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30 West Java's young ulemas to be sent to campaign for peaceful Islam
Antara - Friday, 12 April 2019

Bandung, West Java (ANTARA) - A total of 30 young ulemas from different parts of West Java Province passed the English Program for Ulemas, and they would be sent to campaign for a peaceful and moderate Islam at international forums in the future, West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil said.

They were selected from 265 ulemas who registered for the program. In the first batch, 30 young ulemas passed the program, co-organized by the West Java provincial government and the United Kingdom Embassy in Jakarta, he said here on Thursday.

Speaking at the program's closing ceremony, Kamil said he would motivate the alumni of the English Program for Ulemas to use their improved proficiency in English to help their colleagues in their respective cities and towns.

"The purpose of this program is to help the ulemas in West Java become messengers of peaceful Islam to the world," he said, adding that the program was aimed at improving the English proficiency of the ulemas before sending them to overseas inter-religious forums.

The UK Embassy in Jakarta and the West Java provincial government have been studying that within three to six months from now, the alumni of this English program would be sent to the United Kingdom.

"Thus, a process for building a dialogue on peaceful Islam, as well as portraying the image of a peaceful Islam in Indonesia and West Java to those in Europe through the United Kingdom, will begin," Ridwan Kamil said.

In addition to the English Program for Ulemas, the West Java provincial government would continue its collaborative programs with the UK Embassy in the future, including the English Program for Bureaucrats.

Meanwhile, British Ambassador to Indonesia Moazzam Malik highlighted the significance of this English Program for Ulemas, especially now that the world is digitally well connected.

Indonesia was expected to play a global role in promoting interreligious peace, he said, adding that Indonesia could become a good example for both Muslims and non-Muslims all over the world in meeting the rights of minorities.

https://en.antaranews.com/news/1234...mas-to-be-sent-to-campaign-for-peaceful-islam

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Mayday 2019 Indonesia

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Muslim scholar starts crowdfunding for first 'pesantren' in US
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani -The Jakarta Post, Tue, November 14, 2017 / 02:39 pm

Shamsi Ali, an Indonesian national and respected Muslim scholar who lives in New York, has started an online crowdfunding campaign to build the first ever Indonesian pesantren, or Islamic boarding school, in the United States.

Shamsi plans to name the school Pondok Nusantara Madani USA. In order to realize his plan, the Bulukumba, South Sulawesi native is calling upon his fellow Indonesian Muslims to donate through his Nusantara Foundation or the Indonesian crowdfunding platform, Kitabisa.com.

The prominent religious figure, who served as imam from 2001-2011 of The Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the largest mosque in New York City, and who is known for promoting moderate Islam and interfaith dialog, stressed that it was important to gather support to establish an Islamic school founded on Indonesia's moderate Islam in the US.

"There is still no Islamic education center in the US that is managed by Indonesian Muslims, when we actually have a more unique ways of dakwah [religious proselytizing] than Muslim communities from Pakistan or Middle Eastern countries," Shamsi said in a written statement published on Monday on Kitabisa.com.

He has found a location for the planned boarding school, on a 7.4-hectare plot of land in the East Coast state of Connecticut. However, he said, as he had very limited time to pay for the land, he hoped Indonesian people would be willing to donate.

"I have spoken to the landlord, and I have until the end of November to give them full payment. Otherwise, he will give the land to another party," Shamsi said.

The total funds needed to establish the school is around US$1 million, of which $750,000 will be used to pay for the land and the rest for land clearing and development.

The fundraiser's communication team said in the statement that it had collected around Rp 761 million ($56,216) from 530 donors so far through its Kitabisa.com/pesantrenamerika crowdfunding page. (rin)

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...s-crowdfunding-for-first-pesantren-in-us.html


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Indonesian Muslim scholar sets up Islamic boarding school in U.S
Friday, 30 November 2018 6:06 WIB

Yogyakarta, Nov 30 (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian Muslim scholar, Muhammad Syamsi Ali, has set up an Islamic boarding school called Pesantren Nusantara Almadina in the United States as a means to propagate Islam and make Indonesia well known abroad.

"I have pushed myself to open an Islamic boarding school in the United States because I want to answer my own question of why Islam in America is not famous," he said at a discussion entitled "Islam in America" organized by the Indonesian Islamic University (UII) here Thursday (Nov 29).

