#culture

Bali has temple devoted for Saraswati Goddes (illustration)

Kamis , 20 Jun 2013, 09:11 WIB

Bali inspires students of Switzerland

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON - Sixty eight students from Bulach Elementary School of Zurich, Switzerland made Bali as inspiration for their imagination about foreign country. They are guided by an art teacher,...

Balinese people hold a religious ceremony in Gianyar, Bali. Concern over Balinese tradition among modern life makes Akiko Nozawa wants to introduce the culture to Japanese kindergartens through comics. (illustration)

Selasa , 18 Jun 2013, 21:48 WIB

Balinese comics, a must read in 77 kindergartens in Japan

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GIANYAR - Comic contains of Balinese folktales, published by Bona Studio in Bali, becomes a reading book of Japanese kindergarten students. The comics present classic Balinese stories familiar among children in 1970s, such as Sang Cangak, Sang Mong, I Bawang lan I Kesuna, Ii Lutung and The Mouse Deer. "The idea for this comics came from our Japanese student,...

Selasa , 18 Jun 2013, 00:23 WIB

Indonesia to build statue of Goddess Saraswati in DC

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR - Muslim majority Indonesia will build a...

Jumat , 07 Jun 2013, 23:05 WIB

Ma: Angklung is increadible

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIJING - Secretary General of ASEAN-China Center Ma...

Jumat , 07 Jun 2013, 19:00 WIB

Govt plans to develop agrotourism in Bali

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR - Minister of Agriculture, Suswono plans to...

Batik, Indonesian patterned traditional fabric (illustration)

Rabu , 29 May 2013, 21:02 WIB

Foreign students hold batik exhibition in Semarang

Wearing green, Lisa Stansfield hipnotizes the audience with her performance at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta on Saturday night.

Ahad , 03 Mar 2013, 00:23 WIB

Takes off her fur coat, Lisa Stansfield shakes the stage

Ahead of the upcoming Chinese lunar new year of the Snake, following the the Chinese zodiac, a genetically modified, auspicious, white snake is displayed at the altar at the the Temple of White Snakes in Taoyuan county, in north western Taiwan.

Sabtu , 09 Feb 2013, 22:49 WIB

Chinese world worries that Year of Snake may bite

Ramli passes away at 58 in Jakarta, on Wednesday. (file photo)

Rabu , 23 Jan 2013, 18:16 WIB

Indonesian fashion designer Ramli passes away

A tourist uses a hand fan, inside the tomb that belongs to Queen Meresankh III at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt. (illustration)

Kamis , 10 Jan 2013, 23:19 WIB

Archeologists in Egypt unearth 3000-year-old tombs

Satue of human head in North Dempo, Pagaralam, West Sumatra. (file photo)

Selasa , 01 Jan 2013, 22:30 WIB

Pagaralam citizens find three ancient human statues

People struggle to seize a cone-shaped rice or locally called Nasi Tumpeng in a tumpeng festival Solo (illustration)

Sabtu , 15 Dec 2012, 23:41 WIB

Tumpeng chosen as the icon of Indonesia food

Indonesian Ministry of Education & Culture plans to hold a regional dialog on Malay Culture in Pekanbaru, Riau, on December 3-5. Not only Indonesians, the participants also come from Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, and others.

Ahad , 02 Dec 2012, 22:25 WIB

Indonesia to open regional dialog on Malay culture

A woman weaves a piece of traditional woven fabric of West Nusa Tenggara. (illustration)

Selasa , 27 Nov 2012, 18:03 WIB

The woven fabric that symbolizes NTB women's skill

Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java (illustration)

Rabu , 21 Nov 2012, 17:44 WIB

Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand visits Borobudur

Senin , 19 Nov 2012, 00:40 WIB

Ministry supports establishment of child traditional game museum

Sabtu , 22 Sep 2012, 20:00 WIB

UNESCO lists Batur Bali in global geoparks network

Fellowship awardees pose wearing traditional Indonesian costumes.

In Picture: BSBI, the up close and personal with Indonesian culture

Anybody interested to know and learn Indonesian culture? This fellowship might be the answer, Beasiswa Seni dan Budaya Indonesia (Fellowship in Indonesian art and culture –Ed). Provided by Indonesian government, the regular fellowship lasts for three months in Indonesia and the selection process is held every year. The participants actively engage in learning Indonesian language including its art and culture,...