Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Legend of Warkop DKI
















Warkop (abbreviation Warung Kopi) prior called Warkop Prambors are an 

Indonesian comedian group that

 enjoyed success in the 1980s - 1990s. Assembled in Jakarta on 1976 under Prambors

 management, 

Warkop burgeoned as favorite comedian group surpassed Srimulat and Jayakarta

 group. Subsequently they 

settled as Warkop DKI (Warkop Dono-Kasino-Indro), after they appeared in the

 cinema.


In the mid 1970s, Warkop joined to Prambors for the Obrolan Santai diWarung Kopi 

comedy weekly 

program. The program showed Dono as Slamet; Kasino as Mas Bei, Acong, and 

Buyung; Indro as Mastowi

 and Ubai; Nanu as Tulo; Rudy as Mr. James and Bang Cholil. One time, they showed 

in Terminal Musikal 

program, directed by Mus Mualim. It revived Warkops' reputation.

The members are Wahjoe Sardono, Kasino Hadiwibowo, Indrodjojo Kusumonegoro,

 Nanu Mulyono, and

 Rudy Badil. They are Javanese and graduates. Dono, Kasino, Nanu were students at 

University of 

Indonesia and Indro was a student at Pancasila University. With a background as 

students, many of the

 comedy topics contained social criticism.



Warkop was particularly productive comic group during 1979 - 1994 - it Warkop created 34 films.


"Mana Tahan" 1979




"Gengsi Dong"1980"

 


"Pintar-pintar bodoh"1980"

 


"Manusia 6.000.000 Dolar"1981





"IQ jongkok" 1981




"Setan kredit"1981




"Dongkrak Antik"1982




"Chips"1982




"Maju Kena Mundur Kena"1983




"Pokoknya Beres"1983




"Itu bisa diatur"1984




"Tahu diri dong"1984




"Kesempatan Dalam Kesempitan" 1985




"Gantian dong" 1985




"Atas boleh bawah boleh" 1986




"Sama Juga Bohong" 1986




"Depan bisa belakang bisa" 1987




"Makin Lama Makin Asyik" 1987




"Saya suka kamu punya" 1987




"Jodoh boleh diatur" 1988




"Malu-malu mau" 1988




"Godain kita dong" 1989




"Sabar dulu dong" 1989




"Mana bisa tahan" 1990




"Sudah pasti tahan" 1991




"Bisa naik bisa turun" 1991




"Lupa aturan main" 1991




"Masuk kena keluar kena" 1992




"Bebas aturan main" 1993




"Bagi-bagi dong" 1993










"Pencet sana pencet sini" 1994


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Carstensz Pyramid (Part II)





 Indonesian communists called it Puncak Jaya (the summit of 

victory), even though this name belonged to a different summit was

 considered to be the highest (Nga pulu). Yet another name for 

Carstensz Pyramid which is also often used, is Jaya Kesuma. This 

name is used in books published by Mapala University. However,

 these days Indonesia uses (rather inconsistently) both names of the 

mountain - Cartensz Pyramid and Puncak Jaya.


Carstenz Pyramid-Puncak Jaya (4884 m, 16023 ft), Puncak 

Mandala (4640m, 15223 ft), and Puncak Trikora (4730m, 15518 

ft), are the three tallest and most well known mountais of west 

papua. Carstensz Pyramid is the tallest of them, and it belongs to 

the snow mountain. They are situated in the west of the central 

highland Jayawijaya.




The legendary tropical snow mountains are situated in the midlle of

 endless jungles in West Papua. They are the logical ending of

 Cembalo Plato. Out of the three mentioned mountains, only

Cartensz Pyramid belongs among them. Although the massif of the

 snow mountains is not too high, and it lies 4 degrees south of the

 equator, it contains four relatively large glaciers. The largest of

 them is not the Cartensz Pyramid, but meren glacier which fringes

 the Nga Pulu peak (4862 m, 15951 ft). Some Indonesians call this

 peak Punck Jaya, because it was long considered to be the highest




And where does the names snow mountains come from? there are

 not only glacier on the summits, but the reason is also the fact that

 snowing is not unusual there. Tropical Snow Storm often bring

 snow to areas situated as high as 4000 m (13123 ft).





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