#Festival Meti Kei

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Sandiaga Uno Bertelanjang Kaki Hadiri Puncak Festival Meti Kei

Sandiaga Uno Bertelanjang Kaki Hadiri Puncak Festival Meti Kei

satumalukuID – Menteri Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno menghadiri puncak acara Festival Pesona Meti Kei 2021 di Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara (Malra), Provinsi Maluku, Kamis sore. Sandiaga terlihat menikmati indahnya Pantai Ngurbloat yang menjadi lokasi acara, sehingga ia memilih melepaskan sepatu atau bertelanjang kaki dan berjalan 300 meter di atas pasir putih menuju…

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Goddesses

Achlys : Goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness.

Amphitrite : Goddess of the sea.

Ananke : Goddess of destiny, fatality and necessity.

Aphrodite : Goddess of beauty, love, desire, and pleasure. Symbols : myrtle, roses, scallop shell, doves and sparrows.

Artemis : Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, the Moon and young girls. Symbols : hunting spears, animal pelts, deer.

Athena : Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts. Symbols : olive tree, owl.

Asteria : Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars.

Brizo : Patron goddess of sailors, who sent prophetic dreams.

Ceto : Goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters.

Chaos : personification of nothingness, origins of existence.

Demeter : Goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment. Symbols : cornucopia, wheat-ears, the winged serpent, and the lotus staff, pigs and snakes.

Eos : Goddess of the dawn.

Eirene : Goddess of peace.

Eunomia : Goddess of law and legislation and spring-time goddess of green pastures.

Gaia : Goddess of earth, mother of the titans.

Harmonia : Goddess of harmony and concord.

Hekate : Goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts, and necromancy. Symbols : torches, key, snakes, dogs.

Hemera : The goddess of day.

Hera : Queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires. Symbols : diadem, heifer, peacock, and cuckoo.

Hestia : Goddess of the hearth, home, domesticity and chastity. Symbols : hearth and kettle.

Leto : Goddess of motherhood.

Macaria : Goddess of blessed death.

Metis : Goddess of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom. Mother of Athena.

Mnemosyne : Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses.

Nemesis : Goddess of revenge, balance, righteous indignation, and retribution Symbols : whip, dagger.

The Nesoi : The goddesses of islands.

Nike : Goddess of victory

Nyx : The goddess of night.

Persephone : Queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth

Phoebe : Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Coeus.

The Potamoi : Gods of rivers and streams of the earth.

Rhea : Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds.

Selene : Goddess of the moon.

Styx : Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred.

Tethys : Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds.

Thalassa : Goddess of the sea.

Theia : Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky.

Themis : Goddess of divine law and order.

Tyche : goddess of fortune, chance, providence, and fate.

Gods

Aether : The god of light and the upper atmosphere.

Aion : The god of eternity, personifying cyclical and unbounded time.

Anteros : God of requited love.

Apollo : God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery. Symbols : laurel wreath, bow and arrow, lyre, roe deer, swans, and pythons.

Ares : God of courage, war, bloodshed, and violence. Symbols: helmet, spade, sword, vultures, venomous snakes, dogs, and boars.

Astraeus : God of dusk, stars, and planets, and the art of astrology.

Chronos : The god of empirical time.

Coeus : God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved.

Crius : God of constellations.

Cronus : God of harvests and personification of destructive time.

Dionysus : God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, vegetation, ecstasy, and the theater. Symbols : thyrsus, drinking cup, grape vine, crown of ivy, dolphins, serpents, tigers, and donkeys.

Epimetheus : God of afterthought and the father of excuses.

Erebus : God of darkness and shadow.

Eros : God of love, attraction and sexual intercourse.

Hades : King of the underworld, the dead and wealth. Symbols : drinking horn or cornucopia, key, sceptre, the three-headed dog Cerberus, screech owl.

Hedylogos : God of sweet talk and flattery.

Helios : God of the sun and guardian of oaths.

Hephaestus : God of fire, metalworking, and crafts. Symbols : hammer, anvil, donkey, fire.

Hermaphroditus : God of unions, androgyny, marriage, sexuality and fertility.

Hermes : God of boundaries, travel, trade, communication, language, writing, cunning and thieves. Symbols : herald's wand or caduceus, winged sandals, traveler's cap, tortoise.

Hymen : God of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song.

Hyperion : God of light.

Hypnos : God of sleep.

Iapetus : God of mortality

Menoetius : God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality.

Ouranos : God of the heavens and the sky.

The Ourea : The gods of mountains.

Pallas : God of warcraft.

Perses : God of destruction.

Phanes : The god of procreation.

Phorcys : God of the hidden dangers of the deep.

Photos : God of sexual longing, yearning, and desire.

Pontus : The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures.

Poseidon : God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes, king of the sea and the waters. Symbols : trident, horse and dolphin.

Prometheus : God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind.

Proteus : Shape-shifting, prophetic old sea god.

Zeus : King of the gods, ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice. Symbols : royal scepter, lightning bolt, eagle and bull.

Tartarus : The god of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld, the Tartarean pit.

Thanatos : God of death.

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TURISIAN.com – Buat kalian yang ingin berjumpa dengan seniman kontemporer asal Jepang Takashi Murakami, ini waktunya. Festival Kreatif IdeaFest mengundang seniman kondang tersebut ke Indonesia. Ia akan tampil dalam talk show event tahunan yang sudah banyak ditunggu-tunggu masyarakat tanah air ini. Khususnya, para seniman dan mereka yang bergerak di industri kreatif. Takashi Murakami sendiri merupakan seniman yang telah menelurkan berbagai karya seni yang bervariasi. Seperti lukisan tradisional Jepang, manga, anime, patung, instalasi, dan film dengan ciri khasnya sendiri, yang dikenal dengan sebutan "Superflat". BACA JUGA: Festival Ubud Folkfest Bali Mampu Memberikan Platform Baru Bagi Seniman Mengaplikasikan proyek Clone X - X Murakami Penyelenggara IdeaFest 2022 mengatakan pihaknya memberikan ruang yang lebih luas bagi pengunjung untuk mengenal Murakami. Baik untuk karyanya, pengalamannya, sampai dengan ide dan pemikirannya. "IdeaFest 2022 percaya bahwa dengan program ini, pengunjung tidak hanya sekadar memperluas pengetahuannya. Namun juga dapat berinteraksi langsung dengan narasumber, serta membangun koneksi yang luas, secara lokal dan global," demikian disampaikan penyelenggara IdeaFest 2022, baru baru ini. Untuk mengenal lebih dalam terkait Murakami dan karyanya, IdeaFest mengaplikasikan proyek Clone X - X Murakami yang juga berkolaborasi dengan RTFKT sebagai MetaHuman IdeaFest 2022. BACA JUGA: Festival Pesona Meti Kei Kenalkan Pantai Indah Ngiar Varat Ohoidertawun Sebagai informasi, Murakami juga telah berkolaborasi dengan jenama fesyen papan atas seperti Marc Jacobs, dan Louis Vuitton. Pada penyelenggaraan tahun ini, IdeaFest mengusung tema “Re:ality Re:defined”. Acara ini akan diadakan secara luring setelah masa pandemi yang dijadwalkan berlangsung pada 24-27 November 2022 di Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta. IdeaFest 2022 menawarkan berbagai program lainnya yang mencakup berbagai tema yang berbeda, seperti tren NFT, kesenian, gaya hidup keberlanjutan, kuliner, dan juga musik. Selain Murakami, pembicara lain yang turut memeriahkan festival antara lain Cinta Laura, Maudy Ayunda, Manoj Punjabi, Hamish Daud, Dipha Barus, Iyas Lawrence, Fellexandro Ruby, Afutami, dan masih banyak lagi. Nah, Sobat Turisian jangan lupa catat tanggl pelaksanaan Festival Kreatif IdeaFest  ya.  ***  

