Archive for January, 2011
Doctor Honoris Causa of Ajip Rosidi
News | Monday, 31 January 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Writer Ajip Rosidi is going to be made an honorary doctor of Padjadjaran University (Unpad). The ceremony will be held at Unpad campus, in Bandung, this morning.
Riasa Shows How to Teach Indonesian to Foreigners
Journal | Tuesday, 18 January 2011 | sundanesecorner.org This morning I joined a workshop on Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing ‘Indonesian as A Foreign Language’ (BIPA) organized by English Department of Pasundan University (Unpas). The forum was held at Unpas campus and was attended by some a hundred students of English Department. [...]
Unpas to Host Sundanese-Malay Seminar
News | Friday, 14 January 2010 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Pasundan University (Unpas) invites me and some other persons to present papers at a seminar on Sundanese and Malay culture to be held at Unpas campus, in Bandung, from 21 to 22 January. According to Unpas spokesperson Dadang Bainur, this international seminar will be [...]
Gov’t to Help Enoch: Official
News | Monday, 10 January 2011 | sundanesecorner.org According to Pikiran Rakyat Online (http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/node/131877) this morning, West Java government will help Enoch Atmadibrata to undergo an operation due to his prostate, diabetes, and cholesterol problems. Chairman of West Java Tourism and Cultural Bureau Herdiwan Iing [...]
Junghuhn and the Image of Priangan
Land of Sunda | Monday, 10 January 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan Little is my knowledge of the life and time of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864), for I have only read limited sources on the subject. Among the materials I have studied so far is an account of the man by Rob Nieuwenhuys in a chapter of his Mirror of Indies, an [...]
Enoch’s works to be performed at STSI campus
News | Friday, January 7, 2011 | sundanesecorner.org As senior choreographer Enoch Atmadibrata lays on his bed in a Bandung hospital, some of his colleagues and friends are planning an exhibition and a performance in order to raise funds. The 84-year-old man is in need of donations to undergo an operation due to prostate, diabetes, and [...]
‘Ronggéng Gunung’ Mountain Dancer
Culture | Monday, 3 January 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan On the eve of this New Year my family and I went to Kampung Seni at Tamansari Street, Bandung. We joined up with tens of people from local art and literary circles to celebrate the coming year. The main performance that marked the momentous event was Ronggéng Gunung [...]
