SOCIAL CULTURE
Farewell to Pater Adolf Heuken: the Jesuit historian who loved Jakarta
IO - Pater Adolf Heuken helped to bury my mother up
in the mountains near Puncak in 1994. Although she was not very religious
herself, she came from a devoutly Catholic family in Germany’s Rhineland and
Pater...
Indonesian goings-on at Schloss Sandizell Part II: The future counts of Sandizell
IO - Count Nikolaus von und zu Sandizell celebrated his 60th birthday at Schloss Sandizell last month with a medieval fair lasting 4 days and an evening dinner party for over 90 personal friends....
The hopes of 1998 and some thoughts on freedom of expression in Indonesia today
IO - Article 28E paragraph 3 of the Indonesian Constitution guarantees Indonesian citizens freedom of expression. After the fall of the New Order government there was an enormous euphoria with regard to democracy and...
Betawi in Paintings: An exhibition at Sunrise Gallery – a celebration of Jakarta’s local art
IO - Sarnadi
Adam is the most famous painter of Betawi art. He was born and raised in what
is now the wealthy Simpruk neighborhood of South Jakarta. When he was a boy it
was called Kampung...
Indonesian goings-on at Schloss Sandizell Part I: Count Nikolaus of Sandizell
IO - “During the Habsburg Empire the Catholic Church played a very important role. I believe that one of the things that the society developing in Europe today is missing is spirituality and it...
Kartini Day Part II: Sweden a paradise for women
IO - In Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana’s award winning novel Defeat and Victory just after the Americans have occupied Japan at the end of the Second World some Japanese men are discussing what America will...
Kartini Day: Time to look at women in politics
IO - With Kartini Day just celebrated on the 21st of April, it is a good time to look again at the position of women in politics especially in the legislative body for it...
Fire and spirituality at Notre Dame Cathedral and Al Aqsa Mosque
IO - On April 16th 2019 the world awoke to the shocking news that fires had broken out at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem at nearly the same time...
Tirta Gangga: Restoring Indonesia’s most popular royal water garden. Part II: The creation
IO - Anak Agung Angloerah Ketut Karangasem, the last rajah of Karangasam finished creating the royal water gardens of Tirta Gangga in 1948. The gardens were later heavily damaged by the volcanic eruption of...
Tirta Gangga: Restoring Indonesia’s most popular royal water garden. ...
IO - The Tirta Gangga royal water garden in Bali’s eastern regency of Karangasam is not only a beautiful garden laid out in a manner reflecting the Balinese Hindu Buddhist religious philosophy. It is also...
Semar, the most Indonesian wayang figure: his role and meaning
IO - I was first made aware of the figure of Semar many years ago through a Dutch member of the Euro parliament named Janssen van Raay. He was born and raised in Indonesia...
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