Syamsi Ali said the main task of a Muslim is to preach.

"A preach should be carried out by showing our Islam, being honest in Islam, like when we are inside a mosque and outside a mosque," said Syamsi Ali, who is also an Imam at the Islamic Center of New York, the United States.

According to him, Islam should be propagated not only in Indonesia or other Islamic countries, but also all over the world. Islam has spread across the world, including in the United States.

"Islam arrived in America before Columbus discovered the continent. This was evidenced by a lot of Arabic-language writings engraved on the mountains in Colorado," he noted.

Saymsi Ali explained that the development of Islam in America began when Chinese Muslims landed in American through the China Sea expedition.

The second phase of Islam entering America was via African slaves. A history tells that one of the slaves from West Africa defended his faith although many people forced him to leave Islam.

"Then, the spread of Islam in America continued with the arrival of Muslims from the Middle East. Indeed, Islam in America has been very long," the graduate of Muhammadiyah Darul-Arqam Islamic Boarding School in Makassar, South Sulawesi, said.

Syamsi Ali explained that when he was entrusted with the task of becoming an Imam at the Islamic Center of New York, he started to carry out his duty by building communication with the administrations, followers of other religions, and the local community.

"One point that should be realized by Muslims today is our inability to live alone in the midst of globalization that continues to grow rapidly. Therefore, we need to collaborate and therefore, I build communication with all people in America," Syamsi Ali said.

https://jogja.antaranews.com/berita...scholar-sets-up-islamic-boarding-school-in-us

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Setting up Indonesia's first pesantren in American soil
  • Located in Connecticut, USA
  • Build on an abandoned school for special needs on an area of 7.5 Ha
  • For the first phase, they renovated four buildings for dorm (9 rooms) and kitchen, office, meeting hall/Musholla, and study room
  • School also have sport areas and swimming pool which is open free for surrounding neighborhood, accessible for muslim and non-muslim alike
  • At the moment the school only operated during summer
  • Other than promoting and teach Islam, the school also has the mission to introduce Indonesian culture to Americans
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Breaking the fast together at Indonesia's Islamic boarding school
  • The school invited non-muslim neighbors to eat together and experience Ramadhan
  • The school prepared Indonesian food, snack and beverages

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More about the school :
https://nusantaraboardingschool.com/index.php/nusantara-foundation
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All About Kecap Manis, Indonesia’s Sweet and Syrupy Soy Sauce
Pat Tanumihardja - Published: June 12, 2019

A quick primer on the sweet soy sauce that's beloved in classic Indonesian dishes, but capable of so much more.

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In my house, kecap manis, or Indonesian sweet soy sauce, is called "Opa sauce," in honor of my dad, my son’s opa. We call it that because my dad pours the thick, coffee-colored condiment over everything—fried fish (normal), steak (somewhat normal), and spaghetti (not so normal)—much to my mom’s chagrin.

My dad’s tastes in food are simple: He likes Asian food, and he likes it cooked by my mom. Any other dish can be fixed by drowning it in kecap manis. When my dad travels, he carries a miniature bottle of it, just like those airplane-sized Jim Beams and Johnnie Walkers, in his waist pouch, tucked in nice and snug next to his passport and wallet.

While I’m not quite as zealous in my use of kecap manis as my dad is, for me, and for Indonesians all across the globe, it’s an integral element of the food we grew up eating. Its unique flavor—part bittersweet caramel and part savory soy sauce—makes it as versatile as it is alluring: It’s both a necessary ingredient for many of the most famous dishes in Indonesian cuisine, and a wonderful complement to the flavors of any number of other cuisines from all around the world.


What Is Kecap Manis?

Kecap manis (also spelled the Dutch way, ketjap manis) is widely understood to be a local riff on Chinese soy sauce. In fact, the word kecap is derived from the Cantonese word koechiap, or "sauce," which is also the root word for the more-familiar-to-Americans ketchup.

Other kecap varieties include kecap asin (the Indonesian version of the salty soy sauce you probably have a bottle of in your fridge), kecap hitam (black or dark soy sauce), and kecap ikan (fish sauce).

No one knows for sure when the original kecap—kecap asin, or "salty sauce"—was introduced to Indonesia. But printed materials dating back to the late 1600s describe the sauces saio ("shoyu") and catchup, both of which refer to soy sauce, being brought to the UK from the East Indies, now Indonesia.

