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Javanese New Year

As in many cultures, new year's day in Javanese culture is marked with the cleansing of the spiri...

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Chances are if you visit Bali you will come home with a lovely batik like this one. They are sold on the streets and in many shops; and there are even schools cropping up to teach tourists the art.

Bali: A Nostalgic Account

In 1941, two ethnomusicologist brothers traveled to Bali to record what they deemed the threatene...

Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

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Indonesia on the Web

CIA World Factbook. Current issues in Indonesia include: alleviating widespread poverty, preventi...

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Recipe: Sateh Lilit - Barbecued Seafood

Serves about 8 1 pound fresh boneless red snapper fillet 1 pound peeled fresh raw shrimps 2 cups ...

Indonesia Habeeb Salloum

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Indonesia's music underground finds political voice

In Indonesia, protest singers are starting to appeal to a mass audience...

Indonesia AFP/Arlina Arshad

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First feature film set in Papua tackles separatism, racial issues

In a mainly Muslim nation dominated by Javanese culture, few Indonesians know much about the remo...

Indonesia AFP/Ian Timberlake

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Lunar New Year celebrations across Asia

BEIJING, Jan 22, 2004 - Today Asia celebrates its most important holiday, the Lunar New Year, wit...

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