Fadila Rahmatika recently travelled from Ponorogo, East Java, to Bukit Pasir to share her expertise as a ‘mak andam’.

With more than 20 years of experience, Fadila Rahmatika, 40, felt a deep calling to revive the authenticity of Javanese ...

Dedicated to preserving the essence of Javanese wedding customs, a mak andam (bridal make-up artist) from Indonesia embarked on a journey of over 1,500km from Ponorogo, East Java, to Malaysia to ...

MORE people speak Javanese than Malay, Burmese or even Thai. Indeed, 95 million people, or fully 40% of Indonesia’s 265 million strong population, are Javanese speakers. However, Javanese is not ...

The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as the Cosmological Axis, a cradle of Javanese culture. Borobudur temple ...

“Most Javanese-style weddings in this country have been blended with modern concepts, which has diluted their authenticity,” she said. Elly had reached out to Fadila through social media to bring her ...