Celebratrating and examining the Indonesian values of freedom, patriotism and civilised humanity.
Rupert Brooke was born on August 3rd 1887. On August 3rd 2014, World War 1 began in Northern Europe when Germany invaded Belgium and declared war on France. The English line of this prayer is from Rupert Brooke’s poem “Peace” published in the month of his death in 2015.
Geoff Fox, Malang, Indonesia, 2019
Click below to watch the short film Terrae Nulliorum Inhibitions (Inhibitions of the Land of No Peoples.)
Sometimes the ties that bind torture us.
One of my favourite songs. Click below to listen.
Kebersamaan! A togetherness the West has lost.
The link above is a film of a spontaneous song created and sung by Jaya Kelana of Solo today for today, Indonesia’s National Broadcasting Day. The song is inspired by the thinking of Guilelmo Marconi, an Italian electrical engineer and inventor who won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his contribution to the development of radio.
Nurcholish Majid (aka Cak Nur) was an Indonesian intellectual and social peace maker.
Cak was born on this day in March, 1939. The following video clip uses his famous thought on self worth.
The solution to the modern and ancient scourge of terrorism is in the thoughts of people like Cak Nur.
Geoff Fox, Solo, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, 17th March, 2019
In awe of Indonesia’s dynamic duo, Bung Karno and Pak Harto ……….. 2 amazing men, 2 amazing spirits ………..
This short film marks the 93rd birthday of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU):
