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City map of Batavia (now Jakarta) in 1914. The Betawi tribe was born from acculturation between ethnicities of the archipelago and abroad, such as ethnicities from Java, Bali, Makassar, Bugis, Ambon, Sumbawa, Malacca, Chinese, Arabs, Indian, and Portuguese.
Batik kawung is one of the oldest batik motifs in Indonesia. Its existence is often mentioned and appears in various written historical sources and oral culture since the days of the Mataram Sultanate in the 16th century. There are 2 theories that explain the origin of this batik.
The National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia is a "living culture" that contains philosophical elements from the traditions of society and is still handed down from generation to generation. Edi Sedyawati (in the introduction to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Seminar, 2002) added an important element in the notion of intangible ...
Wayang golek (wooden puppet) performance, Indonesia The history of the wayang golek began in the 17th century. Initially, the wayang golek art emerged and was born on the north coast of the island of Java, especially in Cirebon, the wayang used is the wayang cepak in the form of a papak or flat head.
The culture of Indonesia (Indonesian: Budaya Indonesia) has been shaped by the interplay of indigenous customs and diverse foreign influences. With over 600 distinct ethnic groups , including significant Austronesian and Melanesian cultures, contributing to its rich traditions, languages , and customs, Indonesia is a melting pot of diversity.
One such project that Rocky has significantly excoriated is the construction of Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN), the new capital city of Indonesia, which he described as a "stalled" project [6] [52] that lacks investors [53] and is consuming a staggering portion of the state budget (estimated at Rp446 trillion [54]), and was not in Widodo's initial ...
Taman Sari Water Castle, also known as Taman Sari (Javanese: ꦠꦩꦤ꧀ ꦱꦫꦶ), is the site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta.It is located about 2 km south within the grounds of the Kraton, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
People bargaining in a traditional Indonesian pasar malam in Rawasari, Central Jakarta, Indonesia.. Pasar malam is a Malay word that literally means "night market" (the word pasar comes from bazaar in Persian [1] [2]).