Cultural similarities at the confines of the Indonesian archipelago
Bali, a dream destination, a harbour of quietude bathed by the Indian Ocean, at the confines of
Indonesia, at the southern boundaries of the large Java, is a vivid window of Eastern culture. Attracted by its charms, amateurs of surfing, expatriation or rest regularly colonize the beaches of [...]
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The script of the Balinese gods
Posted in Communication in Asia, Culture and traditions on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Chinese writing basics.
Posted in Communication in Asia, tagged Asia, China, Chinese, chinese writing, communication, ideogram, ideograph, language, Logogram, orientalism, pictogram, pictograph, sinogram on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An easy and universal script!
This is of course a joke! Learning the Chinese writing is extremely challenging. Without this major
difficulty, it could however be universal. By using ideograms (1) drawn without reference to an alphabet of sounds, communication is freed from the constraints of the spoken language. The graphics are representing objects and concepts in [...]