It’s believed that kecap manis was invented sometime in the mid-19th century. When Chinese migrants settled on Java, Indonesia’s largest island, they realized the local Javanese had a sweet tooth. So the Chinese added gula merah, or palm sugar (called gula jawa in Java), to soy sauce, and kecap manis was born.

It's since become a foundational element of Indonesian cuisine, and a huge industry unto itself: In his book History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Southeast Asia, soy expert William Shurtleff reports that kecap manis accounted for 90% of the country's total soy sauce production as of 2010.

The kecap manis that’s available today is about 10 to 15% liquid soy sauce; a mixture of sugar and water makes up the rest, which accounts for its pronounced sweetness and syrupy consistency, and spices are sometimes included as well. The combination of sugar and soy sauce is responsible for kecap manis's opacity and deep black color, as opposed to soy sauce’s relative translucency and amber coloring. And the use of palm sugar specifically is key, furnishing smoky, savory undertones and caramel-like notes similar to those found in molasses, along with a richer color and unique aroma. Though many other Asian countries produce their own versions of sweet soy sauce made with white sugar, in my (completely unbiased) opinion, these qualities set kecap manis well above the rest.


How Kecap Manis Is Made

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Many of the kecap manis producers in Indonesia today are second- and third-generation family businesses. Making it is done in two stages: brewing the soy sauce, followed by adding the sugar and other flavorings.

Soy sauce for kecap manis is produced in much the same way as traditionally made Chinese soy sauce and Japanese shoyu—namely, by using natural fermentation processes. Soybeans are cooked (and, afterwards, sometimes combined with roasted wheat); mixed with a mold culture of Aspergillus oryzae, or koji, called kapang in Indonesian; fermented in brine to build the sauce's deep-brown color and umami flavor compounds; and pressed to separate the solids from the liquid, leaving raw soy sauce behind.

The soy sauce is then combined with melted palm sugar, and, depending on the producer, herbs and spices, such as lemongrass, galangal, star anise, and/or makrut lime leaves, are steeped in the mixture.

Although over 50 different brands of kecap manis are produced in Indonesia and the Netherlands, only two brands are readily available in the US: Cap Bango and ABC. Conimex, a Dutch brand, is sometimes sold at specialty Indonesian stores. The ABC brand is more common in Asian markets, but I always pick Cap Bango, if available, for its thicker consistency and sweeter, more full-bodied flavor.


How to Use Kecap Manis

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As we've already established, kecap manis is an essential component of some of Indonesia’s most famous dishes. More sweet than salty, it’s typically used alongside regular soy sauce, fish sauce, and/or salt for seasoning in traditional Indonesian cooking. Many Indonesian families—diaspora included—keep two bottles on hand at all times, one in their kitchen for use as a seasoning during cooking, and one on the table to serve as an all-purpose condiment.

The inclusion of kecap manis is one of several key features that distinguish nasi goreng, or Indonesian fried rice, from its Chinese-style counterpart. Beyond simply satisfying my Javanese sweet tooth, kecap manis balances out the saltiness of the many savory ingredients that go into the dish—which include regular soy sauce or fish sauce, but also shrimp paste (terasi), chili paste and/or sliced chilies, chicken, shrimp, and, if I'm cooking, often the Chinese sausage called lapcheong.

Similarly, babi kecap, an Indonesian-Chinese version of hong shao rou, or red-cooked pork, and one of my favorite childhood comfort foods, is defined by the use of kecap manis. While hong shao rou is usually made with sugar, light and dark soy sauces, Chinese cooking wine, and spices like star anise and cinnamon, my mom’s babi kecap consists of braised pork belly flavored simply with kecap manis, soy sauce and/or salt, and white pepper, then served over white rice and jazzed up with fried shallots on top.

The peanut sauce accompanying gado-gado—a salad of sorts, made up of fresh and blanched vegetables, including long beans, cabbage, bean sprouts, and more, mixed with elements such as fried tofu and hard-boiled eggs—has kecap manis mixed into it, for a salty-sweet flavor profile. My mom’s ever-popular chicken sate (satay) owes its deliciousness to a mixture of kecap manis, crushed peanuts, chopped garlic and shallots, and the juice and leaves of makrut limes, which she uses as both a marinade and a glaze. The sugar in the kecap manis helps to give the sate a pretty, burnished sheen through repeated bastings as the meat is charred over a charcoal flame.

