Saturday, May 25 2013, 09:44 AM

Culture

Never-ending clash unfolds in quest to find new in old

A clash of genders, human will, cultures, theater, music and dance swirls across the stage in a heady mix of…

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  • Modern arts

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    Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses for photographers in front of her painting 'Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos', center bottom, and other paintings…

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  • Toro wedding

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  • Monolog Sybil

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    Monologue performer Lisa Syahtiani performs Sybil at Graha Bakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki in Jakarta on Friday night.

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  • 10,000 ‘angklung’ musicians perform at SICC

    West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan led 10,000 musicians performing “Tanah Airku” national anthem on angklung bamboo instruments at the West Java Angklung Colossal event at the Sentul International Convention Center…

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  • Borobudur to have batik village

    The Borobudur district administration in Central Java is developing a batik village as a new tourist attraction. Twenty women from Wanurejo tourist village near the Borobudur temple are taking part in…

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  • Hunting for blessings

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    For the people of Surakarta and its surrounding Central Java towns like Karanganyar, Sragen, Boyolali, Klaten, Sukoharjo and Wonogiri, the appearance of albino buffalos called Kyai Slamet is synonymous with…

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  • Yudhoyono ignoring human rights: Kontras

    The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), an NGO focussing on human rights issues, says the newly installed Cabinet and the government’s new directives were unlikely to…

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  • Art should be free

    In the modern world, where money is everything, it is a rare occasion when really good art is free. But, the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy and the…

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  • Letting ‘keroncong’ flow

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    Thousands of spectators crowded the Solo Keroncong Festival 2011 in Ngarsopuro, right in front of the Triwindu Market in Solo.

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  • S. Korea to organize cultural week in RI

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    Relations between two of Asia’s most dynamic countries — Indonesia and South Korea — have been growing at a rapid speed in recent years. But there is a new dimension…

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