, etc. Padang dishes can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Singer that Alerts Mentawai to Any Disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brahmanto Anindito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brahmanto Anindito This primate exclusively lives on Mentawai, the islands with 16,000 inhabitants, West Sumatra Province. Bilou or Mentawai Gibbon (Hylobates klossii) is from Hylobatidae (gibbon) family. It is similar to siamang with the same black fur, but is considerably smaller and lacks the siamang&#8217;s typical throat pouch. Bilou reaches 44 to 63 cm in length and about 6 kg in weight. As all gibbons have, bilou has long arms and no tail. This kind of gibbon eats also fruits, sometime some plant parts, bird eggs, small vertebrates, and insects. It lives together in pairs that stake out from approximately 20-30 hectares territory. This area is defended strongly against other gibbons. Bilou is a diurnal inhabitant of the rain forest that hangs in the trees and rarely comes to the ground. And the bilous sing wonderfully from the trees. The singing is considered the most beautiful of all the gibbons&#8217; songs. It can even reach seven octaves! Males and females will chant at considerable length (for about teens of minutes), either singlely or in duets, mostly between morning and evening. The singing of the gibbons serves to warn off other animals from their territory. But not only that. Since [...]]]></description>
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