Kecap manis is also added to soto ayam (chicken turmeric soup), in much the same way hoisin sauce is swirled into Vietnamese pho, and I like to float chopped bird chilies and shallots in a dish of kecap manis to serve as a dipping sauce for fried fish. And Indonesians everywhere will often simply drizzle it over a fried egg and rice.

But you don’t have to restrict your use of kecap manis to Asian dishes. I like to marinate steak with a mix of soy sauce, kecap manis, and black pepper, the sweetness of the kecap manis eliminating the need for brown sugar or honey to intensify the meaty flavor of the beef. As with sate, the sugar content also promotes browning, giving the steak a lovely burnished crust.

For the same reason, I'll use it to marinate beef and pork for stewing, patting the meat dry before browning it; if you like your stews and braises tinged with sweetness, you can also add a glug of kecap manis to the stew itself. (I usually pour it in after I've added tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce to the base of a beef stew recipe.) Sometimes I’ll simmer together kecap manis, a touch of sherry, and butter for a sauce to serve alongside steaks or roasts.

Whole sides of salmon or arctic char—preferably skin-on—can be salt-and-peppered, grilled, and glazed with a mixture of sweet (kecap manis), tart (lime or lemon juice), and spicy (cayenne or hot sauce) at the tail end of cooking. Or, skip the glaze and simply squeeze lime halves over the cooked fish, then serve with a mixture of kecap manis, garlic, cilantro, and more lime juice. The sweetness of kecap manis and the brightness of citrus play nicely together, producing a balanced flavor profile that’s not too cloying.

If you want to start building an appreciation for kecap manis, the simplicity of nasi goreng makes a great introduction. With that in mind, I've attached a basic recipe for the dish here. The use of terasi adds a big hit of umami that sets nasi goreng apart from Chinese-style fried rice, but if terasi proves hard to find, the uniquely sweet-savory profile of kecap manis will still make this version of fried rice exceptional.

https://www.seriouseats.com/2019/06/guide-to-kecap-manis.html

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Nike meets Indomie in fan-made Air Jordan design
Rizki Fachriansyah - The Jakarta Post - Tue, June 18, 2019 / 02:31 pm

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World-famous sports brand Nike met Indonesian instant noodle icon Indomie in an unlikely crossover as a colorful fan design of the Air Jordan 1 Yin Yang recently became a social media sensation.

In several Instagram photos originally posted by a Mr. Simply Custom, or @mr.s.custom, the retro Nike footwear, which originally came in only white and black, can now be seen sporting an entirely new color palette consisting largely of red, yellow and green – a tribute to the three main colors featured on Indomie’s original plastic wrap for its Mie Goreng (fried noodles) flavor.


Additionally, Nike’s instantly recognizable Swoosh is now accompanied by the Indomie logo, alongside subtle shape outlines that resemble the curly noodles themselves.

Capturing the youthful energy of both Nike enthusiasts and Indomie obsessives, the eye-popping design also boasts a cheeky slogan that reads ‘Micin Generation’, a reference to the popular internet meme that pokes fun at the millennials’ affinity for Indomie’s liberal use of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in its dry seasoning powder.

At the time of writing, the custom Indomie Nike design by Mr. Simply Custom has garnered more than 5,000 likes on Instagram, as well as a slew of approving tweets.

Mr. Simply Custom is the online alias of Jonathan “Jonas” Gustana, a 23-year-old Indonesian university graduate based in Singapore who initially customized sneakers with hand-drawn art as a personal hobby.

Jonas said he never expected his side project to be regarded as anything more than a tongue-in-cheek display of creativity.

“For the Indomie custom design, I was actually inspired by a Photoshop rendition posted by @arifwhy on Instagram a week ago. I merely brought his design to life,” Jonas told The Jakarta Post on the phone on Tuesday.


He said he immediately got in touch with @arifwhy to ask permission to use the design for a physical pair of Air Jordans.

“I just thought it would be cool to have an actual pair of Air Jordans with the Indomie design. It think it’s a cute way of expressing one’s loyalty to an Indonesian food brand that has also gained popularity in other countries,” he added.

Jonas, who recently graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, then opened a limited order for 20 pairs of custom Indomie Air Jordans after the design was met with enthusiasm among netizens.

He said each custom pair costs Rp 3.3 million (US$230).

