by admin | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog Right, Greetings
Of all the new ministers in President Joko Widodo’s second government, none has sparked more debate and controversy than the 35-year-old Harvard-educated Nadiem Makarim, Indonesia’s new education and culture minister. Barely two months into his new job, Nadiem shocked...
by admin | Dec 27, 2019 | Lontar in the News
Karya seni patung pahat Suku Kamoro yang dijual di pameran. Foto: Gitario Vista Inasis/kumparan Sumber: Kumparan, 6 Desember 2019 Suku Kamoro merupakan salah satu suku asli Papua yang masih memegang teguh tradisi, salah satunya seni ukiran dan pahat. Suku Kamoro...
by admin | Dec 27, 2019 | Research and Documentation
It is poetry’s unique facility at representing and embodying social tensions that has given this genre its power and widely appreciated status in contemporary Indonesian society. The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Poetry is a landmark publication, the first...
by admin | Dec 27, 2019 | Research and Documentation
For centuries, the people of Indonesia have revered and nurtured the art of wayangkulit, the shadow puppet theater. In 2003 the significance of this art form was recognized by UNESCO when it declared wayanga “masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Research and Documentation
Although it is possible to study every major non-English speaking Western culture through its translated literature, this has not been the case with the literature of Indonesia. This is one of the reasons why Lontar was established: to ensure the ancient literary...
