Sendra Tari Ramayana

Synopsis of Ramayana ballet
Prabu Janaka, the King of Mantili Kingdom has got a very beautiful princess named Dewi Shinta. A competition is conducted in order to decide who will be the right person to marry Dewi Shinta. Rama Wijaya, The Prince of Ayodya Kingdom at last wins the competition.

Prabu Rahwana, the ruler of Alengkadiraja Kingdom is eager to marry Dewi Widowati. but after knowing Dewi Shinta he changes his mind since he assumes that Dewi Shinta is the incarnation of Dewi Widowati whom he searching for a long time.

Dandaka Forest

Rama Wijaya along with his wife Shinta and accompanied by his younger brother Leksmana is adventuring until arrive in Dandaka Forest. Unfortunately they meet Rahwana -who adored Dewi Shinta so much Shinta in the place. Rahwana becomes eager to possess her, and in order to realize his idea, Rahwana commutes one of his followers named Marica to a deer called Kijang Kencana so as to attract Shinta.

Being interested in the beauty of the deer, Shinta asks Rama to capture it for her. Rama (menyanggupi) and leaves Shinta accompanied by Leksmana and start hunting the deer.

After waiting for a long time, Shinta becomes nervous as Rama has not arrived yet. She asks Leksmana to look for Rama. Before leaving Shinta alone, Leksmana draws a magic circle on the ground just to protect her from any possible danger.

As soon as Rahwana notices that Shinta has been left alone, he tries to kidnap her but he fails because of the magic circle which protects her life. Then he changes himself to be an old Brahmana. Shinta fels pity to the old Brahmana and that makes her to get out from the magic circle. As a result Rahwana - who becomes the old Brahmana takes her and fly away to Alengka Kingdom.

Running after the Deer

Rama shoots the deer with the bow and arrow, but the deer commutes to a giant. A war out breaks between Rama and the giant. The giant is shot to the death by Rama's arrow. Later on Leksmana arrives and requests Rama to return to Shinta's place.

The Kidnap of Shinta

On the way to Alengka, Rahwana meets a garuda bird called Jatayu. But then they fight each other since Jatayu knows that Rahwana kidnapped Dewi Shinta -the princess of Prabu Janaka, his friend. Unfortunately Jatayu was defeated by Rahwana for his effort to release and escape her from Rahwana.

Finding out that Shinta is not supposed to be in her place, Rama and Leksmana decides to search for her. In the way of searching they meet Jatayu who is seriously wounded. At first Rama thinks that Jatayu who has kidnapped Shinta so he decides to kill him but then Leksmana prevents him to do so. Jatayu explains what has happened to them before he dies.

A moment later, a white monkey named Hanuman arrives. He is delegated by his uncle, Sugriwa to look for two heroes who are able to kill Subali. Subali is a sacred man and has taken Dewi Tara, Sugriwa's beloved woman. At last Rama decides to help Sugriwa after being insisted.

Kiskendo cave

At the moment of Subali, Dewi Tara and his son are chatting suddenly sugriwa arrives and attacks Subali. Then Sugriwa helped by Rama defeats Subali. Sugriwa takes Dewi Tara with him again. To (membalas) Rama's kindness, Sugriwa decides to help him in searching for Dewi Shinta. For this purpose Sugriwa delegates Hanoman to find and investigate the Alengka Kingdom.

Argasoka Garden

Rahwana's niece, Trijata is comforting Shinta in the garden. Rahwana arrives to ask Shinta's willingness to be his wife. Shinta refused it. This makes him angry and try to kill her but Trijata prevent and tells him to be patient. Trijata promises to look after Shinta.

When Shinta feels so sad, she suddenly hear beatiful song sung by Hanoman, the white monkey. Hanoman tells her that he comes and sent by Rama to ascape her. After he explain his purpose, Hanoman starts to find out the total power of the Alengka army. Then he destroy the garden.

Indrakit. Rahwana's son succesfully captured Hanoman but Kumbokarno prevents him so that he is throwm out the Kingdom. Hanoman is sentenced burnt alive till die. But then Hanoman is able to set himself free and burn the kingdom with the fire around his body.

As soon as burn the Kingdom, Hanoman comes to Rama and explains for what has happened. Rama then goes to Alengka along with his monkey's army. He attacks the Kingdom and makes the Alengka's army in a difficult position because Indrajit-the leader of the army is death.

Since the army doesn't have a leader Rahwana orders Kumbokarno-the wise giant to be the leader of the army and fights for the Alengka Kingdom. But then Kumbokarno killed and deah by Rama's heirloom arrow. Rahwana takes over the army and starts to attack Rama and his soldiers. Rama also kills him at last. His corpse is put under the mountain of sumawana carried by Hanoman.

Rama Meets Shinta

After the death of Rahwana, Hanoman takes Shinta to meet Rama. But Rama refused her because he thinks that she is not purified anymore. Shinta is disappointed and to prove her faithfully to her husband she comes into a fire and burns herself. Because of her holiness and God of fire's help she is not burnt and safe. That makes Rama happy and finally accepts her to be his wife again.

