Jogja Government step for Jogja Batik Patent

sample of Batik Jogja design

Indonesia now so care about their national asset. There are so many Indonesian cultural heritage claimed by another countries. Simple example is tempe. This Javaneese traditional food patent owned by Malaysia. Beside tempe, Malaysia also claim a folksong from Moluccas, “Rasa Sayange” , and many more.

To anticipate more claim from another country, Indonesia seriously manage patent right. One of it, is Jogja Batik design. Jogjakarta Province Government, with a cooperation with Indonesian Islamic University, create an institution to achieve patent right more easily.

“This instituion is a non structural board, maybe like Ombudsman. Every batik designer who want to register their patent right will be help with this instituion,” Governor Sultan Hamengku Buwono X said in “Museum Lingkungan Batik” opening ceremony at Imogiri Bantul, November 12^th 2007.

Right now, jogja at least has 1400 batik design, 300 of them has been register in patent right in last three year. Unfortunately from this 1400 batik design, some designer are unknown. In the other side, peoples wouldn’t loss old batik design, after been register to patent right.

Well. At least it’s a good step for Indonesian peoople. After loosing so many national asset, it’s a positive way that must be support by whole Indonesian peoples.

source: Kompas
image : trulyjogja.com

"Home Sweet Home"

Have you re-thinking about your "Home Sweet Home" perception? Perhaps, in your mind, you imagine the living room, furniture, family member activity, etc. There is a good news to re thinking it and could help your imagination about "Home Sweet Home".

In Jogja, there is an art exhebition, "Home Sweet Home" Art Exhebition. Placing in Balai Rupa Tembi Bantul, some visual artist from German, Switzerland, and Indonesia shown their masterpiece. This exhebition was start on October 30th until November 10th 2007.

This exhebition is an inter cultural dialogue by asking anything about "Home Sweet Home". This exhebition include in Indonesia-German Cultural Exchange program, will be held in Berlin. Beside art exhebition, it also will be held a workshop.

Chief of Rumah Budaya Tembi Foundation, Nuranto says this inter culture interaction insisting people to take a look the difference between "My House" and "My Home". "My house refering mostly as physical, just like we were living. If my home shown about happines and comfortable when they in their house, and not in the meaning of building physically," Nuranto said in Kompas.

Rasa Sayange

Right now, Indonesia and Malaysia relation become hot. It caused by a controversy in Rasa Sayange song. Malaysia Tourism Board releasing this song as the theme song last month. It made Indonesian peoples and government react. They claim that song is came from Moluccas, North East part of Indonesia.

Soekarno, 1st president of Indonesian entertain whole delegation in Asian Games on early 6O's in Jakarta with this song. Beside that, Indonesia Recording Company, Lokananta, also record this song in 60's. It's proofing that it could be right that Rasa Sayange is Indonesian song. Beside that, if we see the lyric, we can see that clearly it's Moluccas language. Former Vice Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, also said that song belong to Indonesia.

So, this song belong to who? Let's see the lyrics first...

Rasa Sayange

Rasa sayange... rasa sayang sayange...

Eeee lihat dari jauh rasa sayang sayange

Mana kancil akan dikejar, kedalam pasar cobalah cari...

Masih kecil rajin belajar, sudah besar senanglah diri

Si Amat mengaji tamat, mengaji Qur'an di waktu fajar...

Biar lambat asal selamat, tak kan lari gunung dikejar

Kalau ada sumur di ladang, boleh kita menumpang mandi...

Kalau ada umurku panjang, boleh kita berjumpa lagi

Then, i found a video about this song in youtube.com. It's come from in old Holland movie. In history, Holland conquered Indonesia for a long time. In the other side , Malaysian conquerer is England. Let's see the video below...



video link

Art Summit Indonesia V

Earlier in Indonesia has some even about art and culture, one of them will be held is Art Summit Indonesia V. This contemporary art festival preented by The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Indonesia. This internationally scaled event organized since 1995 which occurs every 3 (three) years, presents world-class artist with their masterpiece performances.

Art Summit Indonesia V theme is To Join the Diversity. About 13 (but Media Indonesia version is 15) art group from eleven countries will present music, dance and theater performances. Those 11 countries are France, Spain, German, Singapore, Argentina, Egypt, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Belgium, and Indonesia. According the organizer statement, this event is dedicated to the people of Indonesia, especially young generation, introducing them to contemporary art.

Art Summit Indonesia V will be held in three different place in Jakarta, Jakarta Art Building (Gedung Kesenian Jakarta), Ismail Marzuki Park, and Goethe Institute. So, if you are in Jakarta don't forget to see some world masterpiece art performance at Art Summit Indonesia V from November 1st until 30th November 2007.

source: ASI V organizer

Radya Pustaka Museum

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Yesterday, Radya Pustaka, museum of Surakarta Palace, celebrate the 117th anniversary. This historical building established by KRA ( Kanjeng Raden Ayu ) Sostrodiningratan IV, which also known as Kanjeng Ngendraprasta, on October 28th 1890.

At Sunan Pakubuwono IX period, this museum named as Paheman Radya Pustaka. Its used to located on Ndalem Kepatihan of KRA Sostrodiningratan. But since January 1st 1913 this museum relocated to Kadipolo Building, used to known as Loji Kadipolo.

Radya Pustaka taken from Sansekertan Language, Radya and Pustaka. Radya mean Keraton (Palace), and Pustaka means books or library. So, it's mean Palace Library or State Library. This museum has some various collections , including a library to completing of its information. Book collections in this museum about 6000 title, which classified in 4 category. Jawa Carik (Javanese hand writing book), Jawa Cap (Javanese printing book), Translating book (Javanese book that has translated into Indonesian Language) and also ancient books from other countries, such as France, Germany and Holland.

