Grand Merriment at Grand Hyatt Jakarta
Festive Holiday Celebration and New Year’s Eve Soiree Discover the wonder and merriment of the festive season at Grand Hyatt...
Christmas
Magical Christmas Land at Hotel Borobudur Jakarta
Holly Jolly Christmas! Hotel Borobudur Jakarta presents a holiday season inspired by the elves that are renowned as Santa Claus’...
A Laidback Festive Season at Hyatt Regency Bali
Relaxing Christmas and New Year celebrations at Hyatt Regency Bali The festive season is the happiest time of the year,...
Festive Season at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta
Jingle those bells and come together with those that you hold dear. Welcome in a wonderful new year with full...
Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta Presents a Heavenly Christmas Festive Celebration
Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta invites guests to celebrate the joy of the miraculous Christmas season throughout December 2019. Guests can experience...
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Christmas 1991 was my first in Indonesia and the first of my life outside England. I had not given any...
Call for Tolerance after Threat against Companies Forcing Muslim Staff to Wear Christmas Garb
Following a threat by Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to raid companies forcing Muslims to wear Christmas attire, the police have...
Indonesian Muslim Wishes You A ‘Merry Christmas’ Through His Name
In the wake of the debates surrounding religious arrogance in the archipelago, one local Muslim man suggests that all Indonesians...
MUI Issues Fatwa Banning Muslims Partaking in Christmas Festivities
On Wednesday, December 14, the nation?s independent clerical body, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims partaking...
Reason for the Seasons: A Portrait of Indonesian Spirituality
Travelling throughout Indonesia, religious affiliation is a question I’m frequently asked. My forename gives away my Christian background. Lately, I...
Coincidental Christmas
As I write this I am sitting on a Cebu Pacific flight back from Manila, Philippines, having just attended...
Never Mind the Trees
Here we are in January again, avoiding eye contact with our New Year’s resolutions and drinking normally despite a rueful...
Joyful Holiday Offers to Celebrate Christmas and New Year’ Eve
JAKARTA MERCURE Jakarta Simatupang Add some sparkles into your holiday season with special offers from MERCURE Jakarta Simatupang Hotel. We...
What the Dickens Do I Know About Christmas?
It’s hard to get excited about Christmas when words like “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” make me want to...
Ghosts of Christmas Delights
To evoke the Christmas feeling, some expats and locals who migrated to Bali talk about their Christmas traditions, and the...
The Last Laugh on Us
Every year at Christmas many of us look back misty-eyed at the year that is almost over and ask ourselves...
The Last Laugh on Us
Every year at Christmas many of us look back misty-eyed at the year that is almost over and ask ourselves...
Getting into the Holiday Spirit
The festive season is upon us, and what better time to channel your creativity and be inventive with cocktails and...
Good Tidings from Java-The Spirit of Sendang Sono
Many Catholics find Sendang Sono a great place to draw closer to God and strengthen their faith. And for non-Catholics...
Brendan O’Donnell: Bali Community Choir Director
Brendan conducted two Melbourne-based ?SING AUSTRALIA? choirs before moving to Bali. He has lived in Bali since 2008. In 2009,...
The Battle of the Beer
It was Christmas Eve 1984, and, just like I did every year in those days, I was running around the...