Indonesia etc: exploring the improbable nation

ELIZABETH PISANI

Lontar

<p>This book contains notation for all the Javanese gamelan music (as well as sulukan and vocal chorus texts and melodies) presented in six wayangkulit performances that were filmed by the Lontar Foundation: Makutharama and Sesaji Raja Suya, each performed in classical style, contemporary-interpretive style, and condensed style. All gamelan accompaniment for these performances was arranged by renowned shadow master (dhalang), Purbo Asmoro.</p>

Gamelan Scores: Javanese Wayang Kulit Tales in Three Dramatic Styles (Wayang Educational Package)

Arts & Photography

Asmoro, Purbo

Music

John McGlynn's favorite motto was "never let the truth get in the way of a good lie" - but as is revealed in his imaginative tales of travels to Mexico, Indonesia, and other exotic ports of call, it is often in the fantastic that truths are found. Populated with characters Mark Twain would have appreciated, McGlynn's stories are those of a modern-day Everyman, and are as recognizable to an American as they would be to an Indonesian about the common nature of man. His guide to hitchhiking, written after more than fifty years of experience on the road, displays a singular sense of wit and irony and provides remarkable insights into the foibles of mankind.

An Old Man's Rules for Hitchhiking

McGlynn, John A

Travel

<p>In SIDELINES, Indonesian intellectual Goenawan Mohamad reveals an Indonesia which exists beyond the headlines. He writes about identity and change, democracy and freedom, and the meaning of history. This book gives an unrivalled insight into a complex country with a many-layered past. It introduces to Western readers a man of great charm, humor, sophistication. a lover of words and a lover of truth.</p>

Sidelines: Thought pieces from Tempo magazine

History

Mohamad, Goenawan

Asia

The popular stages of urban Indonesia offer windows on inter-ethnic cultural obsessions and signs of participation in global trends. This volume brings together representative plays from the 1890s until the 1960s. It includes examples of the diverse genres that make up Indonesian popular theater: komedi stambul, opera derma, tonil, sandiwara and lenong.  Authors: H. Krafft, Lie Kom Hok, Kwee Tek Hoay, Astaman, Andjar Asmara, Kotot Soekardi, D. Suradji, Suryosumanto and Soemantri Sastrosuwondho  Editors: Matthew Isaac Cohen and John H. McGlynn  Translators: John H. McGlynn, Keith Foulcher, Matthew Isaac Cohen

The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama Vol. 1: Plays for the Popular Stage

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

The world has been struck by multiple natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), causing great suffering for the common people. Various corrupt officials are taking advantage of the situation, and things are getting worse. Arjuna, the princely hero from the Pandhawa family, has vowed to do something to help. He hears of a gift of inspired leadership the gods are planning to hand down to a worthy mortal-the legendary King Rama's philosophy of leadership from generations past. As the antagonist family of Kurawa brothers also struggles for possession of the god's boon the story unfolds, including numerous secondary plots about characters from the Ramayana (Wibisana, Kumbakarna, Dasamuka) who have yet to have peace in eternity, and are still working out their destiny. Finally, Arjuna meets with an ascetic up in the mountains, and receives the philosophy of inspired leadership which will lead to a more peaceful future.  This book contains the original Javanese transcipts of Purbo Asmoro's three live performances of Makutharamain classical, contemporary-interpretive, and condensed styles.

Makutharama (Wayang Educational Package) (Javanese Edition)

Emerson, Kathryn

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