https://www.scmp.com/rss/505353/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Roslina Siahaan was devastated when her beloved aunt died in December 2020 after years battling a chronic illness. Her aunt, 53, wanted to be interred in her home village, in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, far from where she was living at the time in Bekasi, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta. An intimate memorial service was arranged for family and friends in Bekasi for the morning before her aunt’s body was shipped to the village. Siahaan wanted her aunt to look her best for the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3123289/mortuary-make-artist-who-provides-free-services-indonesian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3123289/mortuary-make-artist-who-provides-free-services-indonesian?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Feb 2021 06:45:08 +0000 Indonesian accessories designer Rinaldy Yunardi recently took to Facebook to post a music video of US-based singer Nicki Minaj wearing a sleek blue visor and singing What That Speed Bout?!. Rinaldy designed the visor. Within seconds, dozens of Rinaldy’s fans and friends liked his post. “You never stop making us proud ko [bro] …” one wrote. “Keep inspiring.” Rinaldy’s tiaras, masks and accessories have been worn by a constellation of stars, including Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Cher, Christina... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3111440/taylor-swift-beyonce-ariana-grande-all-wear-rinaldy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3111440/taylor-swift-beyonce-ariana-grande-all-wear-rinaldy?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Nov 2020 21:15:06 +0000 Surrounded by sheets of corrugated iron, the tall metal building frame is a desolate reminder of a life that once thrived here – one of reading and writing, books and publishing, comics and magazines The Toko Buku Liong – or Liong Bookstore – once stood on this site in the Indonesian city of Semarang, in Central Java province. Next to beautifully preserved neoclassical buildings dating from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the Kota Lama, or Old Town, the former bookstore was illegally... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3102342/plight-chinese-indonesians-reflected-story-once-thriving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3102342/plight-chinese-indonesians-reflected-story-once-thriving?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:15:07 +0000 The island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia has abundant natural charms and ancient cultural traditions. Yet Sumba’s many attractions conceal a sinister practice that has allowed men to uproot women from their families, erase their dreams and ambitions, and force them into marriage. This has been going on for many years on the island of more than 750,000 people, but a recent 29-second video of a young woman desperately crying while she is carried away by five men has captured the attention of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3093571/women-abducted-marriage-and-often-raped-indonesia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3093571/women-abducted-marriage-and-often-raped-indonesia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Jul 2020 23:45:15 +0000 It has been raining since morning but the air feels hot and balmy at Jamu Bukti Mentjos, a jamu parlour in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. Despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases in Indonesia, customers sit almost shoulder to shoulder at the parlour, which occupies the front part of a house on Salemba Tengah street. Standing behind them are food-delivery drivers, waving their phones and scraps of paper containing orders. The handful of staff manning the bar look rather overwhelmed. Two... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3077099/ignoring-medical-advice-indonesians-throng-jamu-herbal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3077099/ignoring-medical-advice-indonesians-throng-jamu-herbal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2020 04:15:13 +0000