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The Merah Putih Foundation (YMP – Yayasan Merah Putih) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization first established on December 14, 1989, in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Since 1992, YMP has focused on advocacy work and on efforts to empower local communities in Central Sulawesi, both indigenous peoples and peasant societies.
Ngaben, also known as Pitra Yadnya, Pelebon or cremation ceremony, is the Hindu funeral ritual of Bali, Indonesia. [3] [4] [5] A Ngaben is performed to release the soul of a dead person so that it can enter the upper realm where it can wait for it to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirths.
Litsea garciae, also known as engkala, engkalak, kangkala, pangalaban and Borneo avocado, is a flowering plant belonging to the family Lauraceae and genus Litsea. [2] [3] [better source needed] It is native to Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi.
Merah Putih is an Indonesian term for "red (and) white", it may refer to: Flag of Indonesia , known in native Indonesian as Sang Saka Merah-Putih, Bendera Merah-Putih or Merah-Putih Merah Putih Bridge , a bridge spanned over Ambon Bay in Ambon City, Ambon Island, Maluku Province, Indonesia
Hearts of Freedom or Hati Merdeka, is a 2011 Indonesian drama fiction historical film and was the third film in the Merah Putih trilogy. The first was Merah Putih , followed by Darah Garuda . The films describe how a group of Indonesian army cadets fight for freedom from Dutch colonialism .
Seren Taun at the village of Malasari, Bogor Regency Seren Taun is an annual traditional Sundanese rice harvest festival and ceremony. The festival was originally held to mark the new agriculture year in the Sundanese ancient calendar as well as thanks giving for the blessings of the abundance rice harvest, and also to pray for the next successful harvest.
Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2024, it falls on March 11).. Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese.
Erich Apel (3 October 1917 – 3 December 1965) worked during World War Two as a rocket engineer at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in Nazi Germany. After his return from the Soviet Union , where he had forcibly worked for rocketry development under the Operation Osoaviakhim until 1952, he became an East German party official.