Bahasa’s Appeal Down Under

July 31, 2001

When a group of Australian students performed a Sundanese dance the special West Javanese costumes they wore was contrasted with the white of their skin. Applause filled the room when the dance came to a conclusion.  Not far away a pencak silat (Indonesian martial arts) exhibition was taking place.  This was all part of the Sixth Conference of the Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE), an organization of Indonesian

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