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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

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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

Translation Postcards: Sewon, Indonesia

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by Andrew Morris Originally published on go.proz.com; download the PDF here. The facts are enough to make your mind boggle. Indonesia is a vast archipelago in Southeast Asia, made up […]

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Twittering Traditional Medicine Recipes

February 20, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, Jan. 4, 2011 In the past, Indonesians who felt that they suffered from masuk angin — a condition where one feels feverish and keeps letting out gas — […]

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Food/Medicine, Latitudes.nu, Published

Introduction to Bali

February 20, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

Labodalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, Feb. 23, 2011 By the 1920s, the “civilized world” began to be intrigued by a beautiful, mysterious island called Bali. The following decade, films, books and […]

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Latitudes.nu, Published, Travel/Leisure

A Small Encyclopedia of Indonesia’s Scary Beings

February 2, 2020by Dalih 2 Comments

Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, July 21, 2011 In Indonesia, a long enough chat sometimes entertains the topic of the supernatural. This writing helps you join in the fun and introduces […]

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Latitudes.nu, Published

Introduction to Northern Sulawesi

February 2, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, June 8, 2011 The provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo make up most of the Minahasa Peninsula, the northernmost arm of Sulawesi, also known as the […]

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Latitudes.nu, Published, Travel/Leisure

Photography in Indonesia (Part 3: What’s Going On Now)

January 29, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, October 3, 2011 Between Techniques and Emotions In 2003, hoping to become a graphic designer, Ikbal Hidayat enrolled into Yogyakarta’s Modern School of Design (MSD), where […]

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Film/Photography, Latitudes.nu, Published

Photography in Indonesia (Part 2: Modern Times)

January 27, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, September 10, 2011 This is the second installment of our series on photography. In this series, we look at photography in Indonesia, a phenomenon that has […]

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Film/Photography, Latitudes.nu, Published

Photography in Indonesia (Part 1: History in the Making)

January 27, 2020by Dalih 1 Comment

Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, August 24, 2011 Photography is as capricious as life itself. From the mere concept of the pinhole camera to the invention of the Daguerreotype; from black-and-white […]

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Film/Photography, Latitudes.nu, Published

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Bekabuluh is Dalih Sembiring, the only Indonesian translator to have been nominated for a Man Booker Int'l Prize (2016). Also a creative writer and journalist, he has been a translator for more than 15 years.

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