Archive for October, 2011
Discussing Yasraf at ITB
News | Monday, 25 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan A one day seminar on Yasraf Amir Piliang's thoughts was held today at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) campus. Scholars, artists, journalist, poets, and politicians discussed Yasraf's books on several aspects of contemporary life. Yasraf is a lecturer at Arts and Design [...]
Sundalana
Literature | Monday, 24 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Sundalana is an official periodical of Centre for Sundanese Studies (PSS), a Bandung-based non-profit institution found by writer Ajip Rosidi and his fellow Sundanese scholars in 2002. The PSS was established due to one of the reccomendations of the 1st International [...]
Visiting Tribun
Journal | Friday, 21 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan My colleague and I accompanied our students in visiting Tribun Jabar's office this afternoon. This is one of our regular programmes in offering journalism course for students of English Department of Pasundan University. There are 17 students who join the course for [...]
Banjet Performance Attracts Bandung
Culture | Saturday, 15 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Rétno Hériyanto Banjet mask dance performance by Sinar Pusaka Warna performing group attracted visitors of West Java Cultural Park (Dago Tea House) in Bandung on Friday evening (14/10). The West Javanese folk theatrical dance entitled Pa Bébé Jago Karawang ‘Bébé the Thug [...]
A Pathway into Sundanese
Language | Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan One of the recent books on Sundanese subject is Ngamumule Basa Sunda (Preserving Sundanese Language) by Wahyu Wibisana (Kiblat Buku Utama, 2011). This is a collection of short essays previously published in Mangle, a Bandung-based Sundanese weekly magazine. Its contents [...]
