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A Little about Indonesia with some photos of Indonesian Kids!
Thursday, August 20th, 2009I learned this week that Indonesia has tens of thousands of islands. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Indonesia has 13,670 islands, over half of which are inhabited. Wikipedia puts the number over 17,000. The truth is that the number of islands continuously changes due to seismic activity in the area.
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, after China, India and then the US.
Here’s a photo taken by Marlina Efrida of some Indonesian kids. What I love about this photo is that it shows how children are alike all over the world. Our kids love to make faces and signs when they have their photos taken too!
Here’s another lovely photo from Indonesia by Marlina…
If you’d like to share any photos from your country, feel free to email me.
Many thanks to Marlina Efrida for sharing her photos and to Lin Fdln and Dedy Subandowo for telling me about Indonesian life!
Come visit the Mama Lisa’s World Indonesia pages for Indonesian kids songs.
Cheers!
Mama Lisa
Independence Day in Indonesia with a Song and YouTube Video
Monday, August 17th, 2009August 17th is Independence Day in Indonesia. Lin Fdln sent me this song called “Hallo Hallo Bandung” that’s sung in Indonesia for the holiday. Here’s what Lin wrote to me, followed by the lyrics to the song, an English translation and a YouTube video…
This is a song from the revolutionary period, when Indonesia fought for freedom and sovereignty. (Independence was declared on August 17, 1945 – before that the Netherlands had ruled Indonesia.)
Bandung is the capital city of Priangan Province/State (now West Java). It was the second largest city in Indonesia at that time.
All Indonesian kids know and can sing this song, since it is taught in every elementary school. Especially in August (the Indonesian anniversary), this is one of the many independence theme songs we love to hear and sing.
Hallo Hallo Bandung
By Ismail MarzukiHallo hallo Bandung
Ibukota Periangan
Hallo hallo Bandung
Kota kenang-kenangan
Sudah lama beta
Tidak berjumpa dengan kau
Sekarang telah menjadi lautan api
Mari bung rebut kembaliEnglish Translation:
Hallo Hallo Bandung
(Indonesian)Hallo hallo Bandung
Capital city of Priangan
Hallo hallo Bandung
City of many memories
It’s been so long
Since I met you
Now burning like a sea of fire
Let’s go take Bandung back.Sincerely,
Lin Fdln
Many thanks to Lin for sharing this song with us! Happy Independence Day!
Mama Lisa
Cassava Root Vegetable Chips – Yummy… They’re like Potato Chips.. but lighter and better!
Friday, March 6th, 2009Joseph Banks Cassava Root Chips are an exotic and relatively healthy snack. Most important – they’re delicious!
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll tell you straight out, these chips are sold by my friend’s company. Also, I’m eating them right now and I’m going to have a hard time keeping myself from polishing them off before I’m done with this article – so it’s a race against the clock. Finally, I must reveal that my husband is going to be very annoyed with me for finishing our supply. He’s been begging me to let him have more, but I kept telling him to wait till I was done writing about them, since I needed samples for the post!
These chips are made from the cassava root (which is also known as yucca).
Cassava was first made known to Europeans by Sir Joseph Bank. He was a Victorian botanist who sailed the south seas in 1768 with Captain Cook. On the voyage he discovered a rich abundance of exotic plants, and the cassava root.
Tapioca also comes from cassava. You may have seen this root in the store. (Note to cooks: cassava cannot be eaten raw. Raw cassava is toxic.)
Cassava is eaten all over the world.
The variety of cassava used to make the Joseph Banks chips is grown on the fertile volcanic highlands of Java in Indonesia.
We sampled each of the 4 flavors the chips come in. The chip itself is basically like a lighter, less greasy potato chip. I’ll try to describe what each flavor tastes like.
Original Sea Salt Flavor – These taste somewhat like normal chips – though they’re seasoned with a very light spice flavor. These were my daughter’s favorite.
Roasted Tomato – A light tomato-like flavor.
Cracked Pepper – These have a light peppery flavor with a slight sweet hint. These are my favorite.
Chilli and Kaffir Lime – These chips have a light tomato taste and are a little spicy hot (too much so for my 7 year old daughter). These are my husband’s favorites – he loves spicy food!
