Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - The reflection of contemporary culture "Javasranang" titled Indonesian Javanese-Surinamese will be held at Karta Pustaka Yogyakarta Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY), at 12 to 18 April 2010, Project Manager said "Javasranang" Titus Soepono Adji
"Activities which consists of exhibition of photographs, archives, and video Surinam Javanese society and contemporary research seminar with the theme the importance of the Javanese of Suriname will become a medium of cultural reflection," he said, in Yogyakarta, Wednesday.
He said, "Javasranang" which means in Suriname Javanese language "sranang Tongo" is an activity that will show the contemporary condition of Suriname, a country in South America.
"Approximately 15 percent of the population of Suriname is a descendant of Javanese who migrated by force since the late 20th century as contract workers at the Dutch colonial period," he said.
According to him, after 120 years to migrate and live in the Caribbean region far removed from ancestral lands to the structure of different cultures, now Surinam Javanese people can actually become a mirror for people who live in Java Java.
"Activities Javasranang` `has significance not only as a venue for commemorating an event per se, but more than that as well as a medium of reflection for the Java community at large," he said.
He said it includes Java reflection and culture, plurality, identity, language, opportunities, and a lot of things for 120 years never became an important conversation between Surinam and Java Java community.
"` Activity `Javasranang also initiated as an effort to realize a plan of anthropological research on the Javanese in Suriname in popular culture that will be done Noor Aini Prasetyawati, Department of Anthropology student S2 UGM Yogyakarta," he said.
According to him, Noor Aini Prasetyawati research titled Identity Building Limit paved the significance of the Javanese in Suriname.
"The research that has significance for not just researching on the Javanese of Suriname, but also expected to open horizons of the Java community Javanese cultural values that are universal," he said. (B015/K004)
"Activities which consists of exhibition of photographs, archives, and video Surinam Javanese society and contemporary research seminar with the theme the importance of the Javanese of Suriname will become a medium of cultural reflection," he said, in Yogyakarta, Wednesday.
He said, "Javasranang" which means in Suriname Javanese language "sranang Tongo" is an activity that will show the contemporary condition of Suriname, a country in South America.
"Approximately 15 percent of the population of Suriname is a descendant of Javanese who migrated by force since the late 20th century as contract workers at the Dutch colonial period," he said.
According to him, after 120 years to migrate and live in the Caribbean region far removed from ancestral lands to the structure of different cultures, now Surinam Javanese people can actually become a mirror for people who live in Java Java.
"Activities Javasranang` `has significance not only as a venue for commemorating an event per se, but more than that as well as a medium of reflection for the Java community at large," he said.
He said it includes Java reflection and culture, plurality, identity, language, opportunities, and a lot of things for 120 years never became an important conversation between Surinam and Java Java community.
"` Activity `Javasranang also initiated as an effort to realize a plan of anthropological research on the Javanese in Suriname in popular culture that will be done Noor Aini Prasetyawati, Department of Anthropology student S2 UGM Yogyakarta," he said.
According to him, Noor Aini Prasetyawati research titled Identity Building Limit paved the significance of the Javanese in Suriname.
"The research that has significance for not just researching on the Javanese of Suriname, but also expected to open horizons of the Java community Javanese cultural values that are universal," he said. (B015/K004)
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