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  • Homegrown & Well Known: UBUD VILLAGE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2013

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    Ubud, the informal Indonesian art capital, already has two major international events and in a few months the Ubud Village Jazz Festival shall knock that tally up to three. Last time I was in the hills, a couple of whispering spirits insisted the duo behind the newest event, Yuri Mahatma, the Bali jazz veteran responsible…

  • Homegrown & Well Known: GUS DE

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    Other than Putu, Made, Nyoman and Ketut, one of the most generic names you’re likely to find in Bali is “Gusde”. People get so confused by their Gusde conversations, they have no choice but to ask “which one?” When the answer is “Gus De Photography”, everyone knows. Gus De equals exquisite pictures. So, do you…

  • Homegrown & Well Known: DEWA PALGUNA [Indonesian version]

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    ・This is the Indonesian version, for English version please click here Satu dari sangat sedikit sosok menonjol di Bali yang relatif bebas dari praktek lancung Korupsi-Kolusi-Nepotisme. Amat mumpuni baik di perkara intelektual serta musikal-teatrikal. Dan tampaknya sangat pantas ketika sebagian aktivis demokrasi dan HAM menyorongkan namanya sebagai kandidat Gubernur dari jalur independen.

  • Homegrown & Well Known: DEWA PALGUNA

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    ・Untuk versi Bahasa Indonesia silakan klik di sini The terms from zero to hero or rags to, intellectual, riches may well suit Dewa Palguna perfectly. When he was just a wee lad he sold newspapers at a bus terminal to pay for his own schooling, from there he progressed to a career as a radio…

  • Homegrown & Well Known: ROBIN LIM

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    Homegrown & Well Known is my biweekly column in The Beat (Bali) mag. Basically it’s an interview via e-mail with Bali’s local big shots. For the eleventh edition I went upclose-and-personal with Robin Lim.