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Jogja
Art 2010 showcases diversity on visual arts
Now in its third year, Art Jogja
2010 — “Indonesian Art Now: The Strategies
of Being” represents Indonesian contemporary
art and accommodates many different trends and
themes in today’s visual art scene.
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Javanese
Macaque
A Mask of a Monkey Man educate
his Macaque, and teach it a lot of tricks and
funny gags, until animal will be smart enough
to go out with his teacher to earn some money.
you can meet those couples (as hawkers) every
day and everywhere walking our streets.
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Priceless
Loyalty to the Sultan
About 3,000 abdi dalem
— which loosely translates as royal servants
— serve the sultan and his extended family.
In return, they receive a minimal monthly salary
ranging from Rp 8,000 to Rp 62,500 (90 cents to
$7).
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ART|JOG|10:
Indonesian Art Now - The Strategies of Being
Art event feature 158 artists with
more than 170 artworks at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta.
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Tourists
Provide Bountiful Harvest for Villages
The community-based program, which
began two years ago, provides direct grants to
villages to help them develop their tourism sector
through the National Program for Community Development
(PNPM). There have been may successes. Candirejo
village, near Borobudur Temple in Central Java,
hosted 3,000 visitors last year, most of them
foreigners, and banked about Rp 200 million.
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Armada
Racun: Yogyakarta's punk
Armada Racun offers quirky music
for the local musical scene. The punk rock outfit
doesn’t have a lead guitar but instead opt
for two bass guitars, drums and a keyboard.
It took four years for the trio to get their first
official release. Their first album was in limbo
for years.
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Thousands
join bicycle carnival in Yogyakarta
No less than 3,000 cyclists from
across the country joined the Jogja Onthel Carnival
in Yogyakarta on Sunday morning as part of an
effort to revive the culture of cycling once characterized
the sultanate city.
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Female
Drivers Make History, And Money, at Islamic Caucus
Indonesia’s second-largest
Islamic organization has given its endorsement
to female motorcycle taxi drivers during its ongoing
national congress in Yogyakarta, rebuffing a fatwa
issued by East Java clerics in January that banned
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Art
Exhibition Coloring a Century of Muhammadiyah
Commemorating ‘1 Abad Muktamar
Muhammadiyah 2010 – A Century of Muhammadiyah
Organization Congress’, a group of artists
will held an Islamic visual art exhibition titled
‘Seni Rupa Islam – Islamic Visual
Arts’. This exhibition will take place at
two venues, the Student Center of Jogjakarta Muhammadiyah
University (July 2 - 9) and at Posnya Seni Godod
(July 1 - 16).
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Yogya's
Royal Documents To Get German Caretakers
In order to preserve and keep access
to a fading collection of ancient royal manuscripts,
the kingdom of Yogyakarta will partner with the
University of Leipzig in Germany to preserve its
vast library.
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Vincentius
Kirjito: Faith-inspired activist
From Sumber village, Magelang,
Central Java, through Gerakan Masyarakat Cinta
Air (GMCA), a movement for water resources, Romo
(Father) Kir — as he is affectionately called
— and the community living near Merapi,
campaigned against environmental destruction.
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Kebon’s
Hand-Painted Batik Revive after the Quake
Kebon Village in Bayat, Klaten,
Central Java, is one of the centers of traditional
batik painters that use natural dye. Before the
earthquake shook Jogjakarta and Central Java in
2006, some of this village’s batik painters
were laborers in famous batik enterprises in Jogjakarta
and Solo. However, after the earthquake, most
of them returned to their village and worked only
when there were orders from wholesalers.
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Yogyakarta
hotels targeting student groups with promotion
With the summer holidays now just
around the corner, Yogyakarta hotels are looking
to profit from restless teens and students by
offering a promotion targeting student groups.
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Danarsih
Santosa: Batik is more than just fabric
The ink used in batik must run
through Danarsih Santosa’s blood. She was
born into a batik-making family, spent her childhood
working for her parent’s batik company,
and now runs her own batik business, employing
no less than 10,000 employees.
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No
more bargaining for pedicab service in Yogyakarta
The tariff of ubiquitous three-wheel
pedicab, or becak, service in Yogyakarta is usually
decided by mutual agreement between consumers
and drivers. To avoid uncertainty and overpriced
fare, however, the municipal transportation agency
plans to introduce the use of taximeter in the
traditional pedicabs.
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Yogya
Businesses Rising After Quake
“I was in shock for days,”
Isti said, adding that she had not only lost her
home, but also her trade as a handicraft designer.
“As if losing our families and homes were
not enough, we could no longer earn money.”
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From
Jogja Ruins, a Cultural Rebirth
Culture is a basic need. This saying
circulated during Yogyakarta’s reconstruction
following the devastating earthquake that hit
the region in May 2006. To see the power of this
saying when put into action, simply travel to
the traditional town most famously associated
with the province’s silver industry: Kotagede.
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