February 18th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Borobudur, Indonesia No Comments »
Indonesia’s most famous ancient monument is to be visited by the president of the United States when he makes his visit to Indonesia next month.
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Borobudur on the menu for Obama visit
Jakarta Post, 12 February 2010
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February 10th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Borobudur, Indonesia No Comments »
Readers planning to visit the ancient temples of Java like Borobudur and Prambanan will soon have to observe a dress code, or at least not be clad in skimpy miniskirts. The management company overseeing the sites are enforcing a dress code so as to preserve a sense of respect on what are, after all, sacred sites. It’s nice to see such a sense of respect for Buddhist and Hindu temples in such a predominantly Muslim country.
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More temples plan to ban mini skirts, shorts
Jakarta Post, 05 February 2010
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January 28th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Borobudur, Indonesia No Comments »
More funding is being allocated to set up tourist villages in a bid to increase tourism at Borobudur.
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Borobudur to Woo Visitors With New Tourist Villages
Jakarta Globe, 20 January 2010
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August 28th, 2009 noelbynature Posted in Borobudur, Museums, Talks / Presentations No Comments »
The Asian Civilisations Museum hosts a public lecture by Hiram Woodward about Borobudur and the hypothesis of a Javanese Monk who was behind the construction.
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Bian-hong: Mastermind of Borobudur?
Date: 2 Sep 2009
Time: 7:00 – 8:45pm
Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
Limited seating. Register by emailing nhb_acm_rpu@nhb.gov.sg
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January 29th, 2009 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Borobudur, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand 2 Comments »
Malaysia’s Star takes us on a tour of the 10 most beautiful temples in the world – all notably Asian, and half of them from Southeast Asia.
When faith takes form
The Star, 24 January 2009
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December 10th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Borobudur, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Wednesday Rojak 2 Comments »
And now, your weekly dose of archaeological snippets taken from the blogosphere.
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November 26th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Borobudur, Cambodia, Indonesia, Museums, Wednesday Rojak No Comments »
While I’m at the tail end of the World Rock Art course, I’ve also real salad of posts from all Indonesia and Cambodia to feature in this week’s rojak.
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