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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