“I’ve received orders from people around the globe who are familiar and obsessed with Indomie, including those living in the United States, Thailand and Singapore,” Jonas told the Post.

He said the custom Indomie Air Jordans would be displayed at the Indonesia Comic Con this October.

“This has been an amazing turn of events. For my next project, I will probably come up with a custom Indomaret or Alfamart design for Air Jordans,” he said jokingly, referring to two leading chains of convenience stores in Indonesia. (kes)

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/06/18/nike-meets-indomie-in-fan-made-air-jordan-design.html

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'I want to be informal ambassador to Indonesia in London': Moazzam Malik
Agnes Anya / The Jakarta Post - Thu, June 20, 2019 / 01:51 pm

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Fare thee well: Outgoing British envoy Moazzam Malik has pledged to be an "informal Indonesian ambassador in the UK" as he will continue promoting Indonesia's economic and cultural potential. Malik, who has served as ambassador since October 2014, is homebound after hosting his last official event, the 93rd Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, in Jakarta on Wednesday. (JP/Agnes Anya)

Outgoing British Ambassador to Indonesia Moazzam Malik, who is leaving Jakarta on Friday, has said that he wants to continue promoting Indonesia in the United Kingdom.

Malik, who has gained popularity in the Indonesian Twitter community because of his fluent Indonesian language skills, pledged that he would champion Indonesia’s role as “the heart of the Asian century […] that will become among top 10 economies in the next 10 years”.

“As I conclude my role as the UK Ambassador to Indonesia, I hope to be Indonesia’s new informal ambassador in the UK,” he remarked during his speech at a celebration of the 93rd birthday of British Queen Elizabeth II in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The diplomat took a moment in his speech to recall the meaningful experiences he had amassed during his four years in Indonesia, including his visit to the 93-year-old Gontor Islamic boarding school in Ponorogo, East Java, as well as his virtual sing-along of "You'll Never Walk Alone" – the anthem of the Liverpool Football Club, of which he is a fan – with fellow fans in Surabaya, East Java, and Jakarta during live screenings of the 2019 Champions League Final.

Malik described Indonesia as a country that is "unique for having [been] born diverse […] with the potential to inspire communities around the world”, and later jokingly told reporters that he could not possibly take away the position of Rizal Sukma, Indonesia's current Ambassador to the UK.

Even so, he said he believed Indonesia needed friends abroad to tell others about the lively dynamics of an archipelago with ethnic and religious diversities, as well as its potential and successes.

“And so, I will advocate for Indonesia in whatever I do. If people say, 'I want to go on holidays,' I will say, ‘Go to Indonesia!’ If they want to do business I will say, ‘Go to Indonesia’. If they say, 'I want to go somewhere interesting to study,' I will say, ‘Well, go check out Indonesia’,” he told a lively audience.

Commenting on 70 years of UK-Indonesia diplomatic relations this year, which was celebrated with various events both in Indonesia and the UK, Malik noted how the two partners had managed to strengthen the connection between its peoples, educational institutions and business communities.

“Trade volume over the last five years, in particular, had gone up by 20 percent. The number of Indonesians studying in UK universities has doubled. There are more UK tourists coming to Indonesia – almost 400,000,” he said.

Citing estimates by the British Chamber of Commerce, he said some 1 million Indonesian jobs were being sustained by British businesses and investors in the country.

“But there is so much more that we still have to do, so much more potential to get our partnership to the level that the UK currently enjoys with other Asian giants like China and India,” he added.

Malik, who is a politician by trade, is set to return to London after taking some overdue time off in Turkey with his family. He has hinted a possible return to UK politics.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...dor-to-indonesia-in-london-moazzam-malik.html

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Indonesian Students Strike Gold at International Olympiad
Editor: Petir Garda Bhwana - 30 June 2019 16:00 WIB

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian senior high school students took home two golds, two silvers and one bronze medal from the Genius Olympiad held in Oswego, the United States, from June 17 to 22, 2019. Reyna Kamila Arifin and Siti Halimah Indrani Anwar from senior high school SMA Kharisma Bangsa bagged a gold medal each in the creative writing contest. They composed poems on the environment.

"The poetry I wrote overnight speaks about the marine and coastal environment in Jakarta and Bali. I visited Aceh beach in Jakarta and the beaches in Bali. The beaches in Bali look cleaner than the beach in Jakarta," Reyna Kamila said.

