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Art & Culture 6 months ago

'Mesuryak': Cash prize for the living and the dead

“This is the most-awaited ritual in our village,” said 26-year-old I Kadek Suar Nata.

SE Asia 6 months ago

Quite a mud-dle! Filipino devotees slather themselves in soil

They say there's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood, but for more than a thousand Filip...

Art & Culture 7 months ago

Oldest kite in the world comes from Southeast Sulawesi: Museum

The oldest kite in Indonesia comes from Muna, Southeast Sulawesi, which dates back to...

World 7 months ago

Uproar in S.Africa after nude girls sing at school choir competition

A row erupted in South Africa on Thursday between government and traditionalists after a video of nu...

News 7 months ago

Singkawang gears up for 'Gawai Dayak Naik Dango' ritual

Residents of Singkawang are set to hold the Gawai Dayak Naik Dango cultural ceremony to express thei...

Art & Culture 7 months ago

Gondang Naposo: A festival to find marriage partners

In an era of online dating apps, young Bataknese in Samosir, North Sumatra, still find the old way o...

Art & Culture 7 months ago

Facts about Indonesia's whale hunting tradition

Amid protests and pressure to stop the tradition, we learned more about the whale hunting ...

Art & Culture 8 months ago

Indigenous Celebration gives voice to the 'displaced'

The inaugural festival brings indigenous communities from Indonesia and beyond to share their strugg...

News 8 months ago

Reviving tradition in the second Jakarta Dragon Boat Festival

In a boat race that fosters unity and celebrates Chinese tradition, hundreds of paddlers i...

Art & Culture 8 months ago

Welcoming Ramadhan with sadranan ritual

Residents of Samiran village, Boyolali, Central Java, gathered at Kuncen Cemetery on Wednesday to ob...

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tradition

'Mesuryak': Cash prize for the living and the dead

Quite a mud-dle! Filipino devotees slather themselves in soil

Oldest kite in the world comes from Southeast Sulawesi: Museum

Uproar in S.Africa after nude girls sing at school choir competition

Singkawang gears up for 'Gawai Dayak Naik Dango' ritual

Gondang Naposo: A festival to find marriage partners

Facts about Indonesia's whale hunting tradition

Indigenous Celebration gives voice to the 'displaced'

Reviving tradition in the second Jakarta Dragon Boat Festival

Welcoming Ramadhan with sadranan ritual

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