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AN ELEGANT AND PLEASANT WAY OF SINGING – The charming Indonesian singer with a velvety voice

Anggun, the grace of a voice born from a dream For her, the most important thing is not what religion to believe in, but how to live one’s life. She possesses a warm, full three-octave alto voice that transitions into a soft whisper. Her 1990 song Tua Tua Keladi became her most popular her song in Indonesia. A native singer-songwriter …

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A FUSION OF PABLO PICASSO AND DIEGO RIVERA – Djoko Pekik, or, struggling and pushing the boundaries of art

Painting happy victims and thieves who rob them Born in Grobogan (Purwodadi, Central Java) in 1937, he received an art education at the Indonesian Fine Arts Academician in Yogjakarta. With prices ranging from just over 1000 to over 40.000 USD, his paintings have been offered for auction multiple times. From his point of view, art can help eradicate the characteristics …

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CHINESE BRUSHES AND WESTERN VISUAL CONVENTIONS – Lee Man Fong, the painter who lived among experiments, reflections and corrections

Lit subjects, vigorous brushstrokes and rich colors From the age of 16, he learned the techniques of oil painting and his first oil painting of 1929 showed an aptitude for perspective. The work of Lee Man Fong http://www.artnet.com/artists/lee-man-fong/, an Indonesian painter of Chinese descent, fuses Chinese ink painting with 17th-century Dutch paintings. His elegant representations of the Balinese people focused …

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TELL ME WHERE YOU GO, I WILL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE – Indonesian journey, where to learn to immerse yourself between silences

Life is what you make of it, also visiting Indonesia The beauty of landscapes blended with unique culture of its people, untouched beaches, mountains and lakes. When you decide to go, a visit will not be enough to embrace the wonders of Indonesia https://www.indonesia.travel/gb/en/home. Cultural Hub of Ubud in Bali or Mount Bromo in Java, Scuba Diving in Batu Batong …

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ONLY POPULAR SONGS – Dewiq: Ear-catching and easy-to-listen-to

Singing now finally, you have to choose Hearing, the most important sense in music, is the first of the five senses to develop, recognizing the different pitches and sound tones. You have arrived in Bandung and do not forget what Plato said: if you want to get to know a people listen its music. That by Dewiq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dtvjj5TeI0  in an …

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A NEW PATH IN REALISM – Popo Iskandar: Painter, educator of fine arts and art critic

A very essential painter in capturing his subjects Do you want to know the soul of a people? See what they paint. Realism is an artistic movement that developed in France with the impulse of Gustave Courbet, Daumier and Millet, but was born in Holland in the seventeenth century, as an attention connected to the observation of the surrounding reality. …

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