Rattan handicrafts and 'ikat doyo' weaving
Slash-and-Burn and Budidaya Rotan in East Kalimantan
Forests in Asia and throughout the tropical world are being rapidly transformed through slash-and-burn. Increasing…
Pulau Sawu, East Nusa Tenggara
Sawu, a remote island
When I worked in Indonesia some years ago some of my time was spent operating…
Chinese identity
Identifying someone in Indonesia as a member of the Chinese (orang Tionghoa) ethnic group is…
Minangkabau identity
The Minangkabau--who predominate along the coasts of Sumatera Utara and Sumatera Barat, interior Riau, and…
Javanese identity
There were approximately 70 million Javanese in the early 1990s, the majority of whom lived…
Sundanese identity
Although there are many social, economic, and political similarities between the Javanese and Sundanese, differences…
Tradition and Multiethnicity in Indonesia
This article give some background to the complex traditions and multiethnicity of the young Indonesian…
Indonesia Facts
Indonesia consists of more than 17.000 islands, of these about 6.000 which are permanently inhabited.…
Nenas woman on her way to the market. West Timor. Photo © Narve Rio
The Metu people of West Timor
A couple of years ago West Timor used to see tourists in the range of…
Principal Ethnic Groups of Indonesia
For centuries the many thousands of islands and mountainous terrain have separated groups of people…
Toraja identity
One minority group that has been successful in gaining national and international attention is the…
Traditional Toraja House in Kete Kesu Village, Tana Toraja – South Sulawesi
Tana Toraja Traditional Settlement
Tana Toraja is located in the Northern part of the South Sulawesi Province. Situated between…