While wayang kulit, or leather puppet shows, remain popular, wayang beber, a scroll-painted version of narration, has become a rarity, even in the cities known as the last bastions of…

The Majapahit kingdom is believed to be the largest pre-independence kingdom in the archipelago.

A shadow puThe group arrived from Surakarta, Central Java, Tuesday last week, comprising eight gamelan players headed by Indonesian composer Rahayu Supanggah, veteran traditional Javanese singer (pesinden) Suyatmi and translator…

The old European/Javanese-style building better known as Dalem Wuryaningratan stands out on Jl. Slamet Riyadi in Surakarta.

A crackling fire heats a pile of rocks in a village in Baliem Valley under the Jayawijaya mountain range. The Lani people in Yonggime village are getting ready for a…

In the Javanese tradition, jenang is considered closely related to the phases of life, from conception to demise. Made mostly from rice or sticky rice, brown sugar and coconut milk,…

Ethnic Chinese pay a visit to a temple, decorated with Chinese traditional lanterns in preparation of the upcoming Chinese New Year, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday. Ethnic Chinese Malaysians…

Hallyu has become the representative image of Korea thanks to K-pop, Korean drama and Korean cuisine.

A visitor examines the work of visual artist R.E. Hartanto at an exhibition entitled “Mencari Saya dalam Sejarah Seni Rupa” (Looking for Me in Visual Art History), at Selasar Sunaryo…

Better known in the West for promising to "bury" the capitalist world, Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev is also remembered by Russians for banning works that didn't conform to the Communist…