Edition 101: Jul-Sep 2010 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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Remembering Rendra

Remembering Rendra

Rendra's broad humanitarian outlook was that of a renaissance figure

Rendra knew on whose side he stood

Rendra knew on whose side he stood

Rendra created a bridge from the anti-communist student activism of the late 1960s to the pro-Left activists of the 1980s and 1990s but he never crossed it

Javanese mystic

Javanese mystic

Rendra's artistic practice was grounded in reality, Javanese poetics and martial arts

Engaging with America

Engaging with America

When Rendra returned from three years study in New York in 1967 the innovations he introduced into modern Indonesian theatre signalled the wider impact he would have on Indonesian cultural and political life

Rendra and martial arts

Rendra and martial arts

Bangau Putih martial arts and Rendra enriched each other

Rendra the Muslim

Rendra the Muslim

At times Rendra played the role of the conventional Muslim

Poems and pictures

Poems and pictures

These 1979 Rendra postcards were illustrated by the New Art Movement painter Hardi, who had also attracted the unwelcome attention of the authorities

Taking poetry to the people

Taking poetry to the people

Rendra made poetry a part of the New Order culture of opposition

Rendra and women

Rendra and women

Rendra was charmed by and concerned for women, particularly the oppressed

Inspired by Rendra

Inspired by Rendra

Art has a role to play in achieving social change

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