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 Before entering a Mosque take
off your shoes! by lmkluque
Out side of the prayer room there was a walkway and on the left the wash room. (Muslims wash before praying.) So, between the Mosque and wash room there was a walkway. We had gone no more than half way when a little old man came rushing out of the wash room yelling at us!!(of course, I didn’t understand a word, and was shocked at the ranting of the sarong clad Imam.)
Sri, a petite, agile lady slipped the shoes from her feet and told me that the Imam’s outburst was to tell us our shoes must be off while in the Mosque!!!!
Oh! Because of my bulky size and weakened condition from illness, I couldn’t slip the shoes off gracefully, as Sri did. I needed to sit down to take them off. What a dilemma! Standing in the middle of the yellow tiled walkway, what would be the proper thing, return to the starting point and take off my shoes or continue on and exit the Mosque as quickly as possible? I chose the former, went back, and took off my shoes, then continued on.
Outside of the Mosque, Sri relieved the tension I felt, by laughing. She told me that the walkway was not part of the Mosque and she was sure the old man saw me—a westerner—and wanted to impress me. (He did, and I’ll NEVER enter any Mosque area with my shoes on again!) Leave a Comment
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 TIM Student Creating Art by lmkluque
T.I.M. is the largest art center in Southeast Asia, consisting of exhibition halls, theaters, an academy of arts, an archives building and a planetarium, which happened to be closed the day I visited. Also it hosts the Institut Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Institute for the Arts.)
Sri, suggested that while she went to her art class, I should walk around the campus to see the various activities.
I stopped to watch a class of very young girls learning to move their feet, legs, bodies, arms, heads and most impressively, their eyes, to tell the story through their lovely traditional dance.
Next I came upon a sort of walled in, outdoor arena where musicians practiced for an outdoor concert to be held soon. Near the gate to the arena students were practicing their lines for a play.
Monthly, exhibitions, plays, musical and poetry recitals, dance performances, folk art and drama from the various regions of Indonesia are offered by TIM for the general public and a calendar of these events can be found at most hotels.
Also I saw Artists painting the lush exotic bit of tropical nature just outside the class room. Leave a Comment Phone: 62 21 334 720Other Contact: Jalan Cikini Raya 73
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Don`t be suprised when you get to Jakarta you find out that you a millionare. The currency here starts from 1000 rupiah bills , 5000 , 10 000 , 20 000 , 50 000 and 100 000 bills
I think the exchange rate when I was there was 1US$ is equal to 10 000 IDR. Leave a Comment
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 Nick, @rie and Baton East by
Irfan by ukirsari
* Picture is about Nick (VTer NickIng) and I plus the green stick 'baton_east' after Nick visited Taman Mini Indonesia Indah :) Leave a Comment
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 view from my window by Perucha
From Puncak, you can see mountains, tea plantation, rice fields, villas, flower gardens, etc. Cool and relaxing trip! Leave a Comment
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