[marenmembangun-blog]

PROMOTE: FESTIVAL PESONA METI KEI. VISIT KEI ISLAND Sepanjang bulan Oktober jazirah Kepulauan Evav (Kei) akan mengalami air laut surut yang sangat panjang mencapai puluhan kilo meter. Air laut surut panjang itu disebut juga dengan Met Evav atau Meti Kei. Oleh Pemerintah Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara dan Pemerintah Kota Tual akan menggelar Festival Pesona Meti Kei tahun 2017 untuk melestarikan dan membudayaakn kebudayaan maritime orang Evav/Kei selama meti Evav/Kei tersebut. Ratusan adat istiadat orang Evav akan dipentaskan guna menyemarakan Festifal Meti Kei 2017, beberapa event besar budaya akan digelar antara lain, lomba belan cepat antara Ratschap, tarik tali tangkap ikan, tari panah ribuan anak sekolah, tarian adat Ratschap, debus Tayando dan sebagainya. Salah satu event yang akan menyita perhatian masyarakat Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara dan Kota Tual adalah lomba belan cepat dan hias antara ratschap atau kerajaan se-Kepulauan Evav (Kei). Terdapat 23 Ratschap atau Kerajaan di Kepulauan Evav/Kei. Setiap Ratschap akan menurunkun dua belan yakni belan hias atau belan adat ratschap dan belan perang ada kecepatan. Belan adalah perahu panjang yang di dayung oleh 33 orang pendayung. Pada masa peperangan baik perang antara Ratschap di Maluku ataupun perang rakyat Maluku terhadap kolonial baik Belanda, Inggris, Spanyol dan Portugis, Belan adalah kendaraan tempur (perang) sangat ditakuti colonial. Kini setelah kemerdekaan menghidupkan tradisi belan antara Ratschap kembali dihidupkan lewat Festival Pesona Meti Kei. Ratschap Ub Ohoi Faak salah satu Ratschap di Kepulaun Evav akan turun ambil bagian dalam Festival Pesona Meti Kei. #kei #malukutenggara #maluku #indonesia #pesonaindonesia #jalanjalan #jalan2man #beach #nature #socialenvy #shopstemdesigns #vacation #visiting #instatravel #instago #instagood #trip #holiday #photooftheday #fun #travelling #tourism #tourist #instapassport #instatraveling #mytravelgram #travelgram #keiislands_indonesia #keiisland

