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Keyword Identity: Is It Meaningful for People To Organize By Keywords?

Is it meaningful for people to organize by keywords?  I was recently invited to join:
http://www.myspace.com/indonesianet
I didn’t feel like I had very much in common with the folks who’s profiles I perused and was most likely found by doing a keyword search.  I feel part Indonesian biologically, but not culturally. Indonesia is part of my biological [...]

With Soft Gamelan Tones She Moved So Eloquently and Beautifully Through the House

When I was small, my mother used to be a Balinese dance teacher. She can no longer dance now (due to some problems with her back) and can oft times be found simply sleeping or tending to her cats. Dancing was the one way that she was able to integrate her culture, her mind [...]

The Putu Man

I used to live in Indonesia in s small village called Gunung Sari. Everyday in the early evening, the putu man would come walking along a path that came near our house…

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