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Daun di Atas Bantal (released in English as Leaf on a Pillow) is a 1998 Indonesian film directed by Garin Nugroho. It is one of the most acclaimed films from Indonesia in recent years and was the country's proposal for an Academy Award. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
In the 80's, Indonesian media widely coined the term Pop kreatif. [4] Journalists Seno M. Hardjo and Bens Leo is cited to have popularized this term to differentiate the music presented by musicians with the likes of Guruh Soekarnoputra, Eros Djarot, Chrisye, Fariz RM, and Dian Pramana Poetra from the Melancholic pop music artists and genre. [2]
"Chan Mali Chan" is a folk song popular in Malaysia and Singapore. [1] [2] The song is a light-hearted song that may have its origin in a Malay poem pantun. [3]In Indonesia there are songs that have similar tones such as "Anak Kambing Saya" ("My Lamb" or "My Baby Goat") written by Saridjah Niung.
Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of 16th-century religious figure Dang Hyang Nirartha, who was significantly influenced by Hinduism and who allegedly spent a night there in the course of his extensive travels in Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa. [a] He is at the origin of the chain of sea temples that surrounds Bali. Each of the sea temples was ...
The Karo were harassing Dutch interests in East Sumatra, and Jacob Theodoor Cremer, a Dutch administrator, regarded evangelism as a means to suppress this activity. The Netherlands Missionary Society answered the call, commencing activities in the Karolands in 1890, where they engaged not only in evangelism but also in ethnology and documenting the Karo culture.
Dono was born as Wahjoe Sardono in Delanggu, Klaten, Central Java.His father, Tjitro Soedijono, served as a police officer, and his mother was Soenarmi. Among four siblings, Dono was the only son.
Kartini was born Pauline Fanny Kho on 17 May 1930 in Surabaya, Eastern Java, the Dutch East Indies.Her parents were Budi Tjahono and Marianne Han. Her mother, who has Han Surabaya/Pasuruan ancestry through her mother, was a teacher at a local school. [1]
Dato' Bahaman is the son of Tuanku Imam Nuh who hails from Bangkinang, Kampar, Sumatera.Dato Bahaman was said to be adopted by the then-Bendahara of Pahang, Tun Ali, and was a playmate to the future Sultan Ahmad during his childhood.