Siti Halimah wrote a poem on forest fires, particularly in Riau province. She said she was concerned about the Indonesian forests which serve as the world’s lungs that must be conserved.

"We must care about the environment, starting with ourselves," she said.

Naufalia Brillianti Sambowo from SMAN 2 Depok, West Java, and Katrina Angelie Sukardi and Tasya Horax from SMA Katolik Gembala Baik grabbed silver medals.

Naufalia Brillianti won the silver medal in the technology field through her article titled "Reducing Water Pollution Using Ardino Based Automatic Water Gate and Filtration System".

Katrina Angelie and Tasya Horax received the silver medal in the biological field through their article titled "Activity and Effectiveness test of Soursop Leaf".

Laksita Kirana Candraditya Anindyanari and Farahiyah Sharfina Saputri from SMAN 6 Yogyakarta contributed a bronze medal in the biological field to the Indonesian contingent with their article titled “l: Chelita "Smart Chemical Liquid".

The Olympiad brought together 1,400 participants from 75 countries. They contested in the fields of science, arts, business, creative writing and robot.

https://en.tempo.co/read/1219721/indonesian-students-strike-gold-at-international-olympiad

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Indonesia's Oldest Early Human Fossil Found in Brebes
Translator: Ririe Ranggasari, Editor: Laila Afifa - 3 July 2019 17:49 WIB

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Harry Widianto, an archeologist from the Yogyakarta Archaeological Center, conducted a study on the ancient human fossil discoveries in Bumiayu, Brebes Regency, Central Java. The fossil found was part of the Homo erectus group, which is estimated to be the oldest in Indonesia.

"When we talk about early humans, the orientation is not Indonesia, but Javanese, Javaman. These are widely known. The discovery of a 1.8 million-years fossil in Bumiayu does not necessarily strikes-out the 'Out of Africa' fossil, but in Bumiayu it existed — and that's multiregional," Harry told Tempo, Wednesday, July 3, 2019.

Fossils found in the excavation area are hump bone, jaw, and tooth root. These, Harry said, are different from the fossils found in Sangiran Early Man Site in Sragen, Central Java. The Sangiran fossils are 1.5 million years old and the development originated from Africa.

"This new fossil is part of the Homo erectus group whose development comes from local evolution—known as multiregional," Harry said. "This means that the Bumiayu fossil is the oldest of early humans in Java and in Indonesia, not Sangiran."

Bumiayu excavation site has been an object of research by archaeologists since the 1920s. The area spanning from Bumiayu to Tegal was once the east coast of Java Island before the whole island of Java emerged and became what we know today. Harry made sure that ancient life in Bumiayu was older than in the east.

"The existence of Homo erectus in Bumiayu is very plausible considering around 2.4 million years ago the area was the east coastline of Java—before the island's shape became what we now know," he said.

In addition to early human fossils, researchers have also discovered other fossils in Bumiayu and nearby areas, including ancient versions of elephants, deer, bulls and water buffaloes.

https://en.tempo.co/read/1220866/indonesias-oldest-early-human-fossil-found-in-brebes

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Jokowi meets Jakarta-born rapper Rich Brian at Bogor Palace
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo welcomes rapper Rich Brian (donning black batik) at Bogor Palace in West Java on July 7. (Antara/BPMI-Kris)

 
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Indonesian action superstar Joe Taslim to play Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat reboot
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Indonesian movie star-slash-martial artist Joe Taslim will soon add another major Hollywood project to his growing filmography as he’s just been confirmed to have landed the role of Sub-Zero in an upcoming reboot of the movie franchise based on the popular arcade fighting game series Mortal Kombat.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Joe is the first cast member to sign onto the -action adaptation of the iconic fighting game, which will be filmed in South Australia later this year. The Mortal Kombat reboot will be produced by James Wan (Saw, Aquaman) and directed by commercial director Simon McQuaid in his feature film debut. The screenplay is written by Greg Russo (writer of the upcoming Death Note 2 and Resident Evilreboot).

According to Variety, the Mortal Kombat reboot is slated for release on March 5, 2021.

Joe, a former member of Indonesian national judo team, currently stars in Warrior, a Cinemax series adapted from a story by martial arts legend Bruce Lee. He made his feature film debut in the Indonesian cult action flick The Raid with fellow action star Iko Uwais (who has also branched out to Hollywood with Mile 22, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the upcoming Stuber, among others). Joe’s first Hollywood roles were in Fast & Furious 6 in 2013 and Star Trek Beyond in 2016.

