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SURABAYA - Kupu-kupu cantik berwarna cokelat kemerahan hinggap di kepala seorang model. Tepi sayap binatang tersebut tampak hijau. Seiring lenggak-lenggok sang model, kupu-kupu besar itu membentangkan sayapnya yang lebar secara anggun.
Kupu-kupu besar itu adalah salah satu bentuk sanggul kreasi rancangan Oktaviani, salah seorang siswa Rever Academy, Jalan Sulawesi 28. Kemarin (19/6), Oktaviani dan sepuluh kawannya beradu kreasi dalam acara wisuda sekolah tata rambut dan rias tersebut.
Adu kreasi itu memang terasa total. Para siswa seolah memuaskan imajinasi masing-masing melalui tata rambut yang elok dan unik. Ada yang bertema kupu-kupu, musim, hingga zodiak. Beberapa siswa mengusung gaya potongan rambut pria. Kawannya yang lain adu gaya lewat kreasi sanggul unik. Semuanya all-out.
Masing-masing siswa wajib mempresentasikan lima model dan kreasi rambut bertema bebas. Mereka juga dituntut berkreasi dengan hair coloring (pewarnaan rambut). Tentu saja, tampilan busana tak boleh ditinggalkan. Meski rumit, para siswa tidak kesulitan menuangkan ide-ide mereka dalam karya-karyanya.
Stefanny Ong, misalnya. Terinspirasi keragaman musim di dunia, Stefanny menciptakan gaya potongan rambut yang mencerminkan ciri khas dan keunikan dari setiap musim. Misalnya, gaya potongan rambut bertema winter. Menggunakan perpaduan warna highlight putih dan silver di semua bagian rambut, Stefanny bermain dengan potongan layer pendek. Dia juga banyak menggunakan tekstur plus styling rambut yang berkesan kaku sesuai dengan suhu musim dingin.
Di antara semua kreasi karya Stefanny, kreasi sanggul paling menarik. Menggunakan tali-tali cokelat muda yang dibentuk melingkar, gadis berambut panjang tersebut menyajikan tampilan sanggul gala dengan perpaduan warna putih dan silver. Tema tata rambut itu dinamai Queen of Ice. ”Saya ingin menampilkan sosok wanita yang anggun, misterius, dan dingin bagaikan es,” jelasnya.
Jika Stefanny memilih berkreasi dengan tema keragaman musim, Hilda Ayu Morita menampilkan kreasi nan simpel ala Korea. Hilda bermain dengan potongan-potongan asimetris dengan panjang rambut berbeda. Dia juga memainkan point cut, potongan-potongan yang menghasilkan ujung-ujung rambut ”tajam”.
Untuk pewarnaan, Hilda banyak menggunakan warna-warna terang. Misalnya, biru aqua marine, merah kecokelatan, dan cokelat oranye. Untuk kreasi sanggul, Hilda menampilkan sanggul ala dayang-dayang Korea yang berbentuk bulat dengan aksen kepangan-kepangan di sekeliling sanggul.
Di antara 11 siswa yang presentasi, dua dinilai berhasil memenuhi kriteria penilaian. Di antaranya, performance, kreativitas, kesesuaian dengan tema, kerapian, dan pewarnaan. Yaitu, Stefanny Ong dan Han Han.
Juri kemarin terdiri atas Anna King, Marina Adia Indra (Rever Academy), dan Audid Rasidi (Shinjuku Salon). ”Stefanny sangat kreatif dan detail. Han Han sangat bagus dalam semua konsep, mulai memilih model hingga penampilan keseluruhan,” ujar Marina Adia Indra yang juga owner sekaligus artistic director Rever Academy. (ken/dos)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
June 20th, 2008
Berbagai acara kesenian dan budaya khas Jawa Timur ditampilkan di Taman Budaya Jawa Timur (TBJT) kemarin (15/6). Makanan khas, tari, hingga kerajinan tangan disajikan dalam acara yang dibungkus dengan nama Etalase Etnik Surabaya tersebut.
Dibuka penampilan reog Ponorogo Singo Mangku Joyo, acara itu lantas diisi aksi 15 tari dari lima sanggar. Tarian itu sengaja ditampilkan oleh anak-anak dan remaja. ”Untuk melestarikan kesenian tradisional ini, ya salah satunya adalah mengenalkan sejak dini kepada anak-anak dan remaja,” kata Arief Rofiq, penangung jawab acara.
Saat acara berlangsung, sisi kanan dan kiri pendapa TBJT dipenuhi stan yang menjajakan makanan serta kerajinan tangan seperti tas dan sandal. Di sisi kanan pendapa, berjajar makanan yang menggoyang lidah. Ada soto, rujak cingur, dan sate kerang.
