Indeed‚ there is an earlier example of Old Javanese literature showing a reference to the shadow play; the opus magnum of kakawin literature‚ the Old Javanese Ramayana‚ supposed to be composed in the middle of the 9th century‚ mentions in canto 24.112 a widu mawayang‚ i.e. a performer who is playing wayang. Following recent findings by A. Acri‚ this canto stands in a complex religious context on a Saiva background. A widu is "a figure standing between a performer and an ascetic" (Acri‚ 2011:55).
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gffdgsdfsdfdsfsdfdfashdPromotion: Local brands: Brands in local market are strong contenders and are not to be underestimated. Local managed brands like Jollibee in the Phillipines‚ often have the advantage of intimate knowledge of consumer tastes and consumer preference through local pride. Jollibee used the wave of nationalist pride to promote a Filipino brand of hamburger. This strategy met with great success. Investing in socio-civic programs designed to serve its host communities further
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"Strategic locations are places important to those with the power to make or break you. It thus follows that external trends‚ not local efforts‚ will always decide which locations thrive." Does the rise of regional hubs from Palembang to Melaka confirm or refute this theory? The Malay world first acquired high strategic value because improvements in shipping technology made seaborne trade more efficient than shorter land-based routes. Combined with the increase in demand for goods traded over long
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North Stradbroke Island is an island that is located within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland. The island is approximately thirty seven kilometres long and eleven kilometres wide. The island spans 27‚520 hectares and of that only 445 hectares had been declared National Park. The highest peak is Mt Hargrave sand dune around 229 meters and the average rainfall is about 1803 mm per year. The rain does percolate through the sand into the islands water table. Underground water supplies
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Int’l Corporate Finance IMS 6220 Spring 2008 Dr. Hochberg Individual Assignment 2: Far East Trading Company Sameer Kapadia THE CURRENCY CRISIS IMPACT ON GLOBAL MULTI-NATIONAL FIRMS: Budgeted financial statements of a given firm should have taken into account potential changes of international Foreign eXchange (FX) rates. In the short-run an unexpected change in the FX rates could impact the one-year operating budgets of multi-national firms in the U.S.A. and worldwide. The
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2) Reduce Reliance and Mistrust of Foreign Powers. There were several reasons. The most important reason was that with the withdrawal of colonial powers‚ there would have been a power vacuum which would have attracted outsiders to step in for political gain within Southeast Asia as the colonial masters had discouraged any form of intra-regional contact. The idea of neighbours working together in a joint effort was thus to be encouraged. Secondly‚ organisations such as the Southeast Asia Treaty
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Orangutans Tim Sanderson Anth 111 In Malay orang means "person" and utan is defined as "forest’. Thus Orangutan literally means "Person of the Forest". Orangutans are found in the tropical forests of Sumatra and Borneo. They are the most arboreal of the great apes and move amongst the safety of the trees from one feeding site to the next. They are so well adapted to arboreal life that they cannot place their feet on the ground‚ instead they walk on the outside of their curved foot. There
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RIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINES It is believed that before the end of the Ice Age‚ about 70‚000‚000 years ago‚ our country was connected to the mainland of Asia by long strips of land. These strips of land served as land bridges. It was said that people in the mainland could travel by land to the Philippines without crossing the sea. After the Ice Age‚ high tide occurred. Large blocks of ice melted. It was during this high tide that the land bridges submerged in water. The Philippines was then separated
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Roro Jonggrang Once upon a time‚ there was a kingdom named Prambanan. The people lived there peacefully. But suddenly‚ the kingdom of Prambanan was attacked and occupied by Pengging kingdom. Because of that‚ Prambanan was ruled by Bandung Bandowoso from Pengging kingdom. He was a king and had supernatural power. His soldiers were both humans and genies. Bandung Bandowoso fell in love with Roro Jonggrang‚ a beautiful daughter from the king of Prambanan‚ and he wanted to marry her
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Thesis statement : Comparing the tradition between Malaysia and Japan according to several aspects; clothing‚ food and festivals. Topic sentence 1 : Malaysia is a country with multiple races but its race is originally Malay as the Chinese and Indian are those who came from China and India. Supporting details 1 : The first aspect is types of attire wear by other races. Detail/Example 1 : The traditional clothes are baju kurung and baju kebaya for women and baju melayu for men. Supporting detail
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