KEUNIKAN TRADISI PERTUNANGAN MASYARAKAT PADANG PARIAMAN

Ultrastructural aspects of infection with Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue (Pariaman strain).

OBJECTIVE To study ultrastructural aspects of infection with Treponema pertenue (Pariaman strain), originating from West Sumatra, Indonesia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Biopsy material originating from skin lesions in ten young children suffering from early infectious yaws in Indonesia, and rabbit testicular tissue inoculated with T pertenue. Human skin as well as rabbit testicular tissue was exami...

Resource claims between tradition and modernity: masyarakat adat strategies in Mului (Kalimantan Timur)

FIGHT-DANCING AND THE FESTIVAL TABUIK IN PARIAMAN, INDONESIA AND IEMANJá IN SALVADOR DA BAHIA, BRAZIL

Festivals bring people together in affirmations of community. This article looks at two festivals in coastal locations in Indonesia and Brazil with a close inspection of performances of fight-dancing included within both festivals. The improvisatory or choreographed organization of the fightdancing performances echoes the manner in which the festivals themselves are assembled. As these festival...

Resource claims between tradition and modernity: masyarakat adat strategies in Mului (Kalimantan Timur)

Hermaphroditism in the white spot grouper Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Pisces: Serranidae) harvested from Padang City waters, Indonesia

The objective of the present study was to determine the length (mm) for sex transformation of hermaphroditism in white spot grouper Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus as a basis for developing breeding technology. Fish sampling was carried out between April and October 2013 in Padang City waters, Indonesia. A total of 56 white spot groupers were recorded during the study; of these 22 were male, 28 f...