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Manitoba Music

Manitoba Music is the hub of Manitoba’s vibrant music community. We are a member-based, not-for-profit industry association representing over 750 members in all facets of the music industry, including artists and bands, studios, agents, managers, songwriters, venues, promoters, producers, and beyond. Manitoba Music serves all genres, from rock to roots, hip hop to hardcore, country to classical, and everything in between. Through our programs and services, we provide information, education, communication, advocacy, industry development, and networking opportunities to nurture, develop and promote the growth and sustainability of the Manitoba music industry. Manitoba Music has a resource centre and co-work space; a website with profiles, streaming audio, video, and news; resources and news; a comprehensive series of industry-related workshops, a far-reaching market development program, and the only Indigenous music development program of its kind in the world. MISSION AND VISION Vision Manitoba Music is a catalyst that allows Manitoba’s music industry to thrive worldwide. Mission Manitoba Music promotes and amplifies the success of Manitoba’s music industry and helps all members of our province’s music community reach their fullest potential. Guiding Principles Music is for everyone. Manitoba Music represents and reflects the diversity of our society and our industry. Music creates employment. The music industry is an integral contributor to economic development in Manitoba. Music is global. The Manitoba music industry is part of the global music industry. Music is fun. Music is a significant part of Manitoba’s culture and contributes to our quality of life. Music has value. Fair and equitable compensation for the use of intellectual property is an inherent right of the creator. Music creates opportunities. Partnering, community involvement and cooperative development are essential for the continuing growth of the Manitoba music industry, both at home and abroad. Through policy and action Manitoba Music demonstrates: IntegrityTransparencyInclusivityForesightAccountabilityExcellencePassion SERVICES Inform and Educate Members have access to a wealth of information and resources pertaining to all aspects of the music industry locally, nationally, and internationally. Consultations Manitoba Music staff is always available to answer questions and provide consultations on just about any topic pertaining to members’ careers, including funding applications, assistance with press kit development, assistance with MROC, information on rights and royalties, and advice on career development.  Music Industry Resource Centre Our Resource Centre houses a library of foundational material, a definitive collection of music by Manitoba artists and labels, library of industry books, contact directories, subscriptions to relevant trade publications, computers, office equipment, and a many additional resources to help our members learn about the business of music. Professional Development Throughout the year, Manitoba Music hosts professional development events, including workshops and panels, featuring top industry professionals and songwriters from across Canada and beyond. We also provide mentor sessions, one-on-one training with our staff, as well as informal discussions with successful local artists and industry professionals. Information We keep our members informed about variety of topics, including deadlines, funding information, performance opportunities, and important industry developments through our weekly e-newsletter, quarterly printed newsletter, website, social networking sites, and through direct one-on-one contact.  Represent and Promote  manitobamusic.com Our popular website is a tool to help promote our members and the Manitoba music scene both here at home and around the globe. Features include comprehensive concert listings, streaming playlist, weekly music downloads, a searchable artist and industry directory, profiles for all our members, and a variety of useful resources for music fans, artists, and industry alike. The site routinely gets over 50,000 pageviews per month and has over 11,000 regular users who keep coming back for all the latest news and music. Manitobamusic.com is also a source for music supervisors and talent buyers searching for music for their projects.  Social Networking Manitoba Music maintains a strong presence on social networking sites, notably Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, to broadcast information and to direct the public to manitobamusic.com.  Partnerships Manitoba Music places a strong focus on the development of partnerships with regional and national organizations as well as members of the local cultural communities. These partnerships allow us to access new communities while strengthening and expanding our own. The partnerships come in many forms, from co-productions of professional development events to showcases and concert presentations to joint market development initiatives. These relationships are key to further expansion and promotion of our music industry. Find out more at manitobamusic.com/partnerships Open Mics Manitoba Music and the Winnipeg Folk Festival co-present a regular series of open mic nights at The Handsome Daughter, hosted by a different Manitoba Music member on the third Tuesday of each month (except June, July, and August). Live Music Events and Showcases Manitoba Music presents and co-presents a number of live music events throughout the year. These activities are aimed at increasing the profile of Manitoba Music and local artists within the community at events such as the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Exchange District BIZ, and public concerts at The Forks. In addition, local artist showcases are produced for visiting industry personnel such as speakers in the Music Works professional development series. Data Gathering Manitoba Music is the voice of the Manitoba music industry in communications with government and other stakeholders. We conduct and distribute industry research and gather data on the size, makeup, and economic growth of the industry. We also gather integral information on the accomplishments of our industry, including awards and nominations, showcases, touring, new music releases, film/TV placements, and more.  Positions and Representations Manitoba Music has representation with the following organizations: Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR)Western Canadian Music Alliance (WCMA)Winnipeg Host CommitteeManitoba Aboriginal Host CommitteeCanadian Council of Music Industry Associations (CCMIA)Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS-Juno Awards)Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC), Music Industry Training Development InitiativeAlliance for Manitoba Sector Councils Indigenous Music Development The Indigenous Music Development Program (IMDP) is designed to help First Nation, Metis, and Inuit people develop sustainable careers in Manitoba’s music industry. The program is a first for Canada’s music industry and was launched April 1, 2004. It utilizes the organization’s established networks, resources and services as a foundation with which to provide additional support and profile for Indigenous music industry workers in Manitoba.  Indigenous Music Development Program Goals Raise the profile of First Nation, Metis, and Inuit artists from Manitoba on a local, regional and national level through the creation of marketing materials and showcase opportunities;Empower First Nation, Metis, and Inuit artists to achieve their career objectives through greater exposure to players in the mainstream industry and the Indigenous music sector;Strengthen First Nation, Metis, and Inuit artists’ understanding of the industry through targeted professional development opportunities tied directly to positive experiences at real music industry events;Create opportunities for senior and established First Nation, Metis, and Inuitartists to mentor emerging Indigenous artists; and,Assist in the development new partnerships between First Nation, Metis, and Inuitartists, industry service providers, and development organizations.  The Indigenous Music Development Program also maintains a dedicated website, indigenousmusic.ca, which hosts artist and industry profiles, concert listings, artist and industry directory, and more. Grow the Industry  Export Marketing Sustainable music industry careers for artists and many industry entrepreneurs are based on the ability to successfully export through touring, releasing recorded music, sub-publishing, and securing media placements in other territories. Manitoba Music works to continually understand and communicate the factors that lead to successful export marketing, tracks the export marketing activities of the local industry, and runs programs and projects to support increased levels of success in export marketing for Manitoba artists and companies. Market Development Manitoba Music recognizes the importance in maintaining and increasing the level of connectedness between the Manitoba music industry and the broader industry. This is accomplished by increasing awareness of both Manitoba music (the artists and companies) and Manitoba Music (the brand) locally, nationally, and internationally, and by creating opportunities for the establishment and growth of market penetration and business relationships. Through the Market Development Program, Manitoba Music engages in pan-industry promotion and targeted market development support through trade missions, industry showcases, marketing events, online marketing, and public events and activities. Market Access Through the Market Access Program, Manitoba Music supports the travel and marketing expenses for artists and industry personnel who travel to other markets for showcases and business meetings where the goal is to open new markets and develop new business relationships.  Showcases Manitoba Music promotes local artists at home and at major music conferences and festivals by presenting and supporting showcase performances. Showcases are most often an opportunity for artists to perform for others within the industry including current and future potential business partners and team members, and are an essential step in becoming known within the industry and building a support team.   BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bob Somers, Scatliff + Miller + Murray (President) Stu Anderson, Mighty Cypress Talent Chloe Chafe, Synonym Art Consultation Desiree Dorion Cheryl Grewar, Frantic Films Suzanne Holatko, Deloitte LLP Irina Ivanov Bissonnette, Winnipeg Folk Festival Michael Jack, City of Winnipeg David Schellenberg, The Good Will Social Club Ruth Shead, University of Manitoba Malcolm-Jay Wilson https://www.manitobamusic.com/ Read the full article

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Luxury Brands Brace Price Hikes and Entry-Level Items in China Rebound – WWD

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As China resumes luxury spending, should brands seduce them with tantalizing entry-price baubles, or ramp up prices on more luxurious and iconic handbags? The answer to both tactics seems to be “yes.”

It’s not news anymore that there has been a line outside Chanel since China eased lockdowns from April, but last Sunday, as rumors of significant price increases taking effect on Monday began to spread on social media, the brand’s stores across the country saw unprecedented gains.

Users on China’s popular social commerce platform Xiaohongshu documented their Chanel shopping craze in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou. One user said she waited for an hour to pay for her purchase as the store was overcrowded.

The price for a Chanel Square Mini in black lambskin will go up 27.4 percent, to $3,815 from $2,995, while there will be a 24.5 percent jump for a small Classic Flap bag, according to Pursebop, a handbag-focused web site.

A source told WWD that the price increases had begun in France on May 7 and elsewhere in Europe beginning May 11, and it will take effect in the U.S. beginning May 25. Chanel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Xiaohongshu users documented busy scenes in Chanel stores across China on Sunday, as rumors of significant price increases taking effect on Monday began to spread on social media.  Screenshot/Xiaohongshu

Louis Vuitton confirmed to WWD that the brand has increased its prices twice in the past three months: by 3 percent in March and another 5 percent in May, respectively. It means the popular Pochette Monogram Metis will cost $150 more if a consumer buys it now compared to the pre-COVID-19 lockdown.

Prada and Gucci told WWD that they have no plans to increase their prices at the moment.

The pandemic has forced luxury brands to close their stores in Europe and North America for nearly two months, and seen their share prices plummet, while retailers such as Neiman Marcus, J. Crew and True Religion have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

In luxury spending powerhouse China, where life is gradually getting back to normal, luxury brands are implementing a mix of strategies to recapture the business they had lost.

In addition to price hikes for best-selling core products, as Vuitton and Chanel did, brands like Dior, Gucci, Prada, Hermès and Vuitton are also doing major pushes of entry-level products with their China-focused campaigns.

Jinyan Wu, the face of the Dior’s Capture Totale skin-care line in China, and Ziwen Wang, Dior’s cosmetic line China ambassador.  Courtesy Photo

Dior unveiled two local ambassadors for its beauty line last week: Actress Ziwen Wang as its cosmetics ambassador, and Jinyan Wu as the face of the Capture Totale skin-care line. Wu became a household name in China after she starred in the hit Qing dynasty period drama “Story of Yanxi Palace.”

The brand has a history of associating with a dozen Chinese celebrities with massive online followings to help promote Dior’s expansive product categories. Its top six ambassadors alone have a combined following of more than 250 million users on Weibo. It means that the brand can achieve much higher sales conversions than its peers in entry-level categories, including skin care, fragrances and small accessories.