Usai istirahat siang, acara dilanjutkan dengan pemilihan Cak dan Ning Cilik. Orang tua yang datang mendampingi putra-putrinya setia menunggu sejak pagi. Sembari menunggu giliran naik ke atas catwalk, para orang tua sibuk mendandani putra-putrinya. ”Ini kali pertama ikut kontes pemilihan, jadi repot karena harus mendandani sendiri,” ungkap Rina saat merapikan kerudung yang dikenakan Citra, putrinya yang duduk di kelas 3 SD.
Kontes dengan jumlah peserta sekitar 30 anak itu memenangkan Dhira Femina S. sebagai Ning Cilik Surabaya. (obi/ayi)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
June 19th, 2008
AKARTA, June 17 (Reuters) - An Indonesian navy patrol seized about 5 tonnes of a material used to make explosives from a wooden boat off the coast of East Java and detained 12 crew members, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
Major Kariono, spokesman for the navy’s eastern fleet, said that the boat, which was heading from Surabaya to Bala-Balangan island in West Sulawesi province, was stopped on Sunday and found to be carrying 107 sacks of an oxidising substance that could be used to make home-made explosives.
Kariono said the substance was often used to make explosives for killing fish. “They (the crew) said the material would be used to make fish-bombs, but we don’t believe it because it is a huge amount,” Kariono said.
The crew was being questioned at the naval base in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, he said.
Sulawesi, which has large Muslim and Christian communities, suffered from religious tension in recent years, but the conflict was successfully resolved. (Reporting by Telly Nathalia; Editing by Sara Webb and Roger Crabb)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/
June 18th, 2008
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Blitar, East Java
For 54-year-old Sugito, owning a plot of land with a yard and a field in his village was previously just a dream.
When he first followed his father and moved from Bakung to Banyu Urip hamlet in Ngadipuro village, in the East Java town of Blitar back in 1965, Sugito could only find work as a kapok picker in privately managed plantations owned by the Blitar regency administration.
At that time, around 70 percent of Banyu Urip residents, including Sugito’s parents, lived under the shadow of the political stigma enforced by Soeharto’s New Order regime — the residents were labeled as members or allies of the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
This stigma made Sugito and most members of the Banyu Urip community afraid to put a foot wrong: They lived in despair for many years, lacked self-confidence and were afraid of newcomers.
Their education and economic levels were left far behind those of other communities in the regency, as could be seen from the small number of children who passed elementary school and the number of illiterate people in the community.
Now, however, the lives of the people living in Banyu Urip village have changed considerably.
Sugito said the change started when an anthropology graduate from Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University, Cecilia Yulianti Hendayani, came to the village with three of her colleagues from the Bishopric Youth Commission in Surabaya at the end of 1996.
Cecilia, or Yanti as she is known, has slowly succeeded in changing the attitudes of villagers oppressed by previous government’s political stigma and encouraging them to be brave and more open.
Through her work, Yanti has bridged the cultural and religious complexities of the village community. She introduced the idea of ethnic, racial and religious pluralism to Banyu Urip villagers, in particular to young children who attend the village’s inter-faith kindergarten, Griyo Pitoyo.
Her work even won her a 2008 Maarif Award, which acknowledges the efforts of those involved in community and social work.
The inter-faith kindergarten’s religious and cultural studies became an entry point for Yanti to empower members of the community.
She said it all began when she undertook field studies in the village during her 1996 visit.
“I had to stay and mix together with the people in this village. I saw that there was something that wasn’t quite right in their lives.
“They looked as though they didn’t have any spirit for life … they were always fearful,” Yanti told The Jakarta Post at her home in Blitar.
In the beginning, Yanti sought to dig up information about what occurred in the village’s past. She initially did this by going from door-to-door, but this method proved to be ineffective.
Yanti then began to interact directly with community members who gathered at the belik (a communal pool near a water source) in the afternoons. Once the villagers got used to Yanti, they found the courage to talk to her.
From then on, little-by-little, Yanti started to discover what was really troubling the people in the village.
She discovered that the community had many needs and wishes but the stigma they had been labeled with kept them from openly expressing their feelings.
“When people met face-to-face, there was no one courageous enough to stare back. They all just bowed and shook their heads, then went away. My heart felt as though it had been sliced. Why was there a community like this in Java?” said Yanti of her initial encounters with the Banyu Urip villagers.
She discovered that most of the villagers had been marked as people who had been involved with the PKI organization: Most of them were “fugitives” from other villages in Blitar regency.
Banyu Urip is located on top of a hill, 32 kilometers south of Blitar. The village is only accessible by a rocky road that passes through a thick teak forest, making it virtually isolated from other villages — hence the stigma prevailed and the community became somewhat “forgotten” by outsiders.