He recently appeared in Indonesia’s first Netflix original, The Night Comes For Us by Timo Tjahjanto, and the action-comedy flick Hit and Run.



Sub Zero is a fighter whose superpower is the ability to control ice, and he’s one of the original characters from the first Mortal Kombat game, which hit arcades in 1992. The character is also well known for wearing a ninja mask, but it remains to be seen if Joe’s face will be obscured for the entirety of the movie.


This isn’t the first Mortal Kombat film produced by New Line Cinema, as the game was also adapted into live action movies in the 1990s to mixed reviews, first in 1995 by director Paul W.S Anderson and followed by Mortal Kombat: Annihilation in 1997.

https://coconuts.co/jakarta/lifesty...lim-to-play-sub-zero-in-mortal-kombat-reboot/
 
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Indonesian action superstar Joe Taslim to play Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat reboot
Joe-Taslim-Sub-Zero-Mortal-Kombat-reboot-960x540.jpg

Indonesian movie star-slash-martial artist Joe Taslim will soon add another major Hollywood project to his growing filmography as he’s just been confirmed to have landed the role of Sub-Zero in an upcoming reboot of the movie franchise based on the popular arcade fighting game series Mortal Kombat.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Joe is the first cast member to sign onto the -action adaptation of the iconic fighting game, which will be filmed in South Australia later this year. The Mortal Kombat reboot will be produced by James Wan (Saw, Aquaman) and directed by commercial director Simon McQuaid in his feature film debut. The screenplay is written by Greg Russo (writer of the upcoming Death Note 2 and Resident Evilreboot).

According to Variety, the Mortal Kombat reboot is slated for release on March 5, 2021.

Joe, a former member of Indonesian national judo team, currently stars in Warrior, a Cinemax series adapted from a story by martial arts legend Bruce Lee. He made his feature film debut in the Indonesian cult action flick The Raid with fellow action star Iko Uwais (who has also branched out to Hollywood with Mile 22, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the upcoming Stuber, among others). Joe’s first Hollywood roles were in Fast & Furious 6 in 2013 and Star Trek Beyond in 2016.

He recently appeared in Indonesia’s first Netflix original, The Night Comes For Us by Timo Tjahjanto, and the action-comedy flick Hit and Run.



Sub Zero is a fighter whose superpower is the ability to control ice, and he’s one of the original characters from the first Mortal Kombat game, which hit arcades in 1992. The character is also well known for wearing a ninja mask, but it remains to be seen if Joe’s face will be obscured for the entirety of the movie.


This isn’t the first Mortal Kombat film produced by New Line Cinema, as the game was also adapted into live action movies in the 1990s to mixed reviews, first in 1995 by director Paul W.S Anderson and followed by Mortal Kombat: Annihilation in 1997.

https://coconuts.co/jakarta/lifesty...lim-to-play-sub-zero-in-mortal-kombat-reboot/

Very happy to see this news today. My fellow countrymen is being cast to portray one of my favorite character from a game I love the most. I'm proud and happy at the same time. :yahoo:

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Six villages of Indonesia keenly preserve ancient traditions
The Jakarta Post - Mon, August 12, 2019 / 08:02 am

Indonesia is a country made up of thousands of islands, multiple ethnicities and countless traditions. The cultural richness of the archipelago is still upheld in many villages of the nation.

Here are some villages around the country that hold dear their traditional values, as compiled by kompas.com:

Penglipuran



Located in Bangli, Penglipuran is one of the oldest villages on the island of Bali that is still standing today.

The village of Bali Aga and Bali Majapahit communities nestled 625 meters above sea level dates back to the 18th century.

The uniqueness of Penglipuran is the uniformity of house entrances. Another interesting aspect is the existence of hallways from one house to another that represent the interconnectedness and harmony in the lives of its people.


Sade Lombok


When arriving at this village in Puju district, Central Lombok, visitors will see the homes of the Lombok natives of the Sasak tribe. These houses are made of wood and have thatched roofs.

An interesting aspect of this village is that every once in a while, the floors are covered with buffalo dung. A cultural tradition of the village is the kidnapping of newlywed couples.


