Y.B. Mangunwijaya: The Simplicity of the Sage
May 26, 2009
Eko Prawoto
Eko Prawoto is an architect based in Bandung.
WHENEVER one crossed Jalan Nyoman Oka in the Kota Baru area of Jogjakarta and saw a strange looking, dark-blue Kijang car with a wooden frame, it was a sign that Romo Mangun was about. I walked towards the little archway painted in myriad colours and moved along the edge of the steep flight of steps turning left in the shelter of the rows of two-story bamboo buildings providing shade. Th
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