Cenk Blonk – Balinese Shadow Puppet Road Show.
By Maria Bakkalapulo – story first published in Songlines in 2007. Tonight, tucked deep in the heartland is a performance by one of Bali’s most popular…
Can Heavy Metal Band Seringai Change Indonesian Politics? – for MTV Iggy
ONE OF INDONESIA’S MOST POPULAR BANDS IS OUTSPOKEN IN CRITICIZING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PRABOWO SUBIANTO – CHALLENGING HIM IS METAL HEAD REFORMIST JOKO WIDODO. WILL ROCK SWEEP…
Iwan Fals: The Voice of Social Justice in Indonesia
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) *Original story broadcast on The World (PRI/BBC). The late 1990s was a time of upheaval in Indonesia. The government of President…
Body Percussion from Banda Aceh
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI / BBC), for the full radio + video feature, click here – THE WORLD/ BODY…
Flying High in Bali
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on NPR’s Only A Game. In the Balinese summertime, when the easterly winds are blowing in from the…
TIME Magazine – Punk’s Last Refuge
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo – For the story published in TIME MAGAZINE, go to –CLICK HERE It’s after midnight in Jakarta and, below a highway overpass,…
Sacred Bali: Music and Spirituality
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) The gamelan traditions of the court and temples of Bali are well known throughout the world. But these have always…
Goin’ Country in Indonesia
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on the BBC. Cowboy hats and American country music isn’t exactly the image that comes to mind when…
Subak, the Traditional Balinese Irrigation System in Jeopardy
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original story on KQED, San Francisco. Subak, the traditional Balinese irrigation system built over 500 years ago, is critical to…
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