Garuda Magazine

Garuda Indonesia

July 2008

Department

Garuda Indonesia Update

Garuda Indonesia IOSA Registered Operator

The Indonesian airline industry has developed a negative image as a result of fatal accidents in 2007. However, this perception will change with Garuda Indonesia achieving the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration. IOSA is the first global industry standard for airline operational safety auditing...more

Art and Culture

The Search for Identity

Text by Bambang Asrini Widjanarko

The organizing committee seems obsessed with tracking the traces of our art history with the
"manifesto" on display from mid-May to the end of June. These historical traces and the narrative they seek to build are also part of the quest to identify our artistic position, as well as to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Awakening...more

Art and Culture

A Study in Versatility

Text and Photos by Taufik Darusman

The house cum workplace is awash with a number of paintings of different styles, you'd think several artists ply their trade there. In one corner lie stacks of giant canvases depicting tribal masks, in another rest portraits of Buddha from different perspectives and contrasting hues...more

Photo Gallery

Sekaten - Busana, Asesori dan Ornamen

Beragam acara dihadirkan dalam rangka memperingati kelahiran Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. Maulud Nabi adalah per-helatan utama demi menghormati tokoh sentral agama Islam tersebut. Namun di Yogyakarta perayaannya tidak hanya sebatas itu; mereka menggelar Grebeg Maulud yang diselenggarakan selama 5-12 bulan Maulud. Grebeg Maulud, atau lebih dikenal Sekaten, menjadi kegiatan wajib masyarakat kota gudeg itu sebagai awalan menyambut Maulud Nabi...more

Event

A Contest of Skills as a Sacred Ritual

Text and Photos by Sari Widiati

Each year the people of Tenganan Pegringsingan village, Karangasem regency, Bali, perform the Makare dance, commonly known as Perang Pandan, the Pandanus War. This event occurs on a certain date in the village's traditional calendar. According to Mangku Wide, in 2008 this will be 15 June...more

Perspective

Chasing the elusive butterfly of efficiency

Text by Alistair G. Speirs

As globalization takes hold, Indonesia has to ensure it is really able to compete in the world economy. Publisher Alistair Speirs offers some ideas to improve efficiency in Indonesia's unique working environment...more

Julia’s Essay

Let a Thousand Alis Bloom

Text by Julia Suryakusuma

Billie Joel says in his song that "Only the Good Die Young". Obviously he had never met Ali Sadikin, Jakarta's dynamic, charismatic and much-loved governor, who ruled from 1966 to 1977. Bang (older brother) Ali died on May 20th, at the ripe old age of 80...more

My Life in Bali

Vikram Seth Comes to the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival

Text by Janet DeNeefe

Once upon a time in the days before the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, I used to spend my spare time poring over glossy cookbooks and food magazines. Page upon page of glorious recipes were the stuff of my dreams and I would make copious notes and salivate at all those calorie-laden offerings. Later my favourite recipes would appear in different guises on the menu at Indus and Casa Luna...more