This talk examines recent love songs in the popular music of the Toraja region of Eastern Indonesia. For some Toraja critics, romantic love songs raise fears of cultural loss, as they suggest alternatives to the traditional valorization of familial love and performance of duties dictated by family and caste obligations. Indeed, some of these songs suggest a critique of arranged marriage, a key institution in the region’s traditional exchange-based economy.

The relationship between the United States and Vietnam is significant in its

Abstract:
Ikema is an endangered dialect of Southern Ryukyuan spoken on Miyakojima Island, Japan. The community is deeply concerned that the younger generation is not acquiring Ikema and has imaginatively tackled this problem by, among things, creating a vernacular musical titled Nishihara Muradate ‘The making of the Nishihara village’. The musical, depicting the migration to Nishihara from their ancestral island, was filmed and made into a DVD.

Directed by Teng Hua-Tao

Mainland China's first all-out ghost movie telling the spooky tale of an ill-fated ethereal love-triangle.

**There is also another viewing of this film at 9:00PM**

Directed by Chan-Woon Park and Chan-Kyong Park

From the director of "Old Boy" comes the chilling tale of a fisherman who catches something eerily unexpected...

Join us in celebrating Indonesia’s unique cultural performances, arts, crafts, and cuisine. Performing arts groups will present music and dances from Indonesia.

Rabindra Nath Thakur (Tagore) (1861-1941) was a Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, educator, composer, and artist. He became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize for Literature. Rabi-Sashtriya exemplifies Rabindra Nath's deep-rooted connection to Indian classical and folk music by drawing parallels between his songs and their counterparts in Indian music. The musical presentation illustrates Rabindra Nath's profound influence on contemporary musicians and composers. The program was conceived, directed and introduced by Professor Samir Chatterjee.

The Film Studies Program and the Asian Studies Center present a screening of Sthaniya Sambaad / Spring in the Colony directed by Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas (India (Bengali), 2009) and winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2011. Filmmaker Moinak Biswas will be present to introduce the film.

Reviews and information on the film at http://sthaniya.wordpress.com/ and
http://www.sthaniyasambaad.com/

This lecture, hosted by the Music Department, examines aspects of musical form in the opening sections of Japanese Noh drama from the vantage point of tone color morphology. The first portion of the paper, through analysis and live demonstration, presents the individual sonic components of Noh's sound spectrum and their combination into a stratified complex.

Students will learn about international studies and study abroad opportunities and internationally oriented careers.