Kanisius Publisher

Kanisius publisher braves rough waves of time at age 80
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta Mon, 01/28/2002 7:00 AM Life
Tarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta
""A witness to history."" This must be the most appropriate tag for Kanisius, a publisher and printing shop in Yogyakarta. With a sailing boat as its logo, Kanisius celebrated its 80th anniversary on Jan. 26, 2002, perhaps the oldest firm in this line of business in Indonesia.
Kanisius may take pride in the fact that it has helped improve the Indonesian people's level of intelligence with the books it has published since 1922. It is interesting to know that in the course of its history, Kanisius has also been involved in other areas beside book publication.
Kanisius was actually established to publish spiritual books. However, it was later involved in activities relevant to the history of the nation, either directly or otherwise. Its logo -the sailing boat on a wavy sea -- indicates that the company will continue sailing, braving the weather, whether the sea is calm or rough.
At first, the company was called Canisius Drukkerij and had as its main business the printing of Catholic spiritual books, particularly in Javanese. Then, when the Indonesian young people of various ethnic groups closed ranks in 1928 by declaring their Youth Pledge in 1928, namely one country, one nation and one language -- Indonesia -- Kanisius took part in this great undertaking. It published simple newspapers called Swaratama (Voice of Excellence) and Tamtama Dalem (God's Army), to forge this unity through the print media.
During the era of the Indonesian revolution for independence, Kanisius also served the nation. On Oct. 30, 1946, the newly established Republic of Indonesia issued its own money, known as ORI (the money of the Republic of Indonesia). (The date, which marked the first emission of ORI, is now observed as the Finance Day of the Republic of Indonesia.)
Some time later, however, ORI was rivaled by money issued by the NICA, the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration, the administration of the Dutch colonial power when it returned to Indonesia following the proclamation of the Republic of Indonesia on Aug. 17, 1945.
To block the circulation of NICA money, the government of the Republic of Indonesia circulated ORI currency to the entire Indonesian territory. In this context, Kanisius was then one of the places where ORI, of the second to the fifth releases, was printed.
""At that time our printing shop was still near Kidul Loji Church, to the north of the Northern Alun-Alun (town square) of Yogyakarta,"" said president director of Kanisius, Emmanuel Surono.
When the Indonesian Communist Party under Muso rebelled against the Republic of Indonesia in Madiun in 1946, Kanisius was also affected. This firm refused an order to print Patriot, a magazine containing Communist and atheist teachings. A Kanisius employee was paraded by communist sympathizers under the name of ""the people"".
Today, this company employs some 300 people and has modern equipment. It publishes not only books but also multimedia products such as CDs, cassettes, videotapes and CD-ROMs.
At present Kanisius does not only specialize in the publication of spiritual books. It also publishes books of general interest. ""Most of the Kanisius products today are for the general public. Sixty percent of our books are for general interest while the remaining 40 percent are for spiritual purposes,"" Surono said.
Managerially, Kanisius is divided into five book divisions. The first handles books related to liturgical matters, such as theology, catechism, liturgy, prayers, holy books, spiritual readers, history and pastoral materials.
The second deals with the humanities and is focused on philosophical studies. The books published under this division invite people to get into a systematic, critical, profound and comprehensive study of thoughts. The books published include those on management, psychology, sociology and culture.
The third is the social division, which produces practical books for the community in areas involving agriculture, cattle breeding, fishery, planting, community health and appropriate technology.
The fourth division publishes children's books. These books are expected to develop children's memory, creativity, imagination, sensation and behavior.
The last focuses on school textbooks, particularly those for vocational and English studies at secondary schools.
To be able to publish books of a great variety, as referred to above, Kanisius has established cooperation with local writers and also teams up with foreign parties. It has, for example, published a number of foreign books in Indonesian translation with a license from the copyright holders. This kind of cooperation, for example, has been established for LOGICO products made by Germany's Finken Verlag and ""Tell Me More"" of France's Auralog.
As it can now boast a great variety of products, Kanisius is now ranked as one of Indonesia's largest publishers. ""In a year, our target is to publish about 250 new titles. Thank God we have always been able to reach that target. At present there are about 2,500 titles published by Kanisius in bookshops across the country,"" said Surono.
It has not been an easy job for the management to ensure that Kanisius could reach its eightieth year in a satisfactory state, and it is even more difficult to maintain this achievement.
Perhaps only loyalty and strong discipline will ensure that Kanisius can continue to exist. In terms of discipline, Kanisius has often been criticized for enforcing very strong discipline upon its employees. To outsiders, this strong discipline may appear inhuman.
Discipline is the key to success, though. ""One of the things that enables us to survive is discipline. If an employee comes late -- though only by a few minutes -- he will be penalized. His salary will be cut. This seems inhuman but it is important to ensure that discipline works in this company,"" said Surono.
Another key to success, he said, is the working ethos of the employees. From very early they have been told that this company depends for its survival on its own personnel, not on other people, let alone subsidies from the church.
""We do not receive a single rupiah from the church, although we are under its authority. The survival of this company depends entirely upon its employees.""
So, when someone is accepted to work for Kanisius, he must become something, and not own something. ""Try to be something; avoid material thoughts,"" is what all employees of Kanisius always remember in their hearts.
Perhaps, this message has become part and parcel of the soul of the employees so that the company continues to survive despite frequent obstacles, many of which were so huge they could have caused the collapse of the company. In the New Order era, for example, the government took over the supply of most school textbooks through its projects.
Kanisius, as a result, had to find another entry point for its book business. Then in 1988 there was a devaluation, and the debts of the company tripled.
""We were close to bankruptcy then, but thanks to our hard work, we were able to survive the crisis,"" Surono said.
Perhaps, as an institution with a noble mission, Kanisius was strengthened by going through all these ordeals. Again, this shows the appropriateness of its logo. The boat continues sailing, come hell or high water. Perhaps the story might have been different if the logo had been a sailing boat on a calm sea.

