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Category Archives: Published

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

Translation Postcards: Sewon, Indonesia

September 29, 2020by Dalih 1 Comment

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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Language/Translation, Published

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 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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