1/18/2012 Southeast Asia Tidbits #1Hello everyone! Southeast Asian Studies Society (SEASS) is launching a new series of blog posts called Southeast Asia's Tidbits on anything that is related and to do with Southeast Asia. It can be a photo with a short caption or a feature article on something you want to talk about. Nothing formal, as long as you have something that you want to share with other people who are interested in Southeast Asia just like you! Today, we would like to address the issue of tourism. In the video embedded below, Charlie Chaplin and his brother, Sidney Chaplin, visited Java with places such as Bali, Bandung and Surabaya. There, they saw many bare-breasted women, dances they have never seen before, spices which they have yet to taste and the mostly untouched and hidden treasures of culture we will hardly see today. Do you think that tourism or the implicit foreign influence through tourism will destroy the culture of such people, say their customs and traditions? We await for your tidbits on this topic! 1/1/2012 Happy New Year!Hey all,
How was the break? We know, we know, it ended too soon. But at least we have the 3-month break after this semester to look forward to! Kidding! (; This semester will hopefully be better than the last, what's more, with even more exciting activities lined-up for you, and the Southeast Asian Studies modules to take (Thai Drawing, Javanese Gamelan or Culture & Power, anyone?). We welcome everyone back to school & we hope all of you will have a fun fun time! We will be posting up our upcoming activities here soon, so do look out for it! Happy new year and have a brilliant semester! Cheers! NUS Southeast Asian Studies team |
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