Gucci and Prada, on the other hand, are going big on the 520 Chinese Valentine’s Day with a focus on classic styles and lower-price-point items. The date 520, which sounds like “I love you” in Mandarin, was traditionally considered less important compared to Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14 and the Qixi Festival, a Chinese festival celebrating the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in mythology for millennia. But as COVID-19 disrupted brands’ original plans, 520 is being treated as the most important festival for love in the country.

Gucci tapped brand ambassadors Chris Lee and Ni Ni, popular idol Lu Han and Song Yanfei, plus four other friends of the house to spotlight GG monogram products in outdoor ads. The campaign will be gradually rolled out on major Chinese social platforms, and each platform will have slightly different visuals and tone of voice to drive engagement. Dionysus, 1955 Horsebit, GG Marmont and Ophidia are key items in this campaign.

Cai Xukun stars in Prada’s “520 Mathematics of Love” campaign.  Courtesy Photo

Prada’s 520 Mathematics of Love campaign featuring Cai Xukun, the face of the brand in China, saw success in online engagements. On Weibo, Cai’s post about the campaign had 1.58 million likes, and the hashtag #Prada520# has 430 million impressions.

Six items from the 520 collection, including three bags, one pair of sunglasses, one buckle hat and one bracelet with prices ranging from 2,200 renminbi to 13,000 renminbi or $310 to $1,832 at current exchange, are sold out on Prada’s WeChat mini-program store.

Hermès and Vuitton are mixing both tactics. While shipping lots of rare Birkin bags to China and bringing in at least 19 million renminbi, or $2.7 million, in sales on the reopening day of its flagship in Guangzhou’s Taikoo Hui a month ago, Hermès launched a WeChat mini-program store for 520. The program features products with more affordable price-point products such as silk scarves, belts, earrings, sandals, a Baby Hermy toy and a Kelly wallet available in four colorways.

Vuitton worked with China’s top livestreamer, Austin Li, to promote its fragrance collection on Xiaohongshu, as well as releasing a dedicated campaign later this week.

Related:

Dior and Chanel Win Big in China’s Emerging Live-streaming War

Gucci Taps Lu Han, Chris Lee, Ni Ni and Song Yanfei for 520 Campaign

Cai Xukun Stars in Prada Chinese Valentine’s Day 520 Campaign

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[theloniousbach]

50 YEARS OF GOING TO SHOWS, Pt. 5: The Anglo-Celtic-HILLBILLY Connection

As it usually does, it starts with a guitar player, somebody doing something amazing that I THINK I understand.  As with the concerts of my rock'n'roll beginnings--Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and then, Jorma, Dickie Betts, Garcia, on to Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, my way into traditional American folk music was a flat picking guitarist.  

My original concert pal said, "Come up to Lawrence (where he and many other good friends went to college at KU), I've got you a ticket for Norman Blake."  Sure, that guy from those Dylan albums ("John Wesley Harding" and "Nashville Skyline"), okay.  Bluegrass was barely on my horizon and country was but negatively, very negatively.  Blake was probably on his first or second solo tour (his St. Louis show at Wash U is a legend around town) and he was all piss and vinegar, pure flash, bringing the gospel of Doc Watson (I later found out) to us hippies.  He was amazing, so much sound from one guitar, basically from one line.  Within chord shapes, he was playing amazing melodies (fiddle tunes) that had complexity and coherence and variation.  If I hadn't seen it, I would have sworn there were more people than just him.  But it was just him.  I was an acoustic player, a strummer who didn't really know about fingerpicking, but this was from outer space.  It really stayed there too, I'm afraid. 

Blake was on my radar--but just vaguely.  It took being Focal Point regulars to develop a context and to get another chance.  Norman was yet another friend of Judy and Eric and he did a special fund raising show for us at Music Folk (50 or so people in with the instruments resonating with us); there was another show, maybe the next night, maybe another tour, at the actual building in Maplewood.  He was so solid, so tasteful, so seemingly ancient with original songs no less.  He only occasionally put on the after burners (and for that I was more disappointed than I should have been), but there was lots of music there.

By then I'd discovered Doc Watson who did always remind you that he could, well into his 70s, flat out play with stunning fiddle tunes and tasty little fills in the actually ancient songs he sang.  There were two shows at the Sheldon Concert Hall, utterly captivating.  But what was even better was when we made a vacation of the 2001 National Folk Festival in East Lansing, MI, where he did two full blown sets and some workshops, including one with several acolytes.  The one who stood out was David Doucet from Beausoleil who turned Cajun tunes into flat pick tunes.  There was lots of great music there, including Barrachois from Prince Edward Island, but I wanted to soak up as much Doc as I could.

He was a treasure and was one work pals nominee for the most important American musician (yes, ahead of Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Parker, Bill Monroe, and well see that was the problem is it BB King or Muddy Waters or Robert Johnson or...).  I do think he's in there for remaking the music through elevating the guitar and keeping a key tradition alive.

Focal Point brought in other pickers, including Dan Crary (flashy but a real student) and David Grier (technique but that's about it) and, intriguingly, Beppe Gambetta who also had technique galore and the unique love an outsider can bring but also an original conception with amazing revoicings of tunes ("Church Street Blues," "Plains of Waterloo") that became jazzy while staying grounded.

Ah, guitars.

There have also been blues players at Focal Point.  Dave Van Ronk and Geoff Muldaur have long standing 1960s Folk Revival bona fides (and therefore great stories), but let me also include Andy Cohen as yet another direct student of the Reverend Gary Davis.  A thorough acolyte, Cohen, a nice Jewish boy presumably, played more of the religious songs than the blues, picking hard on a big old Gibson.  His singing is also street preacher aggressive.  I like the others more, but he’s a friend of the Steins, so I’ve seen him at some close range and appreciate him keeping alive the tradition.

Van Ronk as the Mayor of Macdougal Street also knew Davis and others.  He was there to welcome Bobby Zimmerman when he got to town from Minnesota.  His singing was at once gruff, gentle, and wry with very solid right handed finger picking.  He helped Davis get to gigs in Boston from New York and recalls him sleeping and playing at the same time the whole way.  I also try to play “Sporting Life Blues” because of his story about this tale of dissipation and world weariness that he got from Brownie McGee.  He showed it back to him and asked how old was he when he wrote it?  23.  Van Ronk had all that history, a fondness for spinning such yarns, and a great ease at being at Focal Point. 

 Muldaur revived his career on either side of the Millenium with some nice finger picking, a nice grasp of the repertoire, and a subtle voice.  He’d been up in Boston with Jim Kweskin but also had stories.  The best one was about a late party with John Hurt where after a time some marijuana appeared.  It took a couple of circuits of the joint for Muldaur to notice that Mississippi John was taking his turn too.  “Did you all have reefer in Avalon, John?”  “Oh sure, all the time....But when we had money, we drank gin.”  I’m glad I’ve got this link to the heritage.

