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Category Archives: Jakarta Globe

Gripping Drama Shines Light on Indonesian Dark Past

July 28, 2022by Dalih Leave a comment

Labodalih Sembiring | Jakarta Globe | November 21, 2011 Critics can dissect any movie, but only great films are worthy of deep analysis. As a film that aims to shine […]

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Art/Literature, Film/Photography, Jakarta Globe

Spirits in the Night: A Guide to Jakarta’s Ghosts

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Dalih Sembiring & Lisa Siregar | Jakarta Globe, August 14, 2009 Indonesians have a weakness for ghosts. Parents tell their children to stay inside after dusk, or risk being snatched by […]

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Jakarta Globe, Published, Travel/Leisure

North Sumatra’s Medicine Men

December 17, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

by Labodalih Sembiring | originally published in the Jakarta Globe in January 2011 | salvaged and back-translated from this blog The dirt path meandered up and down, cutting through small […]

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Food/Medicine, Jakarta Globe, Published

Wangongira and Its River Rice

December 31, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Labodalih Sembiring – Jakarta Globe, April 2012 Once upon a time on an island of spices, an old woman went to the jungle to collect rice. At that time, rice […]

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Jakarta Globe, Published, Soil/Spaces

Finding soul in siter strings

December 31, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Dalih Sembiring & Elisabeth Oktofani – Jakarta Globe, March 2009 ALL THE SEATS on the porch of Banana Cafe are taken. The occupants of the cafe, located in the first […]

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Jakarta Globe, Music/Fashion, Published

Indonesian albinos proud of being different

December 30, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Jakarta Globe – February 2010 “I’m an albino and I’m proud of it,” Muhammad Iqbal Michael Syahputra wrote on the info box of his Facebook account. He does not find […]

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Jakarta Globe, Published

Life turns upside down for prostitutes

December 30, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Dalih Sembiring – Jakarta Globe, June 21, 2009 On Friday, at 5 a.m., Nia Dinata temporarily abandoned her role as mentor at a documentary film workshop in Yogyakarta to head […]

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Film/Photography, Jakarta Globe, Published

Mourning the Passage of Indonesia’s Film Bill

December 30, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Jakarta Globe, September 8, 2009 Like scenes spliced together in a movie, while lawmakers were preparing on Monday afternoon to push the controversial film bill through the House of Representatives, […]

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Film/Photography, Jakarta Globe, Published

Saving Indonesian Cinema Treasures

December 30, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Jakarta Globe, Aug. 2009 Posters of classic local films line the corridor leading into a cool, white room of the Indonesian Cinematheque in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where two men are […]

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Film/Photography, Jakarta Globe, Published

My Jakarta: Ratih Kumala

December 30, 2019by Dalih Leave a comment

Jakarta Globe, 11 January 2009 Ratih Kumala is a Jakartan, first by birth and then by marriage. Born in the city 28 years ago, the writer-cum-editor moved to Palembang, South […]

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Art/Literature, Jakarta Globe, Published

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Bekabuluh is Dalih Sembiring a.k.a. Labodalih Sembiring, the only Indonesian translator to have been nominated for a Man Booker Int'l Prize (2016). Also a creative writer and former journalist, he has been translating for more than 16 years. | Di balik Bekabuluh ada Dalih Sembiring, satu-satunya penerjemah Indonesia yang pernah dinominasikan untuk Man Booker Int'l Prize (tahun 2016). Giat menulis kreatif dan pernah berprofesi wartawan, dia telah menjadi penerjemah untuk berbagai bidang selama lebih dari 16 tahun.

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Bekabuluh is Dalih Sembiring a.k.a. Labodalih Sembiring, a creative writer, former features journalist, and translator. He's the only Indonesian translator to have been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize (2016). Contact him through dlhbiring@gmail.com or at +62 812-6085-0859. | Di balik Bekabuluh ada Dalih Sembiring (nama pena: Labodalih Sembiring), penulis kreatif, mantan jurnalis, dan penerjemah. Ia satu-satunya penerjemah Indonesia yang pernah dinominasikan untuk Man Booker International Prize (tahun 2016). Kontak Dalih lewat dlhbiring@gmail.com atau +62 812-6085-0859.

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