18. Bringing Dangdut to Melbourne with Michael HB Raditya and Yarra Irama
33 Menit
1 Oktober 2024
How much do you know about dangdut? It’s not just a genre; it has become an important symbol of Indonesian identity.
Since being given the name in the ‘70s and its peak in the ‘90s, dangdut has become one of the many faces of Indonesian pop culture. Has time now come for them to take on the world?
Michael HB Raditya – founder of the Dangdut Studies centre and current PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne – joins Billy Adison Aditijanto on The Perantau Podcast to share his journey of bringing dangdut to Melbourne.
On this episode, he shares his thoughts on dangdut as a cultural marker and what it means to him, the story behind Yarra Irama, and dangdut’s significance as a cultural ambassador for Indonesia on the world stage.
This episode is predominantly delivered in Bahasa Indonesia. A transcript is available online.
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*Editorial Note: On 28:20, we would like to correct that Via Valen and her song "Meraih Bintang" was the official theme song for the 2018 Asian Games and not the SEA Games. We apologise for that error.
