(2019 Post) : Tangerang Old Market – No Caption Needed

The Old part of Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia.

Semangat Bhinneka, Semangat Imlek di Santa Maria de Fatima Toasebio

Kiong hi, Kiong hi Ucapan selamat tahun baru dalam dialek Hokkian yang kurang lebih sama dengan Gong Xi berulang-ulang menggema di pagi yang mendung di kawasan Glodok pada hari dimana menurut kalender Tionghoa sudah masuk tahun ayam api. Sebagian besar jemaat baik tua, muda, dewasa dan anak-anak berdatangan dengan baju didominasi warna merah dan masuk…

(Hometown Story) :Welcome to 2016 and this is my story- Badhut Temple

Welcome to 2016 It’s been almost two weeks I haven’t been here. I am terribly sorry for not updating this blog, as a matter fact my laptop was turned off suddenly when I was doing my work, and then when I asked the computer store about such matter, I finally knew that the problem was…

(Cultural Revival?) : Typing Javanese Characters in My Computer

Javanese character? never be confused with Java programming system, meh. Javanese character has got two names : carakan and layang hanacaraka. It was derived from Southern Indian styled Brahmic writing system along by Indian merchants and missionaries at the time. Javanese script is under the same family with Sundanese, Kaganga group (from Batak to Lampung),…

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : Tiga/Trio

Trio in Bahasa can be exactly same meaning or in different vocabulary ( I mean synonym) is bertiga or tiga. So, these are my contributions for this week’s trio…threesome? Hahahaha…hell no, then! Tangerang, 22 November 2015   Bambang Priantono

(Indonesian Muslim Style Timeline 1) : Hijab or Veil from 1910s-1970s

As we know, Indonesians are Muslim majority nation and Islam has been integral part of Indonesian society, including the dress codes. Muslims, particularly women are required to cover most of their body parts. Most Islamic scholars refer to only face and hands that can be seen, while some minorities say that all parts of women’s…

(Explore Tangerang) : Tehyan Player

One thing I like when visiting Pasar Lama Tangerang (Tangerang Old Market) is three old men who sit down on the pedestrian and playing music. One plays guitar, another plays kecrek and one more plays Tehyan. Tehyan is a two stringed bowed instrument or spike fiddle. It is descendant of Erhu of China which was…

(Explore Tangerang) : My Benteng Heritage Museum Visitation

This is my article about Tangerang, the city I am dwelling right now. It’s part of Banten Province, western of Jakarta. This is place where Jakarta International Airport located, so that’s why when you come to Indonesia or Jakarta, actually you land in Tangerang at first, then you can continue your way wherever you want….

(Saturday’s Language Corner) : Comparison Between Acehnese, Cham and Jarai Languages

I am not good at both languages, but I love to collect words by words and compare them into one frame. I am interested in analyzing languages though not in master level. Those languages belong to the same family, Aceh-Chamic branch of Austronesian languages. I read that Acehnese has the most numerous speakers compared to…

(Language Comparison For Fun) : Just Compare Indonesian-Javanese-Tagalog-Waray

I am totally interested in learning languages, though I am also -at some extents- lazy body. If I want to study a language, I look for some dictionaries and even try to compare the languages into a chart or tables. Afterwards I leave it for a while..hahahaha..that’s so ugly thing. Okay, I just wanna tell…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge : Two Colors / Dua Warna

Bicolor is sometimes hard Because most of my photos are multicolored. But it’s no problem at all, let me show you several things about bicolor. See here and enjoy here…Not many only some. For this challenge White and blue cloud Black and brown….traditional wooden one Black and brown, wooden traditional door

(Friday’s Photographs) : Lion Dance / Tari Barongsai

At school, there was just held an event for celebrating Chinese New Year. There was lion dance and also dragon dance performances. It was started at 9.45 am until 11.30 am. Separated into two sessions in accordance to the audience. The first session was for grade 1 until 3, while the rest was grade 4…