Culture

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 03, 2015 • 1 min read

Aerial photography A region in view

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Jul 03, 2015
Google Earth celebrated its tenth birthday by uploading some fantastic ariel shots of the planet, including this selection from Southeast Asia

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 17, 2015 • 6 min read

Vietnam's Trap DJs No country for old men: trap music in Ho Chi Minh City

By Logan Connor • Jun 17, 2015
Named after drug dens in the United States’ dirty south, trap music is one of the region’s more unlikely musical imports. But the youth of Ho Chi Minh City are hoisting on high-tops, slipping on snapbacks and embracing the genre

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2015 • 3 min read

Singer Top five: Pop-tastic songbirds

By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Mar 26, 2015
Southeast Asian songstresses are doing the region proud

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 24, 2015 • 3 min read

Rites of our ancestors

By Agung Parameswara • Mar 24, 2015
The animist beliefs of Marapu are a basis for guidance, cultural identity and social values on the Indonesian isle of Sumba

Culture • Feb 26, 2015 • 3 min read
Poetry

"Have I become stateless?"

The latest part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry – this month verse from Myanmar
By Nathan A. Thompson • Feb 26, 2015

Culture • Feb 20, 2015 • 4 min read
Indonesia

On a wind and a prayer

As part of his modern re-telling of Sindbad the Sailor, photographer Beat Presser boarded traditional pinisi cargo boats
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 20, 2015

Culture • Nov 21, 2014 • 1 min read
Photography

Image nation

From its people to its palaces, its rituals to its stunning natural beauty, Myanmar is a land of mystery and intrigue. Photographer Nathan Horton offers budding shutterbugs some insider tips for documenting their travels using a selection of his favourite frames from the Land of Golden Pagodas
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Nov 21, 2014

Culture • Nov 01, 2014 • 7 min read
Vietnam

Time to eat dog!

The taste for dog meat has long been a contentious issue for outsiders. But now the battle has been taken up
By Amanda Saxton • Nov 01, 2014

Culture • Sep 08, 2014 • 3 min read

Bring up the bodies

Decades of expertise and exquisite attention to detail are the hallmarks of the Chiang Mai Doll Making Centre and Museum, which is also home to the region’s largest and most diverse doll collection
By James McDonald • Sep 08, 2014

Culture • Jul 16, 2014 • 3 min read
Poetry

“Even in sorrow, you never surrender”

The ninth part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry
By Nathan A. Thompson • Jul 16, 2014

Culture • Jun 25, 2014 • 9 min read
Interview

In the firing line: Roland Neveu

Over the past 40 years, a select handful of photographers have become synonymous with Southeast Asia. Roland Neveu’s work in the region has ensured his name is included in that pantheon. Southeast Asia Globe is delighted to present Neveu’s key works, as chosen and described by the man himself
By Dene Mullen • Jun 25, 2014