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Anwar first read "Aku" at the Jakarta Cultural Centre in July 1943. [1] It was then printed in Pemandangan under the title "Semangat" ("Spirit"); according to Indonesian literary documentarian HB Jassin, this was to avoid censorship and to better promote the nascent independence movement. [2] "
Indonesian slang vernacular (Indonesian: bahasa gaul, Betawi: basa gaul), or Jakarta colloquial speech (Indonesian: bahasa informal, bahasa sehari-hari) is a term that subsumes various urban vernacular and non-standard styles of expression used throughout Indonesia that are not necessarily mutually intelligible.
As an example, among the many innovations they condemned was use of the word bisa instead of dapat for 'can'. In Malay bisa meant only 'poison from an animal's bite' and the increasing use of Javanese bisa in the new meaning they regarded as one of the many threats to the language's purity. Unlike more traditional intellectuals, he did not look ...
Crocodile Dundee fans are mourning the loss of movie legend Burt the Saltwater crocodile.. On Sunday, Dec. 23., a representative for Crocosaurus Cove Darwin penned a sad Facebook post which ...
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The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake (also known as the Bantul earthquake) occurred at 05:53 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging) in the Yogyakarta region of Java, Indonesia.
Tengku Amir Hamzah (February 1911 – 20 March 1946) [a] was an Indonesian poet and National Hero of Indonesia.Born into a Malay aristocratic family in the Sultanate of Langkat in North Sumatra, he was educated in both Sumatra and Java.
Siapa Menabur Angin akan Menuai Badai : G30S - PKI dan Peran Bung Kamo [Whoever sows the wind will reap the storm: G30S-PKI and the role of Bung Karno] (in Indonesian). Soegiarso Soerojo. Sulistyanto, Ali (ed.). Marhaenisme Sukarno [Sukarno's Marhaenism] (in Indonesian). Promedia.