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The Metu people of West Timor

Nenas woman on her way to the market. West Timor. Photo © Narve Rio A couple of years ago West Timor used to see tourists in the range of 3 – 4.000 foreigners a year. Many of these visited the...

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Acehnese identity

Sumatra, Aceh, Banda Aceh. Beach just outside Banda Aceh, (Photo Bjorn Grotting) Situated in the Special Region of Aceh the northernmost provincial-level unit of Sumatra, the more than 3.4 million...

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Tradition and Multiethnicity

Kalimantan, Tanjung Datu. Small village close to the Malaysian border. As usual in Indonesia there are happy, playfull children everywhere. (Photo Bjorn Grotting) This article give some background to...

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Sundanese identity

Indonesia, Java, Cisarua. Landscape in the hills above Bandung. (Photo Bjorn Grotting) Although there are many social, economic, and political similarities between the Javanese and Sundanese,...

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Javanese identity

Indonesia, Java, Jakarta. View from MONAS, a lift runs to te top of the monument. Jakarta skyline, looking south. (Photo Bjorn Grotting) There were approximately 70 million Javanese in the early 1990s,...

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Minangkabau identity

West Sumatra, Bukittinggi. Rumah gadang (Minangkabau: big house with horn-like roof). Traditional Minangkabau home at the museum. (Photo Bjorn Grotting) The Minangkabau–who predominate along the coasts...

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Chinese identity

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Manado. Ban Hian Kiong Buddhist-Confucian Temple in Manado, where the Chinese community hold yearly celebrations. It is a 19th century Buddhist temple. (Photo Bjorn Grotting)...

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Asmat identity

Asmat dance, Papua indonesia The approximately 65,000 Asmat people of the south-central alluvial swamps of the Papua Province are descended from a Papuan racial stock. They live in villages with...

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Weyewa identity

East Nusa Tenggara, Sumba. Nusa Tenggara, Sumba. A small village on top of the island plateau (from helicopter). (Photo Bjorn Grotting) The Weyewa inhabit the western highlands of Sumba, Nusa Tenggara...

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Sade, a Sasak village on South Lombok

Nusa Tenggara, Lombok, Sade. Village life, Sasak style. (Photo Bjorn Grotting) A visit to a traditional Sasak village is a necessary part of your trip to Lombok. There are two villages like this a few...

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