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Wayang (puppet) is the identity of Subandi Giyanto’s work. The 61-year-old paintings do not only have wayang characters but also combined with Javanese wise words. Ajining diri dumunung ing lathi ...

There have been concerns that more young Javanese in Indonesia appear to be less able to speak Javanese properly. Numerous studies show that the language is starting to fade way, specifically its ...

Participants from Yogyakarta and surrounding cities gathered in Sleman from May 24–25, 2025, to explore effective methods and digital tools to promote the Javanese language. Javanese is the largest ...

There are numerous versions of the Tengger Ajisaka tale. The following is a translation of an oral version recounted to me by an elderly man in a southern Tengger village of Buda persuasion. It was ...