Good News From Indonesia

Saman Dance from Gayo Lues and surrounding areas in Aceh Province was officially recognized and included in the list of intangible cultural heritage that needs urgent protection of UNESCO, said the official Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. Head of Information and Public Communication Kemparekraf I Gusti Ngurah son during a press conference here on [...]

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[The Jakarta Post]: International singer Anggun Cipta will be performing in a Jakarta concert on Sunday, according to a promoter. Promoter Berlian Entertainment said that the concert would be held at the Jakarta Convention Center. “Anggun is one of the singers who have made Indonesia proud. We are very happy to organize this concert,” Berlian [...]

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UBUD YOUNG ARTISTS EXHIBITION an exhibition featuring selected modern traditional Balinese paintings 18 December 2011 – 5 January 2012 at Ulun Ubud Resort & Spa Jl. Raya Sanggingan, Ubud t: (0361) 975024 There will be 12 of Balinese most emerging painters with 20 paintings altogether. Among them are: Ida Bagus Alit Putra I Made Lanus [...]

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“Selamat malam, Indonesia! Apa kabar?”teriak Danny O’ Donoghue sambil berlari ke depan panggung setelah instrumen lagu “You Won’t Feel a Thing” dimainkan oleh Mark Sheehan dan Glen Power selama sepuluh detik. Ya, The Script mengadakan konser di Indonesia, tepatnya pada Sabtu malam 12 November 2011! Bir Guinness merayakan ulang tahunnya di berbagai negara, termasuk di [...]

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[Indonesia Travel] Tuesday evening, 8th November, a special ceremony marking the launch of the largest Phinisi schooner was held at Bulukumba, South Sulawesi. “This is an important moment “, explained Nazaruddin, Head of the Culture and Tourism Office of Bulukumba ,”since this is the largest phinisi ever built here in the history of Bulukumba, and [...]

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[Indonesia Travel] At 19.00 hrs Western Indonesia Time on Friday, 11.11.’11, a spectacular Opening ceremony of the 26th South East Asian Games will take place at the brand new Jakabaring Sports Complex in Palembang, South Sumatra, former seat of the once powerful Srivijaya kingdom. No less than 3,500 dancers, 20 giant drums, popular ASEAN singers, [...]

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Love at first sight, it seems that’s how Paris Hilton feeling to Bali, Indonesia. Since she arrived in Bali through Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport on Wednesday (09/11/2011) evening, almost all of her tweets contain praise for the island. Arrive at the hotel where to stay, Paris, who was the first time to Bali, expressed [...]

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Los Angeles. Screen Gems has acquired the remake rights for the Indonesian action movie “The Raid,” the studio announced on Wednesday. The original film centers on an elite SWAT team that becomes trapped in a tenement run by a notorious drug lord. To escape, the men have to battle martial arts-trained killers and a militia [...]

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(Dewi Kurniati, The Jakarta Globe): Anger and anxiety over the widening gap between western and eastern Indonesia is growing and finding different outlets. Some people demonstrate in Jakarta and some blockade Freeport-McMoRan’s mine in Papua. And others sing and dance. The Indonesia Choir (TIC) will tell the story of disparity in Indonesia through an interactive [...]

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(Trisha Sertori, Reuters) – Balinese chef I Made Runatha, who discovered raw food at the age of 52, creates gourmet cuisine that consists of organic raw plants blended into luscious meals. The classically trained chef worked in kitchens from Beijing to Bali and Warsaw to Cairns before becoming head chef for Fivelements Health Hotel in [...]

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