LIFESTYLE

Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival (YGF) is going to be held again this year, from August 20-26.

Featuring a unique shape, the guitar monument in the city of Ambon is the only and most special monument in the capital of Maluku province. It has become a symbol of Ambon as the City of World Music. The monument stands tall, surrounded by a fountain complete with the inscription Pattimura Park in the background. The fountain will light up in the evening with its colorful illumination. The monument surface also features graffiti which adds to its artistic elements.

Miroslaw Wawrowski, Indonesian honorary consul in Gdansk, Poland, inaugurated the Bentar Temple which also marked the construction of Taman Mini Indonesia at the Dolina Charlotty resort. The park aims to strengthen tourism and economic cooperation between Poland and Indonesia.

Teater Salihara successfully performed a monologue themed 'Feminine Erotica' from four literary chapters of female French writers Anaïs Nin, Anne Cécile Desclos, Margueritte Duras and Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux on Tuesday (8/8) evening.

The tradition of reading ancient Sundanese scripts was held at the Bojong Susuru site, Kertabumi village, Ciamis, Wednesday (2/8). This fading tradition was held again by the Pangauban Kwargian Nonoman Galuh youth organization with the theme 'Nyawang Bulan di Mumunggang', per detikcom, Saturday (5/8).

Syska Liana, affectionately known as Syska La Veggie, opened a traditional herbal drinks (jamu) shop. But unlike the average sellers, this artist from Sidoarjo uses personal protective equipment (PPE) when dispensing herbal medicine for visitors at the GoetheHaus Foyer, Jakarta, Tuesday (1/8).

That afternoon, the parking lot at Ragusa Italian ice cream shop on Veteran I Street, Gambir, Central Jakarta was full. The parking attendant seemed busy directing motorbikes and cars of visitors who wanted to go home and then returning to park the vehicles of visitors who had just arrived.

Rawon, a traditional beef soup from East Java, ranks first in the '10 Best Rated Soups in the World' according to Taste Atlas, a culinary site that reviews traditional dishes, local ingredients and authentic restaurants from around the world.

Taking place for three days from July 28-30, the Lintas Melawai festival which was held in the Blok M, South Jakarta was attended by hundreds of people from all age groups.

When we hear the word 'note', we usually think about writing. Meanwhile, lithographic art tends to only serve as an illustration, a complement to historical data. There may be some truth to that, because most people only interpret lithography as graphics that are pleasing to the eye.

'Si Manis Jembatan Ancol' is a popular urban legend in Jakarta. It tells the story of a scary female ghost that wanders around. But now it serves as the theme of women's solidarity by the Titimangsa theater arts production house.