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        "id": 1037407,
        "msgid": "javanese-opera-faces-extinction-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-12-11 00:00:00",
        "title": "Javanese opera faces extinction",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Javanese opera faces extinction SEMARANG: President Soeharto called on the mayor yesterday to save a traditional Javanese opera group, Ngesti Pandowo, which is severely threatened by modern entertainment. \"The president considers the group a national cultural asset,\" said Purnomo, former chief of the presidential household management, who carried the president's message to Semarang Mayor Soetrisno Soeharto.",
        "content": "<p>Javanese opera faces extinction<\/p>\n<p>SEMARANG: President Soeharto called on the mayor yesterday to<br>\nsave a traditional Javanese opera group, Ngesti Pandowo, which is<br>\nseverely threatened by modern entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\"The president considers the group a national cultural asset,\"<br>\nsaid Purnomo, former chief of the presidential household<br>\nmanagement, who carried the president's message to Semarang Mayor<br>\nSoetrisno Soeharto.<\/p>\n<p>On receiving the message, Soetrisno said his administration<br>\nhas donated Rp 500,000 to preserve the group and promised he<br>\nwould donate more.<\/p>\n<p>He said the donations would be allocated to construct a new<br>\ntheater and to improve the entertainers' welfare.<\/p>\n<p>\"We won't let this group die, that's for sure. And I will call<br>\non all parties, including businessmen, to be involved in<br>\nrevitalizing it.\" he added. (har\/08)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/javanese-opera-faces-extinction-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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