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Born in Surakarta to a Roman Catholic family and baptized as Willibrordus Surendra Bawana Rendra, he shortened his name to Rendra when he converted to Islam in 1970. After studying English literature and culture at Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta, he chose not to graduate because he was already gainfully employed with his first theatrical project.
The festival was founded in 1979, during the governorship of Ida Bagus Mantra, to promote and sustain Balinese culture.. The basic organizing regulation of the Bali Arts Festival is the "Regional Regulation of Bali Province Number 07 of 1986 concerning Bali Art Festival".
Lenong is a form of theatre traditional to the Betawi people of Jakarta, Indonesia.Dialogue is generally in the Betawi dialect.Actions and dialogue are often presented in a humorous manner on top of a stage known as a pentas tapal kuda, so named for the way actors enter the stage from the left and right.
Traditional Balinese painting depicting cockfighting, by I Ketut Ginarsa. Balinese stone carvings, Ubud. Balinese art is an art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 14th century.
Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Surakarta (Indonesian: Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta; abbreviated by ISI Surakarta) is an arts institute in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. They are famous for teaching karawitan, wayang, Javanese dance, and other traditional crafts. The rector is Dr. Drs Guntur, M.Hum.
Ketoprak (Javanese: ꧋ꦏꦺꦛꦺꦴꦥꦿꦏ꧀, romanized: Kethoprak) is a theatrical genre of Java featuring actors who may also sing to the accompaniment of the gamelan.
The National Gallery of Indonesia is an art gallery and museum in Jakarta, Indonesia.The National Gallery of Indonesia has existed as a cultural institution in the field of visual arts since 8 May 1999.
The Tenun weavers in Yogyakarta, circa 1900. Tenun fabrics are thought to have existed since the Neolithic period.This has been proven by the discovery of prehistoric objects, such as woven stamps, tools for spinning, and materials that are clearly woven on cloth made of cotton, which are more than 3,000 years old at the East Sumba site, Gunung wingko, Yogyakarta, Gilimanuk and Melolo.