Don Mueang is the smaller of the two international airports in the Thai capital Bangkok, it is one of the oldest commercial airports in the world. This airport guide provides information about facilities in the terminals, public transport, accommodation options on…
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Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous state and third largest democracy, a country of potentially increasing importance. It is also the world’s most populous Muslim country and strategically important with its proximity to the Malacca Strait, where 75 percent…
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India is the world’s largest film nation. Up to 15 million cinema tickets are sold every day to the country’s 20,000 cinemas. Production is also high, with up to 1000 films a year. Already in 1896, the Lumière brothers’ assistant…
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Airport address: Suvarnabhumi Airport, 99 Bangna-Trad Road, KM 15, Moo 10 Tumbon Rachathewa Sub-distric, Bangphli District, Samut Prakam Province 10540 Current: Suvarnabhum Airport (Bangkok) is to have a second terminal by 2021. This is to be connected to Terminal 1 and…
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Indonesia’s contemporary history is the time after 1998, when Ibrahim Suharto’s authoritarian regime came to an end and a more democratic government was introduced. Suharto had ruled the country since 1968. In 1999, the first free elections since 1955 were…
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It is not possible to draw boundaries between the religious, classical and popular in Indian dance. The classical forms of dance are closely associated with Hinduism, and popular elements are found in classical traditions, for example, in the ras-purple dancing…
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The Indian Constitution states that no religion should be favored by the state. The two dominant religions in the country are Hinduism and Islam. Both include a myriad of different directions. The great Hindu party, Kumbh-mela, is celebrated every three…
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In 1891, fossil remains were found on Java by an early member of the human family (Hominidae). These hominids were originally attributed to their own genus Pithecanthropus and popularly called Javanese . Today, all finds of Java fossil human species…
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The theater culture in India is among the oldest in the world and is basically multicultural in the sense that it has spread over large areas both linguistically and geographically within the area that has become the nation of India….
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Linguistically, India can be divided into two areas: the Dravidian continuum in southern India (the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu ) and the Indo-Indian continuum, which includes the rest of India as well as Pakistan east…
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