A. Overview The royal graveyard is situated at the top of Imogiri hill, Bantul, Yogyakarta. It stands up there as if to affirm high social and political status of the people rested in there. Indeed, the complex, that has ± 409 steps to the top, was a royal graveyard of Islamic Mataram ...

A. Overview Ijo Temple is a name of a temple complex at Bukit Ijo. The name derived from the location of the temple which people call ‘Gumuk Ijo’ (gumuk = hill). Bukit Ijo is the highest hills at Kecamatan Prambanan, Kabupaten Sleman, with its highest peak of 410 meters above the sea ...

A. Overview Javanese word ‘rumah’ or ‘omah’ signifies a construction of a residential building (a house) that has important meanings and is closely related to the life of people living in it. Most of the houses in Javanese villages take rectangular or cubical shape. Such ...

Jakarta, Indonesia - The Southwest Maluku (MBD) district town of Wonreli in Kisar island is now getting ready to host the peak event of Sail Banda 2010. Locally known in the past as Yotowawa Daisuli, Kisar island is part of what centuries ago was internationally known as the world`s ...

Jakarta, Indonesia - The upcoming international marine event of Sail Banda 2010 needs far-and-wide promotion through all existing technology and communication networks. In an effort to make the event a success, Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu called on people across the province ...

Bantul, Indonesia - A total of 107 visitors had been killed in sea accidents at the Parangtritis beach, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta Special District (DIY), in the 1991-2009 period. "According to our data, in a period of 18 years there were 339 sea accidents in which 107 holidayers were ...

By Adi Tri Pramono For the last two days, it has been hard to skip the news on TV. Journalists were flooded with ideas, issues and random events worth broadcasting. They were so abundant that every news program broadcast various information and got the audience emotionally involved. ...

By Vyara Wurjanta Pacitan, a small town on the southern end of East Java province, has earned the nickname “1001 caves”. But you don`t have to just go caving here - this area has so much more to offer. The Pacitan landscape mostly consists of karst hills that are part of the Sewu ...

By Shoba Narayan It is 4pm and the Ramadan bazaar in Geylang Serai, the Malay enclave of Singapore, is bustling. Tomorrow is Hari Raya Puasa, the local name for Eid al Fitr and everyone, it seems, is out shopping. Multi-coloured lights twinkle above stalls. Lilting Arab music plays ...

By Matthew J. Walpole,* Harold J. Goodwin, and Kari G.R. Ward Introduction Protected areas are the cornerstone of in situ biological conservation efforts. From the earliest national parks in the United States, protected areas were established as areas set aside from exploitation to ...

By Noor Hazarina Hashim, Jamie Murphy, Nazlida Muhamad Hashim Abstract In December 1996, TIME magazine published an article titled “Finding God on the Web,” which projected how the Internet would shape information seeking on faith and religion. A decade later, the Web has become a ...