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Lifestyle 4 years ago
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Library for the future: Ex-'Tapol' builds Medayu Agung to prevent past mistakes, suffering
Oei Hiem Hwie intends to pass down the wealth of knowledge and history he has accumulated over at least the last five decades to the younger generation through the collection of his Medayu Agung library, lest they forget and repeat the mistakes of the past.
Art & Culture 6 years ago
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At Bumi Manusia Museum, Pramoedya Ananta Toer's legacy lives on
After the film’s production was completed, the house was inaugurated on Aug. 13 as the Bumi Manusia Museum by Hanung and Astuti, one of the daughters of Indonesia's most-venerated writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who wrote the novel Bumi Manusia.
Entertainment 6 years ago
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‘Bumi Manusia’: Love, race and identity in colonial times
While decidedly imperfect, the movie adaptation of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind) justifies its epic length by delivering absorbing drama mainly propelled by Sha Ine Febriyanti’s excellent performance.
Entertainment 6 years ago
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Highly-anticipated ‘Bumi Manusia’, ‘Perburuan’ unveiled in lavish premiere in Surabaya
During the New Order era, the government's ban on Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s works forced many curious readers to secretly obtain Pramoedya’s novels or photocopies of them. This is no longer the case, now that two of his books – Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind) and Perburuan (The Fugitive) – have been adapted to movies and celebrated in a lavish two-day event in Surabaya, East Java, on the weekend.
