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Expositie Aziatische mode (Exposition of Asian fashion)

Exposition of Asian fashion

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Java-Bode, 8 February 1957, p. 2: report on an exposition of national costumes and music by Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asian women's organisations at the Plaza Hotel, New York; Indonesian participants included Sukanti Surjotjondro, Nelly Kawilarang and Sulami Sujud. A second snippet about a clandestine bank on Bangka is unrelated. 'Sulami Sujud' is not the Gerwani leader Sulami.

Java-Bode, 8 Februari 1957, hlm. 2: laporan pameran busana dan musik nasional oleh organisasi perempuan Pan-Pasifik dan Asia Tenggara di Plaza Hotel, New York; peserta Indonesia antara lain Sukanti Surjotjondro, Nelly Kawilarang dan Sulami Sujud. Berita kedua tentang bank gelap di Bangka tidak terkait. 'Sulami Sujud' bukan Sulami tokoh Gerwani.

People

Sukanti SurjotjondroNelly KawilarangWinarti PartodiningratLelly Sjahriah AbdurrachmanSulami Sujud

Places

New YorkIndonesiaJapanKoreaVietnamPhilippinesChina

Topics

art, literature and musicUSA and UK

Tags

exhibition

Details

Date
1957-02-08
Creator
Java-Bode
Publication
Java-Bode
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Java-Bode (1957-02-08) - Expositie Aziatische mode [Delpher ddd-010861577-a0074].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.8) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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