Wae Rebo

A unique aspect of this well-managed tourist village is that there are seven very well-known houses in the shape of a cone.

When visiting here, visitors will only be able to spend the night within one of the seven cone-shaped homes, which have been standing for 19 generations and are known as Mbaru Niang. These traditional houses are made of wood, with thatched roofs that purse upward.

The architectural style of these homes is considered very traditional and unique.


Baduy


The indigenous Baduy village, also known as Kanekes village, is located in the Leuwidamar district of Lebak regency, Banten.

This village is known for maintaining ancient traditions. There are technically 65 hamlets within Kanekes, which are divided into the inner Baduy and outer Baduy. The latter consists of three hamlets named Cikartawana, Cibeo and Cikeusik.

When visiting Baduy, tourists can enjoy beautiful nature and local traditions. In inner Baduy, there are a number of regulations that are upheld strictly, such as the banning of taking photos and videos, and during the month of Kawalu, the village is closed for three months. This means tourists are not allowed to visit from February to April.

The inner Baduy prohibits foreign tourists from entering.


Trunyan


Trunyan is a village located on the edge of Lake Batur of Kintamani district in Bali.

There are many different burial practices in Indonesia. For example, in Bali, people many burn the deceased. In Trunyan, however, the practice is a little more unique.

In this village, the deceased are not burned, and they are not buried either. Instead, for generations, the deceased have been laid on the ground and left to rot on the surface of shallow basins.

In this practice, called sema wayah, the corpses are lined up side by side with other corpses, complete with a cloth wrapping as protection, but the face is revealed through a frame of bamboo called the ancak saji. The ancak saji is woven from bamboo into an isosceles triangle that serves to protect the body from wild animals.


Pitu

This village is located in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, and is home to just seven families.

The reason why there are only seven families is because legend has it that every additional family would prompt a disaster or other occurrence that would bring back the number of households to seven.

This is why the village will always try to maintain only seven households in the community. (sal/kes)

https://www.thejakartapost.com/trav...nesia-keenly-preserve-ancient-traditions.html

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Central Kalimantan high schoolers win invention olympic gold medal in South Korea for cancer medication
The Jakarta Post - Thu, August 15, 2019 / 08:08 am

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Three students, Yazid, Anggina Rafitri and Aysa Aurealya Maharani, won a World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) gold medal for a herbal tea they developed with the help of their biology teacher, Herlita Gusran. (kompas.com/Kurnia Tarigan)

Three high-school students from SMA 2 state high school in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, have won a gold medal at the World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) in Seoul for a herbal tea they created from a plant endemic to Kalimantan that can help to cure cancer.

The three students, Yazid, Anggina Rafitri and Aysa Aurealya Maharani, received the medal on July 28 after developing the tea with the help of their biology teacher, Herlita Gusran.

Their research began in 2017, fueled by their curiosity about Yazid’s family’s ancestral concoction made from the wood of bajakah, a plant found in the forest. Yazid claimed his family had used the plant to cure cancer.

The three students and their teacher then tested the concoction on cancer-afflicted rats.

“After the 50th day, the rats with that had been treated with bajakah water were still healthy and could even still reproduce,” Herlita said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com. The other rats died.

Lab tests have proven the wood is rich in antioxidants with positive substances such as phenolic, steroid, tannin, saponin and terpenoid.

The three then processed the bajakah wood into tea powder that can be easily prepared by brewing.

The innovation won a gold medal at the Youth National Science Fair 2019 in Bandung.

After the national prize, they attended WICO in Seoul and again received a gold medal.

“We want to keep learning about Central Kalimantan’s natural potential,” Anggina said.

She said the group had been approached by many interested parties who wanted to help them produce the bajakah wood tea.

After the success, the group is going to claim a patent for their scientific work.

“We are going to claim the intellectual property but only of the scientific work, because [the work] is based on local wisdom,” Herlita said on Tuesday as quoted by tempo.co.

Bajakah wood has long been used by the native Dayak people of Kalimantan to cure cancer. (gis)

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news...dal-in-south-korea-for-cancer-medication.html

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Head in the Clouds Festival by 88 Rising at Los Angeles State Historic Park on August 17, 2019 in Los Angeles.

Opening 00:00 - Indonesia Raya


43:48 - Kids, ending with "Red and White"
Celebrating Independence day in a whole new level.
#RI74
*Edit: video has been taken down.
 
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