They just had little cute gathering, sharing gossips, and making friendship handprints!

First discovery by Pindi Setiawan, Luc-Henri Fage, and Jean-Michel Chazine, guided by indigenous Dayak swallow's nest gatherer, Saleh.

The "Bouquet of Hands" photograph by Luc-Henri Fage.

Both images belong to the Tolkien Estate, but the Goblin cave drawings seemed to be inspired by actual cave drawings. Here's an interesting find about the book where similar drawings came from; a book that Tolkien once had. www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

📷: family documentations (1,2), Wedday Photography (3), Cakrama Photography (4)

Noo, I'm covering Owlamoo's ears! He's grumpy cute!

📷: Bodleian Library archive, family papers, 1/33 (9)

I always love your way of interpreting a theme. They look adorable 💚

Congratulations for finally getting your copy! It will take a while until mine arrives, but I can't wait to read all the contributions. So many interesting topics from this one.

Oh yes, thank you! I remember that I used to feel self-conscious as the eldest daughter growing up because this kind of theme is popular in many tales 😅

I spent 5 years studying there (2003 - 2008). I still remember the regular book bazaars, easy access to art and music performances, the history. Also, Yogyakarta palace revived the Yogyakarta Royal Orchestra in 2021 and my friend there always makes me jealous whenever she watches their performance.

Thank you! I rarely hang out on social media but I love making posts like these on Bluesky, although I know a thread is often not that satisfying. But I definitely will share more!

I looked it up and the final six lines were like six punches through my chest. The title and the sentiment reflected in the poem are something I've been awfully familiar with too, albeit with different context. Like he reached from beyond the grave to my history and timeline.

Oh! When did you see them? Yes, Sri Manganti pavilion is mostly for scheduled public performances, and Kasatriyan pavilion is also used for dance practice and rehearsal, and visitors can watch this practice every Sunday starting 10 AM.

I really would love to share more about each of these court dances (there are more of them)! Each has its own storyline or theme, with very specific rules for each piece of dress, prop, and gesture, and most were inspired by tales in old manuscripts and chronicles or adapted from epics.