Tag Java

Reog Ponorogo: The Dance of Resistance in Java

Our correspondent looks behind the colossal mask and finds an indelible link 'twixt dance and place.

Our correspondent charts a journey around the many squares that punctuate Indonesia and attempts to unravel their importance.

Our correspondent skirts around a masjid in Jawa Tenggah.

Our correspondent, upon exploring Central Java, stumbles across a tree with a moving past.

Our correspondent becomes embroiled in fog and can only vaguely make out one of the higher lakes in Java.

Our correspondent, upon learning a little about how to communicate in Central and East Java, shares a related linguistic guide.

Our correspondent compiles other locales for visitors to forget themselves for a while.

Our correspondent, lost in the swirl, continues compiling out-of-the-way spots for a reflective traveller to consider.

Our correspondent ponders the role of war and bloodshed in establishing a place's character.

Our correspondent shares an animalistic take on the naming of East Java's capital city.