DREAMSEA, Luang Prabang – The mission to preserve Southeast Asian manuscripts is continued on Mainland Southeast Asia. From September to December 2018 DREAMSEA will be digitising a large number of manuscripts from a monastery in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The mission is done under the leadership of Dr. Khamvone Boulyaphonh, The Director of The Buddhist Archives of Luang Prabang. The manuscripts are kept in Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan, one of the oldest monasteries in the city of Luang Prabang. The manuscripts include those sponsored by the Kings of Laos, queens and other members of the royal family and aristocrats […]

DREAMSEA – Indramayu, Preservation of manuscripts as cultural heritage through the transfer of digital media continues to Indramayu. In collaboration with Sanggar Aksara Jawa Kidang Pananjung (SAJA) is currently digitising a 6.5 meter long daluwang manuscript stored in the ancient site of Geusan Ulun in Indramayu, Indonesia. “This manuscript contains a local history genealogy written in Javanese in pegon script,” said Ray Mengku Sutentra, the leader of SAJA. In addition to digitising this long manuscript, the team also digitised at least 2,700 pages of manuscripts written on various materials such as lontar, daluwang and European paper. Diversity is also seen from the types […]

Kuningan, DREAMSEA – The manuscript digitisation mission is still in progress. The DREAMSEA team is currently digitising five manuscript collections in Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia. This mission began on 7 September 2018, members of Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (Manassa) are very much involved in carrying out the mission that targets to digitise approximately 7,000 pages from 30 bundles of manuscripts. The collections are kept in three different places in the city of Kuningan; namely Lengkong, Windujanten, and Timbang. In the context of local communities, these places were the centers from where islam was spread in the past. This is evident from […]