About Indonesia Culture

At a Glance About Indonesia Culture

Indonesia has around 300 ethnic groups, each with cultural differences developed over centuries, and influenced by Arabic, Chinese, Malay, and European sources. Traditional Javanese and Balinese dances, for example, contain aspects of Hindu culture and mythology, as do wayang kulit (shadow...

Uniqueness Of The Wangi-Wangi Island Wakatobi

Wakatobi is not only charming with its underwater beauty. On the mainland, I also found a variety of uniqueness. At Wangi-Wangi Island, the capital of Wakatobi, I managed to visit the village of the Bajo tribe; the famous “sea adventurers”. See: The...

Batik, A String of Beautiful Dots

Historians wrote that the creation of batik began in the era of the Majapahit Kingdom, which was then distributed to other kingdoms, including Mataram. The word batik is derived from the word amba nitik which means carving dots. At that...

Caci, Spectacular Dances of the Manggarai People of Western Flores

Two bare chested Manggarai men circle each other warily in the arena. Both wear bright head dress and horned helmets with beautiful Flores ikat covering their lower bodies. One man is armed with a wicked leather whip over a couple...
Tjong A Fie - The Story of A Generous Chinese in Medan

Tjong A Fie – The Story of A Generous Chinese in Medan

The charms of Indonesia is not only in its natural beauty, but also its local knowledge and historical objects that can be an important element to color the Indonesian tourism world. Temporaktif - Indonesia is a country with full of...

Mother’s Day – Remembering the Spirit and Struggle of Women

Indonesian celebrate 22 December as the National Mother’s Day. In this day, people express their love as a child to their mother in a special way by giving special treatment to their mother, such as by presenting gifts, organizing surprise...

Cirendeu A Village With Sublime Cultural Values

The author has tried to provide one of the villages scattered in West Java Indonesia, namely Cirendeu Village. Probably, many of us have not heard about this place. This village is one of the indigenous villages that have survived more...