From The “This Is No Time Ta Sleep” album NOTE- Hidden song On Divide By when you buy it on Itunes Lyrics so here we are again sleeping on the bridges in the rain under the new sky again i hear the rumble of the train another city to refuse another bout of those hopeless wandering blues you know we’ve still got one more chance to lose do what’s true, true to you don’t let the world tell you what to do there’s no wrong, travel on do what’s true, true to you another corner and it’s gone but I still got a beat up guitar to play my songs silence here is tried & true only falsehoods would a verbal message do and i’ve got nothing left to say one hesitation would be to waste the day onward, onward to futures sunny & stray do what’s true, true to you don’t let the world tell you what to do there’s no wrong, travel on do what’s true, true to you the global money market race upon earth it brings it’s own disgrace and we stand laughing in it’s face pledging defiance to the cutthroats & the haste with little more to survive as we turn our paths to the side for those that will not walk along the road we have only pride.. outside…. so do what’s true, true to you don’t let the world tell you what to do there’s no wrong, travel on do what’s true, true to you www.myspace.com
One year, one month and one day after 9/11, Indonesia experienced its deadliest attack. The 2002 Bali nightclub bombings took 202 lives and woke South-east Asia up to the fact Al Qaeda had a local branch. Bali residents remember the scene almost nine years ago, and memorialise the lives of those who were killed in the incident. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Bali.
Not far from Yogyakarta, Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. This is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ramayana Ballet, a Drama in Typical Javanese Dance Ramayana ballet is an art performance that is so beautiful, admiring and it is difficult to compare. This performance is able to unite various Javanese arts such as dance, drama and music on one stage and one momentum to present the Ramayana story, a legendary epos written by Walmiki in Sanskrit language. Ramayana story presented in this performance is similar to that engraved on Prambanan temple. As people tell, Ramayana story that is engraved on the most beautiful Hindu temple is similar to the story in oral tradition in India. The long and straining story is summarized in four scenes, namely the kidnapping of Shinta, Anoman’s mission to Alengka, the death of Kumbakarna or Rahwana, and the meeting of Rama-Shinta. The entire story is presented in a series of dance movements done by beautiful dancers accompanied by gamelan music. You are invited to really plunge into the story and observe each movement of the dancers to know the coarse of the story. There is no dialog among the dancers. The only storyteller is the sinden or the female singer who describes the coarse of the story through Javanes songs with her typical voice. The story begins when Prabu Janaka held a contest to determine the would-be husband for Shinta, his daughter that finally was won by Rama Wijaya. The scene is continued with the adventure of Rama, Shinta and Rama’s younger brother named Laksamana in Dandaka forest. There, they met Rawana that was eager …
For Bookings: www.asiatravel.com For More Video: book.asiatravel.com Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia, located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta.[1] The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples. It was built around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram dynasty, or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate. Reconstruction of the compound began in 1918. The main building was completed in around 1953. Much of the original stonework has been stolen and reused at remote construction sites. A temple will only be rebuilt if at least 75% of the original stones are available, and therefore only the foundation walls of most of the smaller shrines are now visible and with no plans for their reconstruction. The temple was damaged during the earthquake in Java in 2006. Early photos suggest that although the complex appears to be structurally intact, damage is significant. Large pieces of debris, including carvings, were scattered over the ground. The temple has been closed to the public until damage can be fully assessed. The head of Yogyakarta Archaeological Conservation Agency stated that: “it …