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A person singing karaoke in Hong Kong ("Run Away from Home" by Janice Vidal). Karaoke (/ ˌ k ær i ˈ oʊ k i /; [1] Japanese: ⓘ; カラオケ, clipped compound of Japanese kara 空 "empty" and ōkesutora オーケストラ "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment system usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to pre-recorded accompaniment using a microphone.
In 2014 and 2015, she was a judge on Kontes Dangdut Indonesia (KDI) on MNCTV. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In September 2016 she traveled to the United States to give a lecture at the University of Pittsburgh , to perform with an Indonesian band at that university, and to read from her book at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. [ 7 ]
As scholars note, dangdut is the most controversial genre regarding its relation to Indonesian Islamic morality, [13] and few popular music genres around the world are more focused on women's bodies than dangdut, [14] whose lyrics often portray women as sexual objects. [15] On the one side, within dangdut, a religious current (spiritual dangdut ...
Siti Hartati Tjakra Murdaya (Chow Li Ing), [1] born 29 August 1946, [2] is a prominent Indonesian businesswoman, Buddhist leader and convicted corruption felon. She co-founded the Cipta Cakra Murdaya (CCM) group of companies, which is involved in real estate , IT , timber, plantations, consumer goods and engineering.
Mendadak Dangdut (Suddenly Dangdut) is a 2006 Indonesian musical comedy-drama film directed by Rudy Soedjarwo and written by Monty Tiwa. Starring Titi Kamal , Kinaryosih , and Dwi Sasono , it details the rise and fall of an alternative rock -turned- dangdut singer and her sister-cum-manager.