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Malaysia was formed in 1963 through the union of several former British colonies. Cartooning in the region dates back to 19th-century British Malaya. Singapore (part of Malaysia until 1965) and Penang, key trading hubs in Malaya, had thriving publishing industries that were central to the development of Malaysian comics until the mid-20th century. [10]
An archaic ondel-ondel during the colonial period, performed at the opening of the new wing of Hotel des Indes.. Traditionally, the figure of ondel-ondel was known as barongan, a word derived from barong, a protective spirit that can be found across the animistic Austronesian culture long before the arrival of Hinduism.
In Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia, a similar figure is set up in the local iteration of the performance known as the pohon beringin ("banyan"). [3] [4] The beringin is often displayed in the beginning and the end of the performance symbolizing "a world loaded with lives...in the water, on the land and in the air".
Statue of Ki Hadjar Dewantara in front of Sekolah Tamansiswa. Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat (EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese pronunciation (2 May 1889 in Pakualaman – 26 April 1959 in Yogyakarta), was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist ...
Pudjiastuti was born 15 January 1965, in Pangandaran, West Java, the daughter of Haji Ahmad Karlan and Hajjah Suwuh Lasminah (1918–2013). [4] She is Javanese, but her family are fifth-generation settlers of Pangandaran, which is predominantly Sundanese.
Erick Thohir (born 30 May 1970) is an Indonesian businessman and politician who served as Minister of State Owned Enterprises since 2019. He is the chairman of Football Association of Indonesia since 2023 and founder of Mahaka Group, [1] a conglomeration that focuses on media, sports and entertainment.
Fatmawati (5 February 1923 – 14 May 1980) [1] was a National Hero of Indonesia (Indonesian: Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia).As the inaugural first lady of Indonesia, she was the third wife of the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno, and the mother of Indonesia's first female president, Megawati Sukarnoputri.