Joseph Banks Cassava Root Chips are all lactose free, gluten free and contain no trans fats.
You can buy these chips at specialty stores like Food Emporium & D’Agostinos.
Now that the sampling is done, and almost all the chips are gone, I’d better go out to the store and buy more of these for my husband – or there will be a fight tonight! He loves them!
Enjoy!
-Mama Lisa
Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009We’d love it if you’d join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you’d like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and Music…
Click on the icon below to access the group. If you have a Facebook account already, you just need to click on “Join the Group” to join. If you’re not a member, you simply have to sign up for free to become a member and then you can join the Mama Lisa Group…
Looking forward to seeing you in Facebook!
Mama Lisa
Can Someone Help with the Indonesian Song “Bengawan Solo”?
Friday, October 24th, 2008Gerard wrote:
Hi!
Is there somebody who can tell us the beautiful words in the Indonesian language of the song Bengawan Solo?
Thanks a lot.
Have a nice day. GerardIf anyone can help with these lyrics, and/or an English translation, please let us know in the comments below.
Thanks in advance!
Lisa
Can Someone Help with the Lyrics to an Indonesian Poem?
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Saira wrote me:
Dear Lisa
I hope you are well. Please could you send me the lyrics for the traditional Indonesian poem si anak katak di pinggir kaali…
I used to sing this as a child when I lived in Jakarta during my childhood. I only remember the first few lines now but I would love to get hold of the whole poem.
I shall be grateful if you could help me with this.
Many Thanks
Best Regards,
SairaIf anyone can help Saira, please comment below or email me.
Thanks!
-Mama Lisa
Can Anyone Help with an Indonesian Folk Song?
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Elyn wrote:
Dear Mama Lisa,
I am running an AngKlung Ensemble in our Church in Singapore, we wanted to play the Indonesia Folk Song De Sini Senang but are unable to find the score. Appreciate it if I can obtain a copy from you. The score can be in chord.
Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
Cheers
Elyn Lim
SingaporeIf anyone can help Elyn out, and possibly even send me the words to De Sini Senang with a translation (I’d love to post it), that’d be great! Please comment below or email me if you can help. Thanks!
-Mama Lisa
Can Anyone Help with an Bahasa Indonesian Translation of a Little Song Called “Cat’s Head”?
Sunday, March 18th, 2007We have a special circumstance where we’re looking for a Bahasa Indonesian translation of a song called Cat’s Head. The song is originally Dutch. We were able to get an English translation of it. If anyone can translate it into Bahasa Indonesian from either language, we would greatly appreciate it. Both versions are below:
Cat’s Head
(English)It was the birthday of the cat’s head.
His little legs were celebrating
His little tail could not join the party,
It recently has been ill,
He just came out of the hospital
And he has such a pain in his throat
All the dancing and jumping
Is too much for him.Kat Kop
(Dutch)De kop van de kat was jarig
zijn pootjes vierden feest
het staartje kon niet meedoen
dat is pas ziek geweest
het kwam pas uit het zieken huis
en had zo’n pijn in z’n keel
en al dat dansen en dat springen
dat was hem veel te veel.If you’re able to provide a translation, please comment below or email me.
Thanks in advance for your help!
-Lisa
How to Find Sheet Music, Tunes and MP3’s on Mama Lisa’s World
Saturday, January 6th, 2007In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa’s World. Mama Lisa’s World is a large collection of children’s songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe.
Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa’s World:
Hey Mama,
I love the concept of your site. It’s been exciting to watch it grow. My only frustration is not being able to find either written (preferably) or audio music to accompany the lyrics. How do I find the tunes for all these great lyrics?
Matt
Music Teacher, Rhode Island, USAHere’s what I wrote back, I’m sharing it with you, in case it helps you too…
Hey Matt,
Thanks for writing!
We’ve just added basic sheet music to a lot of songs on the Germany, France, Hungary, Spain and Mexico pages – plus many others.
We’re now in the process of converting the whole site to a database. We’re halfway through. Hopefully by the summer we’ll have a feature that will let you do a search on songs that have sheet music, midis or mp3’s. Midis play the tune of a song. MP3’s are recordings – usually of someone singing the song.