He is now The Tom Hall, but we saw this local hero with his National Standard Resonator guitar at Focal Point but also at bookstore gigs.  He too knows a broad blues repertoire and has been around town through thick and thin for years.  He was in the Geyer Street Sheiks with my former guitar teacher Steve Mote and the bulk of the rest of the band became the Flying Mules who were a great jamming swing band with Marc Rennard leading the way on fiddle.  I got to see Mote up close even as ill health and a generally anxious situation closed in on him.  He was supremely talented with huge ears, giving me a broad palette of guitar technique in blues finger picking, Celtic, flat picking, jazz chords, even some Bach.  I was eager for all of it and sure did appreciate Steve’s wide enthusiasms.

Mike Seeger was another friend of Focal Point.  I saw him once and Ellen and Sam saw him another time on May 19, 1996, so Seeger lead the Happy Birthday for Sam.  There were different stories and different roots and the aesthetic of the country dance, not quite as earnest as his older half brother (who I didn’t ever see), but distinctive and welcoming.  Seeger’s New Lost City Rambler counterpart, Tom Paley, also played Focal Point a few times.  He was twitchy and cranky, sort of professorial too but coasting with tenure more than just being a natural teacher.  

If we didn’t see Pete Seeger, we got Sam to see Arlo Guthrie once, maybe twice.  Certainly at the Sheldon, possibly at an outdoor concert.  Arlo sure has stories but he backs it up with a mix of fine playing and an encouraging manner with young players, including his kids.

St. Louis is a strong old time town with an equally active contra dance community.  I’ve mentioned Marc Rennard from the Sheiks already, but he is one of a first tier that also includes Geoff Seitz, once with the Ill-Mo Boys with Jim Nelson and Curtis Buckhannon.  Mote was in the Goney Boat Band and there have been ongoing iterations.  It is out of a general 20s-30s vibe stretching back at least to the Sheiks that create the tradition that Pokey LaFarge comes out of.  So that’s been floating around in my local music experience.

John Hartford had St. Louis roots, so we got to see him including when he was sick.  I recall both a solo show and a later one with his string band around a single mic.  Both were transcendent with strongly rooted tunes and off handedly brilliant playing, mostly fiddle, but then those oh so smart songs of his.

Sam Bush is a Cardinals fan, so I’ve got to see him play a couple of times and will again.  He is such an enthusiastic and fluid soloist.  He is definitely new grass, so he has a distinctive and original sound. But he is the Sonny Rollins to Grisman’s questing on his own terms John Coltrane on the mandolin,  We saw Grisman on the tour to support his Klezmer album with some members of his band, the legendary drummer Hal Blaine, and not Andy Statman.  I’m glad to have seen him ande value all he has done, but Bush is easier.

But I wrap up with the remarkable Bruce Molsky who I will see anytime he comes to Focal Point.  He is rock solid and brings a distinctive old time fiddle, guitar, banjo, and singing to any project.  He’s only been solo or, two weeks ago, with a string band.  He has Metis tunes, rachenitsas, a Joseph Spence tune, from his albums, but he is right there with the likes of Aly Bain and Ale Moller when they incorporate his music with Swedish and Shetlands or with Andy Irvine in a old time/Irish/Balkan mash up or with Finnish musicians like Arto Jarvela and Anon Engelund.  He is so welcoming, so interesting by being so interested. That’s what the music is supposed to do.

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Puteri Indonesia Maluku Peringati Sumpah Pemuda Bersama Pelajar Maluku Tenggara

Puteri Indonesia Maluku Peringati Sumpah Pemuda Bersama Pelajar Maluku Tenggara

satumalukuID – Puteri Indonesia asal Provinsi Maluku dr. Yoan Clara Teken memperingati Hari Sumpah Pemuda pada 28 Oktober bersama pelajar di SMA Sanata Karya Langgur, Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara (Malra), Provinsi Maluku. “Pada peringatan Hari Sumpah Pemuda ini saya berharap kalian karena masa depan bangsa ini ada di tangan kalian semua. Jadilah pahlawan di bidang apa saja. Di mana pun kita bisa…

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Selamat! Inilah 18 Destinasi Wisata Terbaik di Indonesia

Forbes – Ajang penghargaan Anugerah Pesona Indonesia 2018 kembali diadakan. Tahun ini ada 18 destinasi terbaik di Indonesia dan Sumatera Selatan menjadi juara utama. Untuk ketiga kalinya, ajang bergengsi dalam dunia pariwisata, Anugerah Pesona Indonesia 2018 kembali diadakan. Acara ini diadakan di Grand Sahid Jaya, Jakarta pada hari Kamis (22/11/2018) malam. Masruroh, Asisten Deputi Pengembangan Pemasaran 1 Regional 1 Kementerian Pariwisata mengungkapkan, Kemenpar mendukung penuh ajang penghargaan ini. Dengan adanya penghargaan dengan beragam kategori, diharapkan meningkatkan pergerakan wisatawan ke daerah yang baru. "Kemenpar mendukung penuh kegiatan Anugerah Pesona Indonesia. Ajang ini sejalan dengan Kemenpar, serta daerah-daerah yang menjadi nominasi dan juara juga dalam tahap pengembangan oleh Kemenpar. Sehingga semakin banyak yang diketahui dan digali lagi, dan menarik perhatian wisatawan untuk berkunjung," tutur Masruroh. Terdapat 18 kategori yang diperebutkan dalam Anugerah Pesona Indonesia 2018. Berikut daftar kategori dan pemenangnya. 1. Makanan Tradisional Populer dimenangkan Sop Tekkalo dari Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara. 2. Minuman Tradisional Terpopuler dimenangkan Air Mata Pengantin dari Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu. 3. Wisata Olahraga dan Petualangan Terpopuler dimenangkan Paralayang Gunung Panten, Kabupaten Majalengka. 4. Wisata Air Terpopuler didapatkan oleh Diving Pulau Weh, Kota Sabang. 5. Ekowisata Terpopuler oleh Cendrawasih Nimbokrang dari Kabupaten Jayapura. 6. Dataran Tinggi Terpopuler didapatkan oleh Sipinsur, Kabupaten Humbang Hasundutan. 7. Cindera Mata Terpopuler dimenangkan oleh Tanjak dari Provinsi Riau. 8. Atraksi Budaya Terpopuler didapatkan Tari Angguk, Kabupaten Kulon Progo. 9. Kampung Adat Terpopuler dimenangkan oleh Kampung Al Munawar, Kota Palembang. 10. Situs Sejarah Terpopuler dimenangkan oleh Rumah Gadang Panjang, Kabupaten Solok Selatan. 11. Wisata Halal Terpopuler didapatkan oleh Al Quran Al Akbar, Kota Palembang. 12. Festival Pariwisata Terpopuler diperoleh Festival Perang Air, Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti. 13. Promosi Pariwisata Digital Terpopuler didapatkan oleh explorejambi.com dari Provinsi Jambi. 14. Wisata Kreatif Terpopuler didapatkan oleh Pelancu, Kabupaten Lahat. 15. Wisata Belanja Terpopuler dimenangkan Tomok, Kabupaten Samosir. 16. Objek Wisata Unik Terpopuler dimenangkan Meti Kei, Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara. 17. Tujuan Wisata Baru Terpopuler didapatkan Kampung Terih, Kota Batam. 18. Surga Tersembunyi Terpopuler diperoleh Kellaba Madja, Kabupaten Sabu Raijua. Pada tahun ini nominasi didominasi oleh Pulau Sumatera. Untuk Juara Umum diperoleh oleh Sumatera Selatan dan Juara Favorit didapatkan oleh Kampung Terih Kota Batam. Selamat ya! Read the full article

