What humankind wore in early civilisations would be very different from what we wear today. However, as an identity of a nation, a traditional attire will still have a cultural characteristic as part of cultural preservation
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Pada 7 November 1991, bintang NBA Earvin “Magic” Johnson dari Los Angeles Lakers naik ke podium di Forum Club dan membagikan berita yang mengejutkan: “Karena virus HIV yang saya miliki, saya harus pensiun dari Lakers. Hari ini.”
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Johnson, then 32, was one of the most famous athletes in the world and, at the time, the face of basketball. On that fateful November day, he also became the new face of HIV. HIV/AIDS was largely thought of as a “gay disease”
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Sangat menarik menyaksikan dua karakter yang awalnya dikenal sebagai 'penjahat' menjadi begitu populer dan disukai publik. Apa yang terjadi dengan masa-masa mendukung pahlawan dan membenci penjahat?
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It is interesting to witness two characters originally known as the ‘baddies’ becoming so popular and generally loved by the public. What happened to the days of rooting for the hero and hating the villain?
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Apakah kalian pernah merasa bahwa masyarakat dan budaya kita, termasuk sekolah dan tempat kerja, dirancang untuk orang-orang yang sangat supel dan menonjol?
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Do you ever feel that our society and culture, including schools and work places, celebrate and are designed for people who are highly sociable and drawn to spotlight?
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Zaman dulu, buku komik bajakan dicetak dan dijalin dengan cara yang membuatnya terlihat seperti komik asli. Sekarang, industri komik masih menghadapi masalah yang sama, namun dalam bentuk digital.
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There is no specific style of Indonesian comic to this date. The styles vary and are often very distinctive from one another, which, in Ayoga’s opinion, is the special feature of Indonesian comic as a form of art.
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Apakah kalian ingat masa ketika kalian membaca buku komik Marvel saat beranjak dewasa, mendukung Wolverine, atau tertawa atas komentar jenaka Spiderman?
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Can you recount the time you read vintage Marvel comic books growing up, rooting for Wolverine or snickering at mischievous Spiderman’s commentaries?
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Pantun memang sudah sepatutnya kita jaga kelestariannya, karena merupakan bentuk asli puisi lisan dari budaya Nusantara. Bahkan, berbagai daerah di Indonesia memiliki pantun dengan bahasa daerah masing-masing
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Pantun deserves to be preserved, because it is the original form of oral poetry from the Nusantara culture. In fact, various regional areas in Indonesia have their own pantun with their local languages
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Fesyen menjadi alat untuk menyampaikan suara publik mengenai keadaan sosial dan politik. Sebagai contoh, selama masa penjajahan Belanda, kolonial Belanda mengatur cara masyarakat Indonesia berpakaian
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Like many other popular cultural aspects, fashion has become a tool to extend the people’s voice about social and political circumstances. During the Dutch colonial period, the Dutch controlled the way Indonesian people dressed
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Salah satu kasus yang memberi luka tersendiri bagi bangsa Indonesia adalah ketika reog Ponorogo diklaim oleh Malaysia pada tahun 2007 sebagai salah satu warisan budayanya
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One of the cases that inflicted a deep wound on Indonesians was when reog Ponorogo was claimed by Malaysia in 2007 as one of its cultural heritages
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“Persepsi bahwa jamu itu pahit, menyengat, dan terlalu kuat di lidah kita adalah sebuah pandangan yang ingin kami perbarui,” kata para pendiri Karya Ramu kepada The Finery Report. Strategi mereka tentu saja merupakan salah satu cara agar jamu bisa bangkit kembali
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