When Yanti first visited the village, there was neither electricity nor piped water supplied by the government.
Yanti first invited the teenagers in the village to gather and join in group activities, in which they were taught the values of tolerance and mutual appreciation.
She then invited parents to gather, and encouraged them to speak out. Graduates from Surabaya’s 17th August University School of Commerce and Administration helped develop small discussion groups.
“There were various topics open for discussion. But it started simply. The most important thing was that the villagers were courageous enough to speak out and express their opinions, especially if they didn’t agree on something,” Yanti said.
She also invited young children to form a playgroup. The members included children from different religious and cultural backgrounds who were taught to interact and develop tolerance and appreciation for others, regardless of their religious backgrounds and cultural differences.
The playgroup then became a model for teenagers and adults.
Through the playgroup, and from learning religious tolerance, the lives of the people in Banyu Urip have improved and their dignity is slowly being restored.
Source: The Jakarta Post
June 17th, 2008
JAKARTA, June 14 (Xinhua) — The construction of the Suramadu (Surabaya-Madura) bridge in Indonesia - which will be the longest one in the country - is now 82 percent completed and is expected to be ready for use in March or April 2009, a public works official said.
Costing a total of 4.528 trillion rupiah (about 503 million U.S. dollars) and building jointly by Chinese and Indonesian companies, the bridge will be almost 5.5 km long and span a narrow channel between East Java’s provincial capital of Surabaya and Madura island.
The project is now in a critical phase in which the part being built from the Surabaya side would be joined with the part being set up from the Madura side, Antara news agency on Saturday quoted Hediyanto Huseini, director of roads and bridges for western Indonesia at the public works ministry, as saying.
He said its budget would need an additional 19.84 million U.S. dollars for the building of a museum on the bridge’s construction, monitoring posts and a comprehensive lighting system.
The lighting system was necessary to accentuate the giant bridge as a marine tourist landmark at night time, Huseini said.
After completion, the bridge would be managed like a toll road which the public could use by paying a fee which would be kept as low as possible as the bridge was not an investment but a public facility, he said.
Editor: Du Guodong
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/
June 16th, 2008
GONG penutup Festival Seni Surabaya (FSS) 2008 ditabuh tadi malam. Menutup parade kesenian selama dua pekan, 1-15 Juni, di Kompleks Balai Pemuda tersebut, tadi malam tampil Franky Sahilatua yang berkolaborasi dengan Salahuddin Wahid (Gus Sholah). Mengawali pergelaran pemungkas itu, tampil Wayang Bunga Lontar (Bunglon) yang dimainkan Arthur S. Nalan dari Bandung, Jabar.
Sejumlah pejabat menyaksikan acara pengujung FSS 2008 itu. Gubernur Imam Utomo yang tidak datang diwakili Kepala Dinas P dan K Jatim Rasiyo. Selain itu, hadir Konjen AS di Surabaya Caryn McClelland, Kapolwil Kombes Pol Anang Iskandar, Wawali Arif Afandi, Kepala Taman Budaya Jatim Pribadi Agus Santoso, dan Tjuk Sukiadi. Sejumlah seniman pun hadir.
Wayang Bunglon itu bertajuk Amuk Dhadhung Awuk. Kisahnya tentang seorang Dhadung Awuk yang diutus para dewa di kayangan untuk menyelamatkan bumi tirta dari penguasa yang merusak hutan.(ken/dos)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
June 16th, 2008
SURABAYA - Pria dan wanita itu tampak menawan dalam balutan busana pengantin. Si pria mengenakan setelan jas berwarna hitam dari bahan wool Italia. Di bagian dalam, kemeja katun berwarna putih memperindah tampilan jas pengantin tersebut. Tampilan jas rancangan Wong Hang
Si pengantin wanita tak kalah memukau. Dengan gaun bertema modern classic, gaun berbahan brokat Prancis tersebut dipercantik dengan taburan payet berwarna silver. Kemilau kristal Swarowsky sesekali menyembut. Gaun pengantin berpotongan semi-duyung tersebut berhias ekor 1,5 meter. Gaun cantik tersebut rancangan Camilia Sasongko.
Pengantin itu tidak sungguhan. Mereka adalah salah satu pertunjukan dalam perayaan ulang tahun ke-18 Sayogo Incorporated. Acara itu berlangsung di atrium lantai 1 The Empire Palace kemarin malam.
