Yang is a member of the Mosuo ethnic group in southwestern China. And then it was on to San Francisco. The show contrasts her life with that of a childhood pal who never left home. There may be no Mosuo historians, but obviously the people can rely on Yang to sing their praises. Guruh s label, Musica Studio, says more than 40,000 copies of the album have been sold since the Oct. 24 launch.
Related merchandise is already on sale and coming next are seminars and live shows.
Megawati couldn t make it for the launch party, but plenty of other celebrities were on parade. And they weren t all showbiz types. Among the politicians who showed up were two government ministers. Perhaps illustrating that art knows no boundaries, it seems Guruh is seriously chummy with some of the leading players in Kosgoro, an affiliated organization of the ruling Golkar group. I m still a member of the PDI, he told us.