Category: Culture
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Bertemu Pram
Namaku Pram is an exhibition on the life and work of Pramoedya Ananta Toer at Dia.lo.gue, Kemang from 17 April – 20 May 2018. Kunjungan saya ke Namaku Pram beberapa waktu yang lalu mengingatkan saya akan sulitnya saya bisa terhubung dengan tulisan-tulisannya. Membaca adalah salah satu cara kegiatan yang didorong orang tua saya semasa sekolah…
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Perkenalkan, Seumpama

Setelah ribuan revisi dan ketidakpuasan, Seumpama dan Terbang diperkenalkan di 1/15 Coffee Christmas Market bersama Køkken, 11-13 Desember kemarin. Ini cerita perkenalannya. Seumpama kini hadir di Instagram dan Facebook, dan sedang dipersiapkan websitenya. Tepat setahun yang lalu, salah satu sahabat saya menghubungi saya. Saya baru sebulan kembali dari London dan sedang mencoba mengelola ekspektasi saya buat…
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Welcome, Goat (or Sheep or Ram)!

I can’t stop thinking about this goats’ sequences when the Chinese New Year was approaching this year. In Indonesia we refer the year as goat rather than sheep or rams. (If you’re not quite sure which to refer, CNN has explained it here.) The “Rolling Goat” is a celebration meal. It serves goats’ roasted meat and with sweet soy…
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Moominsummer Madness
I was the only adult in the room that was there without any children company but was equally excited to meet Tove Jansson’s characters came to life. My only concerned? The stare. I would definitely looked like I was out of place. Every adult in the room had at least a young fellow – and they were the…