Ullen Sentallu Museum

Ullen Sentalu Museum, Yogyakarta – Central Java
One man's homage to Javanese culture, the Ullen Sentalu Museum offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the women of the royal courts.In the village of Kaliurang, on the slopes of Mount Merapi, is Ullen Sentalu Museum, arguably the most fascinating museum in the Yogyakarta area. Built about seven years ago, the museum of Javanese art and culture is exceptionally well presented, interesting and informative.
Ullen Sentalu Museum with beautiful design
In the higher altitude location of Kaliurang, 26

kilometers from Yogyakarta, the air is cool and fresh. The buildings of the complex are architecturally designed and built from local stone, sheltered by trees and featuring walkways over water, large courtyard spaces and gardens. You will be escorted around the complex by an English-speaking guide, after first being welcomed with a cup of delicious spicy tea made to the special recipe invented by the wife of a past sultan of Surakarta.The Ullen Sentalu Museum is privately owned by Thomas Haryonagoro, a retired businessman, who expressed his immense love and appreciation of his own culture by investing his savings in this homage to the traditions of Java and now is managed by Ulating Blencong Foundation. It is a ‘labor of love’ – not making a profit, but not necessarily intended to. He wants to give something back to Java, the land of his birth, the homeland he loves. Thomas also has hopes that he can interest schools in bringing students tot hemuseum to study and learn about he richness of Javanese culture.A newer addition is the Art Deco style Beukenhof Restaurant. As you climb the strais and enter this quiet and classy space, the atmosphere of times gone by washes over you, transporting you back to an era when life was time to sense and savor it.A particularly unusual and endearing feature of the museum is the special attention paid to the wives of the sultans and other notable women of Java. At the Yogyakarta Kraton and other museums, the sultans get all the attention and women are all but ignored. Special permission had to be acquired from the Yogyakarta court to give this equal focus to the women of the royal courts, and was granted because Kaliurang was deemed to be far enough outside Yogyarakta that this breach of usual tradition could be permitted.Some of the consorts of past sultans of Surakarta and Yogyakarta have been beautiful, intelligent, well educated and accomplished women in their won right, whose presence was much sought after in high society circles in Europe. Visiting Ullen Sentalu may well be the only time you ever hear of them today.In the museum, you can see historical photographs of the palace as well as other interesting images of people and events during the colonial era. There are various artifacts, and many oil paintings, including painted portraits of various sultans and also their wives. Carefully displayed in glass cabinets are the actual items of clothing being worn in the portraits.There is also a batik museum where you can compare examples of the batik style of Yogyakarta and Surajarta, and also batiks exhibiting Chinese influence from the northern coastal towns of java. For the serious student of traditional textiles, this museum is a must. The final part of the escorted tour takes you to a room where the traditional Javanese wedding garb is displayed and explained. Every item has a meaning and it is beautiful to delve into these old traditions.All the exhibits are fascinating and the visitor is rewarded with a deeper appreciation of the depth and refinement of Javanese culture, which is sometimes hard to find amongst the razzamatazz of Sosro, Malioboro and Prawirotaman.It is well worth the trip to Kaliurang, if only to visit Ullen Sentalu, but there are many other things there to enjoy. You can walk around the nearby tourist village of Sambi, or you can check into one of the many small hotels and stay the night at Gunung Merapi. And the energetic tourist can climb Merapi with a guide.Ullen Sentalu Museum is situated at Taman Kaswargan, Jl. Boyong, with a signpost on the main road where you must turn off the left approaching the village of Kaliurang.Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9am-4pm (closed on Monday)Telp: 0274-895161

the lucky laki

The lucky laki itu nama bandnya. Siapa lagi kalau bukan Al, El, dan Doel. Anak dari musisi handal Ahmad Dhani ini sedang laris-larisnya manggung di acara-acara musik baik on air maupun off air.
Menurut ahmad dhani ini ini sekedar penyaluran hobi mereka selain main sepak bola. Al, El, dan doel mengaku lebih suka main bola ketimbang ngeband. Mereka punya obsesi suatu saat nanti ingin masuk ke timnas Indonesia.
Rencana Ahmad Dhani mereka akan segera didaftarkan untuk masuk ke sekolah sepak bola mancester United. Woow semoga Sukses Untuk Al, El, dan Doel