JAKARTA: “Daasshh!” Mr Zakaria, a 90-year-old Indonesian pencak silat master exclaimed as he kicked his right leg high into the air, showing off his martial art skills. Mr Zakaria, who goes by one ...

The Indonesian embassy in Doha, in collaboration with Qatar Museums, Qatar Foundation and with the support of the Indonesian Community Association in Qatar (Permiqa) as well as the ministry of ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pencak Silat martial art has been identified as the world’s cultural heritage during UNESCO’s 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible ...

The Victorian pencak silat championship returned to Melbourne with 64 athletes from 11 schools. More than just a competition, ...

raditional Indonesian martial art pencak silat was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Bogota, Colombia, on Thursday local time. The announcement ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hilmar Farid, the Director-General of the Education and Culture Ministry’s Directorate of Culture, explained why UNESCO recognized pencak silat as an intangible cultural heritage ...

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SINGAPORE – The 20th World Pencak Silat Championships and 5th World Junior Pencak Silat Championships, originally scheduled for Dec 27-31 at the OCBC Arena, have been cancelled, according to the sport ...

Dubai is set to witness an unparalleled martial art spectacle this November as the 7th Asian Pencak Silat Championship and the 1st Middle East Open Pencak Silat Championship takes centre stage at ...

When Raja Das is not practising his Pencak Silat skills, the 33-year-old helps his father supply ice to local blood banks in Kolkata. His father has worked for decades as a street hawker and Raja has ...