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Jakarta police operate 24-hour PSBB checkpoints to contain COVID-19

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police has announced that large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) checkpoints will be ...

Provincial govt bans celebration activities during PSBB in Jakarta

The provincial government of Jakarta has banned people from engaging in celebration activities drawing congregations ...

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Hindus chant mantras, burn incense at home amid pandemic

In the time of pandemic, a visit to a religious place could potentially be a matter of life-and-death as it would ...

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Confucians, Buddhists urged to remain home due to coronavirus

Today is supposed to be another significant day for Confucians when they would have performed religious prayer over ...

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Prayers at home to fight COVID-19 spread

Death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Indonesia has reached 181, as 11 others died in the past 24 ...

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The gift of self-love on Valentine's Day

As the day of love, February 14, approaches, lovers scramble to find gifts fit to express affection and endearment to ...

NTB natives reject cable car to protect, preserve Mt Rinjani

Indigenous people of North Bayan, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), expressed their rejection to a plan to ...

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Inside the centuries-old temple in Jakarta on Lunar New Year

In the half hour past midnight, crowds of Chinese descendants, dressed in all red attire, throng the main premises of ...

'Bhinneka Tunggal Ika' in Jakarta's Dharma Bakti Temple

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity), Indonesia's national motto, came to life and became more than a slogan ...

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Demystifying self-care: Maintaining balance in the 2020 hustle

The arrival of a new year often comes with shiny new resolutions, accompanied by the spirit of new beginnings. Among ...

Hindus sanctify Prambanan Temple after 1,163 years

Hundreds of Hindus across Indonesia performed the Abhiseka ritual of sanctification for the first time in 1,163 years, ...

West Kalimantan to hold Lake Sentarum Festival on Oct 25-27

- in Kapuas Hulu support the festival and plan to hold tribal rituals to coincide with the festival, he ...

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Exploring the unconventional destination of Meratus Mountains

Meratus Mountains in South Kalimantan can currently be placed on the list of to-visit destinations for tourists not ...

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A closer look at Dayak Meratus' thanksgiving ritual

Two "balian" or shamans of Dayak Meratus tribe circled a tree-like ornament, bare feet shuffling on ...

Al Azhar Mosque to distribute sacrifice meat to Sumatra, Papua

Al Azhar Mosque in  Jakarta plans to distribute sacrifice cattle (Qurban) meat among villagers in the islands of ...