Saturday, April 13, 2013
Rāmāyaṇa
Labels:
Culture,
Indonesia,
Java Island,
Rāmāyaṇa,
traditional,
visiting Indonesia,
Yogyakarta
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Mygale In My Living Room
Yesterday evening, I had a strange visitor, a little mygale that I catched and released in the fields today.
Labels:
Araignée,
Indonesia.,
Java Island,
Mygale,
Selenocosmia,
spider
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Gamelan Sekaten - Yogyakarta
Sekaten (originated from Arabic word: Syahadatain) is a week long Javanese traditional ceremony, festival, fair and pasar malam (night market) commemoratingMawlid (the birthday of prophet Muhammad), celebrated annually started on 5th day through the 12th day of (Javanese Calendar) Mulud month (correspond to Rabi' al-awwal in Islamic Calendar). The festivities usually took place in northern alun-alun (square) in Yogyakarta, and simultaneously also celebrated in northern alun-alun of Surakarta. This ceremony originally were initiated by Sultan Hamengkubuwana I, the founder of Yogyakarta Sultanate to promote the Islamic faith.Wikipedia. Read more
Labels:
Ceremony,
Culture,
Indonesia,
Sekaten,
Sultan Palace,
traditional,
Yogyakarta
Saturday, January 12, 2013
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