Thousands of Indigenous Australians have come to this camping ground of Woodford, a small town in Queensland, Australia, for a festival called The Dreaming Festival. During three days and three night of the long weekend of June every year, they have come to celebrate the event.

The Festival has brought more than 850 artists from various disciplines together. Be it dance, music comedy, film, theatre, painting, and craft. It sounds so different but yet everyone is presenting indigenous art from Australia and all parts of the world. The festival has several stages with tight schedule. Some of the performances are done in the woods and bushes inside 200 hectares camping ground. The concept is quite similar with Woodstock Festival in Woodstock, New York. Only, it offers more than just music.

During the festival, famous dance groups from all over Australia and other parts of the world perform here. Groups such as Djilpin, Doonooch, Rikina Inma, Miwatj, Jtanpi are well-known for they often represent Aborigine culture around the world. Djilpin is a group from Wugularr (Beswick), Northern Territory, about 420 kilometers from Darwin, close to Nitimiluk National Park. Djilpin presents a dance routine called “The Black Crow and Sugarbag Fly”. Miwatj, group that consists of dancers from Yolngu clan of Arnhem Land Northern Territory also takes part in this festival. Besides performing, these groups give dance workshop. Visitors love to get dancing lesson from them.

VR photography, or virtual reality photography, is a technique which allows the interactive viewing of wide angle panoramic photographs. A VR Photograph is generally a wide photographic image encompassing a 360° circle, and can encompass an entire spherical view. VR photography is the art of capturing or creating a complete scene as a single image, as viewed when rotating about a single central position. Normally created by stitching together a number of photographs taken in a multi-row 360 degree rotation; the complete image can also be a totally computer generated effect, or a composite of real word photography and computer generated objects.

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VR photography, or virtual reality photography, is a technique which allows the interactive viewing of wide angle panoramic photographs. A VR Photograph is generally a wide photographic image encompassing a 360° circle, and can encompass an entire spherical view. VR photography is the art of capturing or creating a complete scene as a single image, as viewed when rotating about a single central position. Normally created by stitching together a number of photographs taken in a multi-row 360 degree rotation; the complete image can also be a totally computer generated effect, or a composite of real word photography and computer generated objects.

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Indonesia is in a zone known as the Pacific “ring of fire“, which is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity. On Saturday morning, 27 Mei 2006, when An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java and East Java provinces. About 3000 people are thought to have been killed and more than 10,000 injured. Since it first hit, more than 75 tremors has been recorded. The quake hit at 0554 local time (2253 GMT Friday), around 25km (15 miles) south of the city of Yogyakarta.

Cheng Ho atau Zheng He dikenal sebagai pemimpin yang handal, cerdik, arif dan mahir dalam ilmu pelayaran, juga pemeluk agama yang tekun. Hal tersebut menyebabkan Cheng Ho dipilih menjadi pemimpin dalam Misi Perdamaian, membuka jalur baru yang sangat diperlukan demi melancarkan perdagangan, menjalin hubungan diplomasi persahabatan, dan tukar menukar kemajuan teknologi kepada negara-negara tetangga, termasuk negara-negara Islam yang ada di semenanjung lautan Hindia.

Misi perdamaian Cheng Ho berangkat pada bulan Juli 1405, 600 tahun yang silam, dengan terdiri lebih dari 200 armada. Misi Perdamaian ini juga singgah di Bukit Simongan Semarang. Cheng ho kemudian mendapat gelar Sam Poo Tay Djien* dan untuk menghormatinya didirikan tempat ibadah – Klenteng Gedung Batu – yang juga disebut Sam Poo Kong. Selama beratus-ratus tahun, Klenteng Sam Poo Kong telah menjadi tempat tujuan wisatawan dan peziarah dari seluruh dunia untuk memperingati Laksamana Cheng Ho. Perayaan 600 tahun pelayaran legendaris menjelajah lautan oleh Laksamana Cheng Ho dirayakan oleh negara-negara yang pernah disinggahi oleh Cheng Ho. Indonesia juga turut serta memeriahkan perayaan ini dengan menyelenggarakan berbagai macam kegiatan menarik yang dipusatkan di Semarang.

* Para pakar sejarah menganggap fakta keberadaan Cheng Ho ke Semarang lemah.

The Baduy (or Badui), who call themselves Kanekes, are a traditional community living in the western part of the Indonesian province of Banten, near Rangkasbitung. Their population of between 5,000 and 8,000 is centered in the Kendeng mountains at an elevation of 300-500 meters (975′-1,625′) above sea level. Their homeland in Banten, Java is contained in just 50 km² (20 sq. miles) of hilly forest. Members of the Baduy tribe safeguard their traditional ways of life by resisting any form of modernity. They obey the entire set of custom, including traditional prohibitions. Among others, prohibitions include smoking, committing crimes like fighting and killing, divorce and traveling by transportation. Otherwise, that rule doesn’t make three teenagers to give up for adding their experiences in Jakarta, Sanip (26), Zakri (26) and Sarip (32). They had to go on foot, and passed 14 rivers, 67 villages, and 2 railway stations. They walked to Jakarta, Indonesia’ capital’s city, during three days, about 200 kilometers down the road. Surely, walk barefoot. (Ahmad Zamroni for National Geographic Indonesia Magazine)