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The most popular is Api-Api, or simply Api, which is a Malay word meaning 'Fire'. [6] Wendy Law Suart wrote in her book on North Borneo , The Lingering Eye , "there is in the Sabah State Museum a Dutch map of Borneo and the Celebes dated 1657 in which the settlement where Jesselton was to stand is clearly labelled Api Api.
Bagansiapiapi or simply known as Bagan (Chinese: 峇眼; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bā-gán) is a city in Riau province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.The city is the capital of Rokan Hilir Regency in the province and is located on the east coast of Sumatra, on the Rokan River delta across the strait west of Malacca and near Dumai.
Khalil Ibrahim (1934 – 15 May 2018) was a Malaysian artist. He is known for his drawing, watercolour, and acrylic.His styles ranges from realist to abstract.. Ibrahim's artistic career has spanned over 50 years.
The Kampung Boy, also known as Lat, the Kampung Boy or simply Kampung Boy, is a graphic novel by Lat about a young boy's experience growing up in rural Perak in the 1950s. The book is an autobiographical account of the artist's life, telling of his adventures in the jungles and tin mines, his circumcision, family, and school life.
Spring Fresco, Minoan painting from Akrotiri, 1600–1500 BCE Zhan Ziqian, Strolling About in Spring, a very early Chinese landscape, c. 600. The earliest forms of art around the world depict little that could really be called landscape, although ground-lines and sometimes indications of mountains, trees or other natural features are included.
Arguni is a district (distrik) in Fakfak Regency, West Papua, Indonesia.The district covers part of Arguni Island [].The district government center is located in Fior Village [].
Chuah Thean Teng was born in 1914 in Fujian, China; Chuah's father traded sundries while his mother made shoes for women with bound feet.The family emigrated to Penang, Malaysia when Chuah was 14; Chuah returned to Fujian to pursue an education at the Amoy Art School (later the Xiamen Academy of Fine Arts), but returned to Malaya (now Malaysia) at the age of 17. [1]
Popo Iskandar was born in Garut, West Java.His father, R.H. Natamihardja is a retired bank clerk. Since childhood his father expected Popo to become an architect.