Selain peragaan busana pengantin tersebut. Ada pula pertunjukan tari ala Broadway. Yang tampil adalah delapan penari berkostum perpaduan warna hijau dan emas. Penampilan mereka dipercantik dengan sepasang sayap emas di bagian belakang dan mahkota bulu di kepala. Diiringi musik ala pop dance Amerika, mereka menarikan gerakan dengan rancak.
Pertunjukan tersebut diakhiri dengan para penari yang berpose dengan gerakan tangan menunjuk ke atas. Perayaan ulang tahun tersebut akan berlangsung selama delapan belas hari, dimulai kemarin hingga 29 Juni. Menurut General Affair Manager Sayogo Incorporated, Desy Kusuma, perayaan kali ini memiliki makna tersendiri. ”Perayaan ini mengenai citra 18 tahun Sayogo Enterprises bergelut di dunia entertainment,” ujar wanita berkacamata tersebut. (ken/sha/dos)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
June 13th, 2008
Xinhua
Jakarta, June 12 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Java Island of Indonesia Thursday, the meteorology agency said. No reports of damage or casualty have been reported. The quake occurred at 0519 GMT, officials said.
The epicentre of the quake was located at 154 km south-west of the Lumajang town in East Java province.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake zone called the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, where two continental plates meet and cause frequent volcanic movements.
Source: http://www.thaindian.com/
June 13th, 2008
SURABAYA - Berbagai jenis hewan bebas berkeliaran di arena Animal Expo 2008 kemarin (11/6). Anjing-anjing dan kucing lucu sampai monyet berparade dalam acara yang diadakan di Maspion Convention Centre (MCC) tersebut.
Khusus untuk ular dan iguana, ada sang pemilik yang turut membawa mereka berputar-putar di lokasi. Begitu rute habis, hewan-hewan itu dikembalikan ke kandang masing-masing.
Dibuka oleh Ketua Perhimpunan Kinologi Indonesia (Perkin) Sugiarto, pameran yang berlangsung mulai kemarin hingga 15 Juni mendatang tersebut diikuti 40 stan. Selain hewan darat, terdapat stan yang menampilkan ikan-ikan beraneka jenis dan beragam burung.
Di antara puluhan anjing yang dipamerkan, ada anjing ras Bali atau yang lebih dikenal dengan anjing Kintamani. ”Anjing itu merupakan satu-satunya anjing ras Indonesia yang sudah diakui Perkin,” kata Sentot Sarjono, pemilik anjing tersebut.
Sampai saat ini, anjing ras Bali masih bisa dipertahankan kelangsungannya. ”Sebenarnya, dulu ada anjing ras Tengger, tapi sepertinya sekarang sudah jarang,” ujar Sentot.
Selain bisa melihat hewan-hewan, pengunjung bisa berfoto bersama reptil. Selain ular, ada biawak Argentina. ”Mereka semua sudah jinak. Jadi, tidak perlu takut,” tegas Budi Wonosasmito, pemilik stan yang menyediakan fasilitas foto bareng reptil itu.
Animal Expo 2008 juga akan dimeriahkan berbagai perlombaan hewan. Di antaranya, ‘’slalom” anjing, balap ular, dan balap kura-kura. (jan/ayi)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
June 12th, 2008
DRILLING a gas well owned by an Indonesian minister and Australian mining giant Santos caused a mud volcano that flooded 600 hectares of East Java and left more than 30,000 people homeless, an international study has found.
The findings will increase pressure to fully compensate the victims. Thousands live in makeshift camps as the mudflow continues at a million barrels a day.
Although the well’s primary shareholder, Lapindo, owned by Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie, and Santos have agreed to pay limited compensation, Lapindo says this was a natural disaster caused by an earthquake 250 kilometres away more than two years ago. Earth scientists from Indonesia, Berkeley University, Durham University and Adelaide University reject that theory.
“We are more certain than ever that the mud volcano is an unnatural disaster and was triggered by drilling the Banjar-Panji-1 well,” said the study’s lead author, Durham University professor Richard Davies.
Berkeley professor Michael Manga said: “We have known for hundreds of years that earthquakes can trigger eruptions. In this case, the earthquake was too small and too far away.”
Analysis of Lapindo’s data revealed a huge leakage of fluid and mud into the drill well, which was not fitted with the required safety casing. The leaking pressurised fluid fractured surrounding rock, allowing the mud to spurt out of cracks rather than from the wellhead.
“There is not a hope on earth they are going to stop it now,” Dr Manga said. “You can plug up a hole, but if you try to plug a crack, stuff just flows around the plug or the crack gets bigger.”
A Santos spokesman declined to comment on the report, but said the company had paid nearly $30 million in compensation and made provision for another $67 million.
Lapindo has agreed to pay more than $400 million to victims.
MARK FORBES
Source: http://www.theage.com.au/
June 11th, 2008
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