But for now, the songs on the countries that are in the database are working on a simple system. On the country pages they have symbols next to the song if they have special features. Here’s the key…
KEY TO SYMBOLS
– this song has sheet music
Midi – this song has a Midi tune
MP3 – this song has an MP3 recording
– this song has a Video recording
If there’s anything in particular you’re looking for, you’re welcome to ask – in case I know if we have it or not – I may be able to guide you to the right place to find what you’re looking for.
And, of course, we’re always looking for more sheet music, midi’s and mp3’s, so if you’d like to contribute any from your culture, we’d be thrilled!
I hope this helps!
Mama Lisa
Free Online Language Dictionaries
Friday, December 22nd, 2006While I have this link at hand, I’d like to recommend www.freedict.com. It’s a site devoted to free online language dictionaries. You can translate between English and the following languages:
Afrikaans
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Latin
Norwegian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
SwedishI find that it can usually succeed at translating the words I need.
Feel free to recommend other language dictionaries that you like in the comments below.
-Lisa
Happy Here, A Song from Indonesia with an MP3 Recording
Monday, December 18th, 2006Here’s a cheerful children’s song from Indonesia. It’s in Indonesian, followed by an English translation. You can hear it sung by clicking on the mp3 recording.
MP3 of Di sini senang – Happy Here
Di sini senang
(Indonesia)Di sini senang
Di sana senang
Di mana mana hatiku senang
Di sini senang
Di sana senang
Di mana mana hatiku senang
La la la la…Happy Here
(English)Happy here,
Happy there,
I am happy everywhere.
Happy here,
Happy there,
I am happy everywhere.
La la la la…
Mama Lisa’s World News and Multimedia Features
Thursday, November 30th, 2006A significant part of the Mama Lisa sites is a large collection of songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. We currently have about 750 songs from around 90 countries and cultures.
When you consider how many languages there are in those cultures – that’s a lot of information! In order to make it easier to access all of the songs, we are in the process of converting the sites to a database. The database allow our visitors to search for songs on the site by language, by songs with sheet music, recordings, etc.
While we’re putting the songs into the database, we’re trying to obtain as much information as possible about each song. So if we can find the tune, we’ll include a midi tune and sheet music. If we find a recording of the song on the internet, we’ll provide a link to the recording. Sometimes we’ll make a recording ourselves. Anything we can do to help you know everything possible about that song.
If you happen to see any songs on the site that are missing a tune or recording and you know it, we’d be very pleased if you could help us get the tune. We’re able to make midis from sheet music, if that’s what you can send. We’re also happy to post recordings if you’d like to sing the song, play it on an instrument, or even hum it. Really, anything to help others get an idea how to sing or play the song.
Once the database is complete Mama Lisa’s World will have 98 countries and cultures and over 850 songs. How great is that!
-Lisa
UPDATE: The Database is now complete! We have 100 countries and cultures. We’re now working on a Spanish version of Mama Lisa’s World which will feature children’s songs, folks songs and nursery rhymes from around the world with Spanish translations.
A Malaysian or Indonesian Song Sung by a Little Girl on a Video
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Carole wrote me yesterday from Canada, asking about a Malaysian or Indonesian song that you can hear on the video at the link below. The little girl in the video looks super cute singing…
Dear Mama Lisa,
Congratulations for your wonderful site.
Since you seem to know some people from Indonesia, I thought maybe you could help me with this question:
Who is the little girl singing in this video clip…
Do you know what she is singing? The name of the song, the artist, and what does it mean?
I am from Montréal, Canada, and since I posted that video on my website, a lot of people have been asking who she is, what is she singing, what are the words in English to this song? or in French? She is a wonderful little girl, charming the whole world (Canada, USA, Europe, Brasil, etc…).
We all want to know :-)
Can you help us ?
Have a good day, and continue this nice work you are doing, it is very interesting.
Carole
If anyone can help answer any of these questions, please comment below.
Thanks!
Lisa
Come visit the Mama Lisa’s World Indonesia Page for Indonesian Children’s Songs and Mama Lisa’s World Malaysia Page for Malaysian Children’s Songs.
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