![]() Some developments in West Java paralleled national trends, including Lekra’s intensifying politicisation and growing cultural polarisation. Lekra in West Java combined an outward looking engagement in cultural diplomacy with efforts to reform Sundanese culture. It shows how Lekra attracted a cultural elite but also wove itself into everyday life, as part of a web of organisations linked to the Indonesian Communist Party. Drawing on contemporary publications, oral histories and archival documents, the article incorporates views ‘from below’ into an account of what became a vibrant cultural force. This article examines the development of the Institute of People’s Culture (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat, Lekra) in West Java in the 1950s and 1960s. ![]()
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