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#RT @jakpost: Third Meti Kei Charm Festival set to be merrier this October #jakpost https://t.co/bOCeNgW1oW

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TURISIAN.com – Festival Pesona Meti Kei di Kepulauan Kei Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara, Provinsi Maluku tahun ini akan memperkenalkan pantai Ngiar Varat Ohoidertwun. Puncak Festival Pesona Meti Kei (FPMK) akan berlangsung pada 26 Oktober 2022 mendatang. Pada kesempatan tersebut berbagai atraksi kesenian akan ditampilkan. Kepulauan Kei sendiri  memiliki banyak tempat indah  yang bisa Sobat Turisian kunjungi. Selain dari dalam negeri, tak sedikit wisatawan luar negeri mengunjungi Pantai Ngiar Varat di Ohoidertawun Kecamatan Kei Kecil ini. "Banyak sekali tempat yang indah di Maluku Tenggara. Pantai Ngiar Varat Ohoidertawun adalah salah satunya, yang belum banyak diketahui oleh orang banyak," ungkap Bupati Malra M Thaher Hanubun, di Langgur seperti dikutip Turisian.com, Minggu 23 Oktober 2022. BACA JUGA: Festival Danau Poso Ternyata Berdampak Pada Penurunan Radikalisme Maka, melalui momen FPMK tahun 2022  ini, lanjutnya, pemda akan memperkenalkan  pantai ini dan juga upaya untuk mengembangkannya ke depan. Thaher mengakui, untuk FPMK tahun 2022, Pemerintah Daerah (Pemda) sengaja memindahkan pusat kegiatannya ke Pantai Ngiar Varat Ohoidertawun. Banyak tempat yang indah "Jadi ini memang sengaja kita pindahkan lokasi atau pusat kegiatan FPMK di tahun 2022, yang programnya tiap tahun kita selenggarakan. Sehingga masyarakat umum tau bahwa kita memiliki banyak tempat yang indah di daerah kita," ujar Thaher. Oleh karena itu, melalui media, baik itu media massa maupun media sosial, pihaknya menyebarluaskan informasi tentang Kepulauan Kei Malra. BACA JUGA: Festival Flower 2022 Tampilkan Beragam Bunga, Catat Tanggalnya Dukungan terhadap pelaksanaan festival tersebut juga datang dari berbagai pisak seperti perbankan dan Bakti Telkomsel. Melalui momen ini  hasil ekonomi kreatif berupa  buah tangan UMKM dan masyarakat juga dapat dijumpai. “Sehingga nantinya bukan hanya alam yang akan disuguhkan namun juga beragam  dan oleh-olah khas yang bisa wisaatwan bawa pulang,” jelas Thaher. Pulau Kei Besar Sementara itu, Ketua Panitia FPMK tahun 2022, Budi Toffy mengemukakan, program tahunan ini sudah berjalan dengan berbagai kegiatan menuju puncaknya pada 26 Oktober pekan depan. BACA JUGA: Festival Jatiluwih Cultural Week Dongkrak Kunjungan Wisatawan ke  Bali Puncak acaranya sendiri dilaksanakan di Pantai Ngiar Varat yang masih alami baik alam, pantai, maupun alam bawah lautnya. Kemudian, menjadi perhatian serius pihaknya melalui momen ini sendiri. “Yakni hasil ekraf yang kita miliki untuk dapat para wisatawan bawa pulang,” ungkapnya. BACA JUGA: Ngopi Saraosna Habiskan Seribu Cangkir, Road to West Java Festival 2023 Pasalnya, untuk keindahan alam para pengunjung sudah mendapatkannya dengan datang berkunjung. Dan menikmatinya secara langsung, ketika berada di objek wisata pantai Ngiar Varat. Selain itu, salah satu misi yang dibawa pada FPMK tahun ini adalah pelestarian hewan endemik yang ada di daerah ini. Yakni kangguru mini di Pulau Kei Besar. "Menjadi salah satu misi kita saat ini yakni pelestarian hewan endemik. Yakni kangguru mini yang dapat dijumpai di sejumlah hutan di Pulau Kei Besar. Namun kini sulit untuk dijumpai atau berkurang, sehingga kita jadikan maskot FPMK 2022," katanya. ***

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After 25 years scanning the planet for the most advanced sounds and ideas on earth, Sónar festival has now turned its antennas towards space, by sending music beyond the limits of our solar system in an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence.

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The “Sónar Calling” message includes 33 music pieces of 10 seconds each, commissioned exclusively from artists from diverse backgrounds and origins who encapsulate Sónar’s exploratory approach to music over its quarter century of existence.

The first batch of transmissions sent on 16.17.18 October of the current year have included music from Autechre, Modeselektor,Laurent Garnier, Holly Herndon, Matmos, Jean-Michel Jarre, Nina Kraviz, Francisco López, The Black Madonna, Kerri Chandler,Ólafur Arnalds, Kode 9, Laurel Halo, Soichi Terada, Fatima Al Qadiri, Cabo San Roque, BFlecha and Nisennenmondai.

A second batch of transmissions is planned for April 2018 when music from Richie Hawtin, Carsten Nicolai, Squarepusher, Kate Tempest, Daito Manabe, Juana Molina, Niño de Elche, Cora Novoa, Lorenzo Senni,  Zora Jones, Desert, LCC, Yuzo Koshiro and more will be sent.

All of them have performed at Sónar on one or more occasions and some of them will also be included in the line-up for Sónar 2018. Look out for the first announcement in the coming weeks.

“Sónar Calling GJ273b” is also a collective celebration in which the Sónar audience can take part, participating in the open call which kicks off today. The public is invited to send an original composition, in any genre or musical style, and conceived with an unknown, extraterrestrial audience in mind. From all the pieces received, Sónar will select 3 to form part of the next transmission, programmed for April 2018. The selected creators will be invited to celebrate with Sónar in Barcelona next June together with a 4 guests (4 VIP passes).  

All information about the Open Call HERE

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Luyten’s Star is in the constellation Canis Minoris, at a distance of 12.4 light years from us. It is a cool red dwarf star, with a temperature of about 3000ºC (compared to 5500ºC of the Sun) and a mass one third that of the Sun. The star, which cannot be seen without a telescope, was named after a Dutch-American astronomer, Willem Jacob Luyten, who measured its motion across the sky.

The discovery of two exoplanets around this star was announced in early 2017. One of them, named Luyten’s Star b or GJ273b, has a mass about three times larger than Earth and is located in the habitable zone of the star, although it is probably somewhat warmer than our planet. Its year lasts about 19 of our days.

