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Fantasy
Island
As the plane descends we skim over
an ocean dotted with the-coloured
sails of local fishermen. The runway
appears as a tiny strip cut into
the green swathe that is central
Lombok and as we taxi to the tiny
and desserted terminal, Bali already
seems a million miles away.
Outside influences
on the music of Nusa Tenggara Timur
Jaap Kunst, the man who first used
the word "ethno-musicology",
concluded a paper presented to the
first Congress of the International
Folk Music Council in September
1948 by saying...
Borobudur
Borobudur is one of the most impressive
monuments ever created by man. It
is both a temple and a complete
exposition of doctrine, designed
as a whole, and completed as it
was designed, with only one major
afterthought. It seems to have provided
a pattern for Hindu temple
Borobudur
Temple
The Borobudur Temple is considered
as one of the seven wonders of the
world. This temple is located at
Borobudur District, South of Magelang,
Central Java.
Lombok
and the Lesser Sunda Island
You can see Bali in Lombok, but
not Lombok in Bali: such is the
cliche in a brochure advertising
Lombok as a tourist destination.
That is not without reason. In the
western part of the island, Hinduism
is heavily present alongside Islam.
The island was javanized prior to
the Islamisation of Java, and as
such subjected to the powerful influence
of the Shiwa Buddhist tradition
from Java.
Komodo
On a few small islands in the Indonesian
archipelago, the world's largest
lizard reigns supreme...
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