Chinese ‘Time Tunnel’
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
An exhibition of traditional Chinese furniture on show at Bentara Budaya Cultural House in Jakarta.
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VISITING a Chinese house means becoming a guest of the whole clan, including their ancestors. Entering the main exhibition room visitors are welcomed by an altar. “The altar is part of our ritual and our way of honoring guests,” Victor Chandrawira of Indonesian Heritage Society Cultural Liaison writes in the exhibition’s catalogue. On top of the table usually there are pictures of kongco and makco—the great grandfather and great grandmoth
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