It’s not known if Luyten’s Star b does indeed have liquid water, nor if it has retained an atmosphere. But at the moment there is no reason to think that it is not habitable. If it were, it would be a world with oceans like ours with a sky lit by a star apparently larger than the sun and shining with a reddish light.

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The first transmissions were sent on the eve of Sónar’s 25thanniversary, from the EISCAT antenna in Tromsø, Norway on October 16, 17, and 18, 2017.

Sónar Calling’s message was transmitted on three successive days, providing an opportunity for possible “astronomers” from out of space observing Earth from Luyten’s Star to confirm that the signal is from another civilization.

The first message contained a mathematical and scientific tutorial created by METI (Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) that starts with basic principles and builds up, step by step, to more complex concepts. The message describes key characteristics of electromagnetic waves by “pointing” to the frequency and duration of the radio waves themselves. By making a direct link between the form of the radio signal and scientific content that is encoded, additional clues are provided to help any extraterrestrials interpret the message accurately. Unlike past radio messages that relied on pictures, METI’s tutorial is designed to be understandable by extraterrestrials in a mathematical and conceptual way.

The tutorial was sent in binary code at two frequencies near 930 MHz, using the 32-meter, fully steerable parabolic antenna of the EISCAT, which has a peak power of 1.5 MW. The tutorial was sent three continuously times on each of three days at a speed of 62.5 to 500 bits per second, followed by the musical pieces that have been sent at to 500 bits per second for a total transmission time of 2.5 hours. By repeating the message each day, possible extraterrestrial recipients will be able to correct errors that occur as the messages travel over 70 trillion miles between Earth and Luyten’s Star. 

In April 2018, during the second phase of “Sónar Calling GJ273b”,  we will send an expanded tutorial to the same star. It is expected that this follow-up transmission will turn the EISCAT antenna into a musical instrument, transmitting pulses at several different frequencies, mimicking the tones of a musical scale. By sending basic melodies at multiple radio frequencies, Sónar Calling will expand the METI tutorial to describe the physics and psychology of music perception. This second round of transmissions will end with a clock time marking the date that humanity will be listening for a reply 25 years from now.

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The IEEC (Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia) is the Catalan research institute that studies all areas of space and space sciences, including Earth as a planet, the Solar System, exoplanets, stellar physics, physics of astroparticles, and cosmology. The IEEC carries out projects for the discovery of habitable planets, supports the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI, SETI @ home and BOINC) for more than a decade, and hosts the web SETI.cat.

METI is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization based in San Francisco, which was founded in 2015. In addition to transmitting intentional signals to other star systems, METI supports the development of a global network of optical SETI observatories, and it advances basic research in astrobiology.

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  Sónar Celebrates 25 years, Sends Music to Space After 25 years scanning the planet for the most advanced sounds and ideas on earth, Sónar festival…

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SPORTOURISM-Seminar Perjanjian Breda sukses menjadi atraksi penutup rangkaian Pesta Rakyat Banda 2017, sejak 11 Oktober sampai 11 November 2017. Seminar ini menjadi puncak acara Banda Festival 2017.

Gubernur Maluku, Said Assagaff mengatakan, seminar ini untuk membuktikan kepada dunia, Maluku pernah menjadi bagian sejarah internasional.

Pulau Banda di Kepulauan Maluku sebagai penghasil rempah-rempah terbesar di dunia sehingga secara geo-ekonomi punya pengaruh besar dalam perdagangan internasional dan perubahan iklim sosial budaya serta politik global.

“Sebagai contoh proses penyebaran agama dilakukan melalui jalur perdagangan dan karena perdagangan rempah-rempah itu pula melahirkan proses kolonialisasi di daerah ini dan Nusantara secara umum, ini sangat menarik untuk dijajaki sambil berwisata,” ujar Said Assegaf.

Kata dia, seminar ini juga sekaligus menjadi momentum untuk mengembalikan lagi kejayaan rempah-rempah di gugusan kepulauan Laut Banda, baik dalam posisi sebagai komoditas lokal maupun internasional untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan rakyat, tetapi juga menjadi simbol identitas kultural masyarakat Maluku.

“Kemudian, mengenang perjanjian Breda dapat menjadi dialog dan silaturrahmi antar lintas peradaban dunia, antara Maluku, khususnya Banda dengan Belanda, Inggris, dan Amerika,” ujar Said Assegaf.

Seperti diketahui, seminar level Internasional itu mengambil tema memperingati 350 tahun Perjanjian Breda.

Traktat ini berisi keputusan Belanda dan Inggris menukar pulau di Manhattan, New York dengan Pulau Banda di Hindia Belanda. Perjanjian tersebut terjadi pada 1667.

Dua pulau itu menjadi kunci dalam Perjanjian Breda sekaligus mengakhiri konflik Inggris dan Belanda.

Dalam kesepakatan itu Inggris menyerahkan Pulau Run kepada Belanda dan sebagai imbalan Inggris mendapat Manhattan.

Traktat Breda menjadi bukti konkret, di masa lalu Indonesia sebagai poros maritim dan pusat perdagangan rempah-rempah, terutama buah Pala di dunia.

Peserta dalam seminar ini mencapai ratusan orang. Sebelum seminar mereka melakukan perjalanan perdana dengan KM Pangrango selama 14 jam dari Ambon menuju Banda Neira.

Para peserta berasal dari Konsulat Jenderal KBRI London, KBRI Den Haag dan KJRI New York dan diplomat serta perwakilan negara sahabat di Jakarta.

Setelah melakukan perjalanan melalui laut, sekitar 350 peserta langsung menuju lokasi seminar mengambil lokasi di Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Hatta-Sjahrir Banda Neira, Sabtu (11/11).

Deputi Bidang Pengembangan Pemasaran Pariwisata Nusantara Kementerian Pariwisata, Esthy Reko Astuti puas dengan terobosan Maluku menjual destinasi Pulau Banda kepada Konsulat Jenderal dan Duta Besar negara sahabat melalui seminar ini.

Seminar ini kian membuka mata dunia, Pulau Banda pernah menjadi bagian peradaban dunia melalui perdagagan rempah-rempah.

Menurut Esthy, seminar ini semakin berkelas dengan mengundang pembicara-pembicara dari kalangan sejarahwan dan budayawan yang secara khusus mendalami Pulau Banda.

“Para pembicara itu antara lain, Wim Manuhutu, dosen dari Vrije Universiteit, Belanda. Dia ahli sejarah dan peneliti tentang sejarah Melayu," ujar Esthy didampingi Kabid Promosi Wisata Pertemuan dan Konvensi Kemenpar, Eddy Susilo

Selain dari luar negeri, Bondan Kanumoyoso, dosen Ilmu Budaya Universitas Indonesia turut menjadi speaker dalam seminar ini.

“Mereka bicara tentang Kejayaan Banda/Pulau Rhun masa lalu. Pulau ini sangat berharga sehingga muncul perjanjian menukar Manhattan dengan Pulau Banda," katanya.