Besides books, this museum has some statues collection. At the beginning, these statues placed in front of museum entry door. Then relocated to back side of the museum.

So, if you stopped by in Solo city, Central Java, don't forget to visiting Radya Pustaka Museum on Slamet Riyadi Street, 2 km from the center of town. Finally, happy 117th anniversary for Radya Pustaka Museum.

source: joglosemar

Legend of Roro Jonggrang

image: yogyes

A long time ago there was a big kingdom in Java Island named Prambanan. The people lived in peace and prosperous. However it didn’t last longer after Prambanan was invaded by Pengging Kingdom ruled by Bandung Bondowoso. He was so mean and evil. The king also had magical power so he could control genie.

“Anyone who disapproves me will be punished!” he said always. People were living in fear. After capturing Prambanan Kingdom, Bandung Bondowoso was in love with beautiful Roro Jonggrang, the princess of Prambanan Kingdom.

“Would you, the most beautiful princess Roro Jonggrang, be my queen?” he proposed Roro Jonggrang to be his wife, the queen of Pengging Kingdom. The princess was very angry, “How come he who captured our kingdom propose me to be his queen,” she thought. But if she refused, then Bandung Bondowoso will be very mad and endanger her family and the Prambanan people as well. However, it was impossible to accept him since the deep hatred in her heart.

"So, what do you think Roro Jonggrang?" urged Bandung Bondowoso. Suddenly Roro Jonggrang got an idea. “In fact, I am prepared to be the queen and my honored to be proposed by you Your Highness,” she said politely,”…but on one condition…”

“Tell me princess, what’s the condition?" Bandung Bondowoso asked in curiosity, “The abundant wealth? or a grand palace?” "Not that, Your Highness,” said Roro Jonggrang, “Just make one thousand temples for me”.

"One thousand temples?" shouted Bondowoso. "Yes, and those temples must be finished in one night." After that Bandung Bondowoso kept thinking how he can make 1,000 temples in one night. Giving up on thinking of the way to make his dream comes true, he finally asked his kingdom counselor about his problem.

"I believe that Your Highness can make those temples by the help of genies!" said the counselor. Bandung Bondowoso gladly agreed and ordered him to set up everything he needed to build the temples.

After all had been set up, Bandung Bondowoso stood in front of an altar. “To all my genies, help me build one thousand temples in one night!" He shouted with his rumbled voice. Suddenly, sky turned into dark. The wind and thunder were roaring and howling. In a short time the genies had built hundreds of temples and almost reached one thousand in few hours

In the meantime, silently Roro Jonggrang observed them from the distance. She was worried, realizing that Bandung Bondowoso was helped by the genies, “What can I do?” she asked to her servants. One of them told her to burn straws so the fire set the sky to flame in the Prambanan Kingdom sky. It will make the genies think that the night has turn to dawn.

"Quick, burn all the straws!" Roro Jonggrang ordered. While some servants quickly gathered and burn straws, others pounded mortars and pestles to make sound that people of the kingdom had started their morning activities.

Seeing the eastern sky flared with red color and the pounded sound made the genies thought that morning had broken. "We must immediately leave before our bodies scorched by the sun," the genies yelled to each other. All the genies jumped out of the unfinished temples.

Later in the morning, Bandung Bondowoso visited the princess room and told Roro Jonggrang that the one thousand temples had been built completely. Roro Jonggrang and Bandung Bondowoso then counted the temples together. Unfortunately, the temples were only 999!

"It means that you have failed to fulfill the requirement to marry me", Roro Jonggrang said. "It’s impossible!!" yelled Bandung Bondowoso angrily. He pointed at Roro Jonggrang and cursed her, “…then you must be the one to complete the one thousand temples!”

Magically, Roro Jonggrang at once turned into the stone statue. At present, these temples are still existing and located in the Prambanan Temple complex, at Kalasan, Sleman, Jogja . Today, the stone statue of Roro Jonggrang is known as Roro Jonggrang Temple.

(Javanese Folk Tale)

* Actually Roro Jonggrang statue is the description of Durga, the wife of Shiva. This statue located in the same complex with Shiva, Agastya, a risi, and Ganesha, his son

President and his "Sweet Song"

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Among Indonesian Presidents, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) known as a president who loved to sing. I still remember in his campaigns on 2004, he always sang his favourite song, Pelangi di Matamu (Rainbow in your eyes), song of Jamrud, Indonesia Rock Band.

Today, i read a newspaper (Kompas). There is an article about Yudhoyono and his hobby, singing. On his trip to Jakarta after attending UN General Assembly Meeting in New York last week, he sang his own song, called Kuasa Tuhan (God Power). He said, this song made on September 24th & 25th, at United Nation Plaza Tower Hotel. This is some lyric oh that song (after translating ing English)....

" Have you ever asking Why the earth always rotating Have you ever asking Why the sun will always shining I thank to you, God I begging to you, God "

Every body in , staff and press, in Presidential Airplane Garuda Indonesia A 330-341, attracted by his song. Not only that song, he also told about his other song, Dalam Keberkahan Tuhan (In God Blessing). " Like God Power, i create that on midnight at Tampak Siring Palace in Bali", said Yudhoyono.

In his opinion, those song isn't melancolic song but "sweet song". He said that he create songs as a message to Indonesian peoples to make a peaceful and harmonious situation in Indonesia.

He also has a planning to create more song and playing music when he get retired as Indonesian President. He said that, he use to playing music in a band, as bassist. " Music is neutral, it doesn't makes an adversary and conflict," said Yudhoyono

Well...
Does anybody interesting to become his Producer?

source: Kompas