Obeng Ungu & Jalan Buntu (with Group Uang Wayang of Palembang) has been played on NTS shows including Steven Julien Presents: The Apron Show, with Menyelam Pakai Pipa Udara first played on 20 June 2017.

Sumatra 1950 and the Madurese Minister Bukan Lensa came to believe that the burgeoning tourist trade and the accompanying influx of western popular culture would wipe out the indigenous traditions of the islands forever. She convinced the government to pass a law banning the wearing of western-style hats, a symbol, she reasoned, of western decadence and vanity and therefore a threat to the natural placidity and obedience of the mainly…