Agar seminar lebih bergairah, panitia mengundang aktris ibukota, Olga Lydia menjadi moderator. Selain menarik, pengetahuan luas Olga membuat seminar ini menjadi lebih hidup.

Bagi Menteri Pariwisata Arief Yahya, seminar ini menjadi salah satu cara efektif untuk kembali mendongkrak pamor Pulau Banda sebagai sentra perdagangan rempah-rempah di dunia pada masa lalu.

"Ini momentum, Pulau Banda sebagai destinasi wisata populer di dunia selama berabad-abad. Pulau Banda terkenal dengan dengan rempah rempah dan pesona wisata alam dan bahari luar biasa. Ini akan terus kami kembangkan,” ujar Menpar Arief yahya

Pesta rakyat Banda dan beragam macam event pariwisata, imbuh Menpar, dapat mendongkrak destinasi wisata di Maluku.

“Beragam Atraksi juga sangat menarik, seperti Pesta Teluk Ambon, Pesta Meti Kei, Tour de Moluccas dan Banda Pangel Pulang yang baru saja digelar, termasuk Seminar Internasional dalam Pesta Rakyat Banda ini," ujarnya.

Menteri lulusan ITB Bandung, Surrey University Inggris dan Program Doktoral Unpad Bandung ini mengajak traveller untuk pergi ke Banda Neira. Pesta Rakyat Banda ini telah menjadi pintu untuk kedatangan wisatawan datang ke Banda Neira.

Banda memiliki segudang destinasi wisata bersejarah peninggalan penjajahan Portugis dan Belanda di Nusantara.

Mulai Gunung Api Banda, Benteng Belgica peninggalan bangsa Portugis, spot menyelam terbaik di Lava Flow, Gereja Tua Hollandische Kerk, Rumah Budaya, Istana Mini, lokasi pengasingan Bung Hatta.

“Bagi yang sudah datang, Bawa pulang dan cerita untuk keindahan Banda. Yang belum, silahkan eksplore Banda Neira. Even baharinya keren, juga wisata darat. Semua menghibur, dengan alam laut, budaya serta sejarah Pulau Banda sangat menarik,” ujar Menteri asli Banyuwangi tersebut. (*)

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Beruntung saya mendapat kesempatan ke sana, dan memang itulah kenyataannya! Pantai Pasir Panjang, atau Pantai Ngurbloat di kepulauan Kei ini memang pasirnya benar-benar halus! Repost dari @keiislands_indonesia: Salah satu pantai terhalus di dunia, ada di kepulauan Kei! Ngurbloat adalah salah satu pantai yang wajib kalian kunjungi ketika sedang traveling ke kepulauan Kei, karena air lautnya yang begitu jernih, pasirnya sangat halus seperti tepung, serta luas pantainya yang cukup panjang dan lebar membuat kalian bebas untuk bermain bola kaki, voli pantai, ataupun membuat camp dan api unggun jika ingin bermalam. Di pantai ini juga, puncak perayaan dari Festival Pesona Meti Kei 2017 akan digelar dengan sangat meriah, seperti tahun sebelumnya. Ngurbloat sendiri merupakan bahasa asli Kei yang jika diartikan ke bahasa Indonesia berarti ‘panjang’ mengingat area pantai ini begitu panjang. Akses untuk menuju pantai Ngurbloat sekitar 30 menit dari Langgur, ibukota kabupaten Maluku Tenggara. Untuk informasi lebih lengkap mengenai Festival Pesona Meti Kei 2017 dan destinasi wisata unggulan di kepulauan Kei, klik link di bio @lensatimurcom & @keiislands_indonesia #keiisland #kepulauankei #malukutenggara #maluku #fpmk2017 #wonderfulindonesia #pesonaindonesia #festivalbudaya #festivalpesonametikei #jokowivisitkeiisland #bikinleluhurbangga #betakeibetaindonesia (di Ngurbloat)

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PROMOTE: FESTIVAL PESONA METI KEI. VISIT KEI ISLAND Sepanjang bulan Oktober jazirah Kepulauan Evav (Kei) akan mengalami air laut surut yang sangat panjang mencapai puluhan kilo meter. Air laut surut panjang itu disebut juga dengan Met Evav atau Meti Kei. Oleh Pemerintah Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara dan Pemerintah Kota Tual akan menggelar Festival Pesona Meti Kei tahun 2017 untuk melestarikan dan membudayaakn kebudayaan maritime orang Evav/Kei selama meti Evav/Kei tersebut. Ratusan adat istiadat orang Evav akan dipentaskan guna menyemarakan Festifal Meti Kei 2017, beberapa event besar budaya akan digelar antara lain, lomba belan cepat antara Ratschap, tarik tali tangkap ikan, tari panah ribuan anak sekolah, tarian adat Ratschap, debus Tayando dan sebagainya. Salah satu event yang akan menyita perhatian masyarakat Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara dan Kota Tual adalah lomba belan cepat dan hias antara ratschap atau kerajaan se-Kepulauan Evav (Kei). Terdapat 23 Ratschap atau Kerajaan di Kepulauan Evav/Kei. Setiap Ratschap akan menurunkun dua belan yakni belan hias atau belan adat ratschap dan belan perang ada kecepatan. Belan adalah perahu panjang yang di dayung oleh 33 orang pendayung. Pada masa peperangan baik perang antara Ratschap di Maluku ataupun perang rakyat Maluku terhadap kolonial baik Belanda, Inggris, Spanyol dan Portugis, Belan adalah kendaraan tempur (perang) sangat ditakuti colonial. Kini setelah kemerdekaan menghidupkan tradisi belan antara Ratschap kembali dihidupkan lewat Festival Pesona Meti Kei. Ratschap Ub Ohoi Faak salah satu Ratschap di Kepulaun Evav akan turun ambil bagian dalam Festival Pesona Meti Kei. #kei #malukutenggara #maluku #indonesia #pesonaindonesia #jalanjalan #jalan2man #beach #nature #socialenvy #shopstemdesigns #vacation #visiting #instatravel #instago #instagood #trip #holiday #photooftheday #fun #travelling #tourism #tourist #instapassport #instatraveling #mytravelgram #travelgram #keiislands_indonesia #keiisland

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Pemkab Maluku Tenggara Santuni Rp25 Juta Peserta yang Wafat di Lomba Dayung FPMKung

Pemkab Maluku Tenggara Santuni Rp25 Juta Peserta yang Wafat di Lomba Dayung FPMKung

satumalukuID – Pemerintah Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara, Provinsi Maluku, menyantuni salah satu peserta lomba dayung sampan memeriahkan Festival Pesona Meti Kei (FPMK) 2021 yang meninggal dunia usai berlaga pada Selasa (26/10/2021) kemarin. “Sudah, (santunan) Rp25 juta,” kata Bupati Maluku Tenggara (Malra) M. Thaher Hanubun di Langgur, Rabu. Ia menyatakan turut berduka untuk keluarga korban dan…