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General Info/Cirebon Highlights
Gimonca.com - Cirebon Photo Tour
A small-scale but charming photo tour of Cirebon town, including the royal palaces.
Indahnesia.com - Oldest still existing royal city
Succinct Cirebon historical and cultural summary.
Virtual Tourist - Cirebon Travel Guide
Virtual Tourist site includes 80 beautiful Cirebon photos by Ukirsari and friends.
Lare Grage
A very interesting blog with short entries written in both Bahasa Indonesia
and Basa Jawa Cerbon about many aspects of Cirebon culture, including
gamelan, wayang, dance, batik, keraton2, wali sanga, legends and history.
Amazon.com - Gamelan Cirebon CD
Gamelan Cirebon CD w/ sound samples.
Gamelan Putra Panji Asmara
A performing ensemble in Melbourne Australia under the direction of Cirebon Topeng dancer and linguistics professor Dr. Michael Ewing, devoted to gamelan and masked dancing from Cirebon.
Gamelan Sinar Surya
An ensemble based in Santa Barbara, California devoted to Cirebon gamelan.
American Gamelan Institute
An internationally recognized authority on gamelan. Numerous Cirebon entries.
Gamelan Gaya Sari
An old Cirebon gamelan in Paris.
UK Gamelan Network
The UK Gamelan Network. Previously published Seleh Notes Magazine which included several articles by Cirebon scholar and puppeteer Matthew Isaac Cohen.
Durian-19 Arts Studio
Site of Durian-19 Arts Studio, with interesting text (in Indonesian) and photos of superb glass paintings from Cirebon.
Adjib Glass Studio
Cirebon Glass Painter Bambang Sonjaya’s “Adjib Glass Studio”, with nice photos and contact info.
EB Batik
EB Batiks Studios site, offering Cirebon batiks for sale.
Batik Mahkota
Batik Mahkota’s site, showing, 20 Cirebon batik patterns
Garuda Magazine - Revival of Trusmi
Garuda Magazine’s article on the revival of batik in Cirebon’s Trusmi village.
Murni's
Murni’s online shop in Bali has among other things a good selection of Mega Mendung (cloud pattern) Cirebon batiks for sale.
Indigo Moon Theatre
Indigo Moon Theatre’s site featuring dancer Anna Ingleby performing Topeng Cirebon with photos and a brief description of the 5 main mask characters.
Matthew Isaac Cohen
Royal Holloway University of London’s page about Cirebon scholar and shadow puppeteer Matthew Isaac Cohen, with list of his more than 30 books and articles on a range of subjects.