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  2. World Peace Gong - Wikipedia

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    Bali, Indonesia: The World Peace Gong Park can be found on the island of Bali, Indonesia Desa Budayal Kertalangu Bali. It was the venue for the Miss World Contestants commitment to World Peace, in September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland; New Delhi, India [2] Penglai, Shandong, China; Vientiane, Laos; Paipa (Colombia) Ambon (Indonesia) [3] Maputo ...

  3. 1674 Ambon earthquake and megatsunami - Wikipedia

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    While it has generated large tsunamigenic earthquakes in the past such as that in 1899 and 1629, the fault is situated too far from Ambon to have caused huge tsunami run-ups. [ 1 ] Since the tsunami from the earthquake had an extreme run-up height of at least 100 metres (330 ft) observed locally on the northern shore of Ambon, researchers have ...

  4. Fort Victoria (Ambon) - Wikipedia

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    During colonial rule, the fort of Kota Laha was taken over by the Dutch from the Portuguese and changed its name to Fort Victoria.Previously, the Portuguese built and named the fort Nossa Senhora de Anunciada in 1575 and was finished in 1580 by a Portuguese governor Gaspar de Mello, the fort was captured by the Dutch in 1605 and later renamed it as Victoria, which means victory.

  5. Invasion of Ambon - Wikipedia

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    After the defeat of the RMS on Ambon by Indonesian forces in November 1950, the self-declared government withdrew to Seram, where an armed struggle continued on until December 1963. The government in exile moved to the Netherlands in 1966, following resistance leader and president Chris Soumokil 's capture and execution by Indonesian authorities.

  6. Governorate of Ambon - Wikipedia

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    Ambon was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company, consisting of Ambon Island and ten neighbouring islands. [1] Steven van der Hagen captured Fort Victoria on 22 February 1605 from the Portuguese in the name of the Dutch East India Company. Until 1619, Ambon served as the capital of the Dutch possessions in East Asia.

  7. File:Garuda Perdamaian (Garuda Indonesia, 1957).pdf - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on id.wikimedia.org Kompetisi Wikisource 2020/Daftar buku; Usage on id.wikisource.org Indeks:Garuda Perdamaian (Garuda Indonesia, 1957).pdf

  8. Angklung - Wikipedia

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    A medium-sized gong, called kempur, is generally used to punctuate a piece's major sections. Most older compositions do not employ the gong kebyar 's more ostentatious virtuosity and showmanship. Recently, many Balinese composers have created kebyar -style works for gamelan angklung or have rearranged kebyar melodies to fit the angklung ' s ...

  9. Ambonese Malay - Wikipedia

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    Ambonese Malay or simply Ambonese is a Malay-based creole language spoken on Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia.It was first brought by traders from Western Indonesia, then developed when the Dutch Empire colonised the Maluku Islands and was used as a tool by missionaries in Eastern Indonesia.