Alya is a diligent student who plays the character of Bawang Putih in the opera of Bawang Merah Bawang Putih, while Siska plays Bawang Merah. The story of Bawang Merah Bawang Putih unfolds in the present day, but takes a moral message from the original, famous Indonesian folktale Bawang Merah Bawang Putih.īawang Merah Bawang Putih is about two pretty girls, who are neighbors and study at the same school. įrom late February 2013 until mid May 2014, KGMB and KHNL will simulcast and air Bawang Merah Bawang Putih in Hawaiian so the title of this show is called in Hawaii as Pele a me Hi'iaka ( Pele and Hi'iaka) every Thursday and Friday night at 6:30pm, replacing Entertainment Tonight (KHNL) and The Insider (KGMB). All 108 episodes of the soap opera were also popular in Malaysia when TV3 aired it from 2006 to early 2007 and reruns on local channel TVRI Jawa Barat in West Java. It won a Panasonic Awards as Favorite Drama Series Program in 2005. Temat, Dimaz Andrean, Nia Ramadhani, Lydia Kandou, Dwi Yan, Helsi Herlinda, Nena Rosier, Nana Khairina, Ully Artha, Ade Irawan, Elsye Virgita, and Marsha Aruan. This is a modernized adaptation of "Garlic and Onion" ( Bawang Merah Bawang Putih), an ancient Indo-Malayan fairy tale that corresponds with the story of Cinderella. Indonesian TV series or program Bawang Merah Bawang Putihīawang Merah Bawang Putih ( English translation: Garlic and Red Onion) is a sinetron of Indonesia, produced by MD Entertainment.