Wednesday Rojak #56 – The Papercraft edition
Remember that paper model of Angkor Wat? In this week’s rojak, find out how you can make a paper model of a Buddha from Borobudur! The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the...
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This week in rojak we take you on a virtual tour of Angkor and a Jesuit House and see how archaeology is very much like science fiction. photo credit: abbeyman2002 Knight Carl visits the Jesuit House...
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #58
This week’s edition of Rojak has a Cambodian focus featuring replica temples, the Angkor National Museum, and the latest in Cambodian Studies. photo credit: saumilshah Veron visits Siem Reap and posts...
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This week, we step into an ancient boat (at least, a reconstruction of one), mull over small brains and tools, and figure out a contested temple’s role in politics. This and more in today’s edition of...
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #62 – The Digital Recreation edition
In this edition of rojak, we feature not one, but two digital recreations of ancient sites in Cambodia, along with other interesting things picked up from the web on the archaeology of Southeast Asia....
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #63
Been a pretty busy last few weeks, hence my lack of regular posts and rojaks. This week’s edition links to images of the Bujang Valley, a visit to Kampong Cham and the history of the Hobbit. photo...
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #64 – The stolen and fading traditions edition
This week’s rojak features the dying tradition of gong tuning in Vietnam, and a case of stolen tradition in a spat between Indonesia and Malaysia. And a special treat for those who missed the Hobbit...
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #65 – The Malaysian edition
We’ve got a lot a stories from Malaysia in this week’s edition of Rojak – from the World Heritage Sites of Malacca and Georgetown, to the fates of some of the orang asli (aborigines) and the aftermath...
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #66
Catching up on a month’s worth of rojak, so some of the stories may be a little dated. Today’s assortment takes us to the ongoing culture war between Malaysia and Indonesia, the origin of the Komodo...
View ArticleWednesday Rojak #67: The Diwali Edition
Hindus around the world celebrate the Festival of Lights, or Diwali, over the past weekend, and so we have a couple of Hindu-Indian themed posts in this week’s edition of Rojak. photo credit: magiceye...
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