‘News’ Archives
Karat‘s Show in Dago
News | Tuesday, 13 March 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan I just returned from Karinding Attack's concert. The show was held at West Java Cultural Park (formerly known as Dago Theehuis ‘Dago Tea House’) in northern Bandung. Some five hundred spectators, mostly youth, crowded an indoor theatre building where musician Man [...]
‘Karinding Attack’ to Launch Its First Album
News | Monday, 12 March 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Karinding Attack, a progressive musical group from Bandung, will stage a concert at Taman Budaya Jawa Barat 'West Java Cultural Park' (formerly well-known as Dago Theehuis 'Dago Tea House') in the city tomorrow evening. Entitled Gerbang Kerajaan Serigala 'Gates of Wolves [...]
Pasundan to Host Leadership Forum
Hawe Setiawan News | Thursday, 8 March 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Paguyuban Pasundan will host a focused group discussion on leadership at its secretariat in Bandung, tomorrow afternoon. Pasundan Chairman Didi Turmudzi said some scholars from different academic and professional backgrounds will join the forum. Those who will partcipate at the [...]
‘Tembang’ Singer Apung Wiratmadja Dies
News | Monday, 9 January 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan Apung Supena Wiratmadja, a prominent singer and song writer of Sundanese tembang, died of a heart attack at a Bandung hospital yesterday afternoon. He's 75. According to local media, funeral procession will take place at a public cemetery in the district of Astanaanyar this [...]
Ericka Launchs Her New Book
News | Sunday, 1 January 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Young Indonesian writer Ericka Citra Sejati (21) launched her novel in West Javanese city of Ciamis on Saturday morning local time. Entitled Ranting Jangan Mudah Patah 'A Twig that Shouldn't Easily Broken,' it is the second book Ericka has issued for the last two years. Her [...]
‘Wayang’ Maker Endin Sukandi Dies
News | Wednesday, 28 December 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Wayang maker Endin Sukandi died at his house in a Bandung suburb of Cigereleng early this morning. He was 70 years old. My friend Opik Sunandar Sunarya, a dalang 'puppet master' from the village of Kebon Hui, West Bandung, told me the sad news through a [...]
Comedian Aom Kusman Dies
News | Friday, 23 December 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Prominent comedian Kusman Kartanagara, which is well-known as Aom Kusman, died at his house in Bandung, West Java, early this morning. Just a couple of days ago he underwent a medical treatment at a Bandung hospital due to his diabetes problems. His body was buried in [...]
‘Tarawangsa’ Closed the Tented Forum
News | Thursday, 22 December 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan An all-night long performance of tarawangsa music was held at Babakan Siliwangi, Bandung, West Java, yesterday, marking the closing session of the year-end cultural reflection organized by Common Room since last Saturday. A performing group from the district of [...]
Second KIBS was Opened Today
News | Monday, 19 December 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan The Second International Conference on Sundanese Culture (KIBS) was opened today at the historic building Gedung Merdeka in Bandung, West Java. It will take place up to Thursday, December 22nd. Deputy Minister of Education and Culture Windu Nuryanti officially opened [...]
ABC Radio to Air Sundanese Mustapa
News | Tuesday, 6 December 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Ms. Margaret Coffey of ABC Radio interviewed myself on the works of Haji Hasan Mustapa (ca. 1852-1930). One of the greatest Sundanese poets and writers, Mustapa finely reveals Islamic mysticism through Sundanese literary work, mainly in the form of dangding. The [...]
