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Friday, 01 July 2005 11:14

Is Indonesia safe?

Written by Bjorn Grotting
With this article we will try to give some background information about the safety situation in Indonesia, but it must be up to you to…
Friday, 01 July 2005 10:59

Money talks, costs and bargaining

Written by Bjorn Grotting
The local currency in Indonesia is called rupiah. Notes commonly used is 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000 and 100.000 Rupiah. Coin values are 50,…
Friday, 01 July 2005 10:56

Indonesian Embassies and Consulates abroad

Written by Bjorn Grotting
Below is a list of Indonesian Embassies and Consulates abroad. The list is not 100% complete, if you find that data is missing, wrong or…
Friday, 01 July 2005 10:51

Foreign Embassies to Indonesia

Written by Bjorn Grotting
Most embassies in Indonesia are located in Jakarta, while several nations have consular representatives in Bali as well as in some of the major cities…
Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:20

The Prambanan Temple Complex

Written by www.arkeologi.net
At the boundary between Yogyakarta and Surakarta there are several temples which are scattered within a distance not more than 1 km. It is interesting…
Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:10

The history of Gamelan

Written by Robert Hock
Gamelan music is the sum of diverse foreign influences. Pitch relationships from China, bronze instruments from southeast Asia, drums and modal practice from India, bowed…
Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:38

Balinese Painting

Written by www.balilife.com
In Bali today we can still find the overwhelming variety of traditional arts, from sculpture to painting, from architecture to music, from singing to dancing,…
Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:25

Balinese Dance and Drama

Written by www.balilife.com
Arts on Bali flourished already centuries ago, even before the warring but artistic Balinese kingdoms of the 16th century. Inscriptions say that already around 1000…
Thursday, 07 January 2010 19:02

The Monumental Stone Tombs of Sumba

Written by Kalpana Kartik
Untouched white sandy beaches, peaceful villages perched on green hills, and fertile valleys swarming with sculptured stone tombs, these were the breathtaking landscapes of Sumba…
Sunday, 24 January 2010 15:06

Live and Work in Indonesia

Written by Bjorn Grotting
To fully enjoy living in a country like Indonesia you need the ability to quickly adapt. Many people will on their first visit to Asia…
Sunday, 24 January 2010 14:59

Moving abroad - The spouse situation

Written by Bjorn Grotting
This article is basically written for expatriates moving to Indonesia for a shorter or longer period, the article's main focus is on the wife who…
Sunday, 24 January 2010 14:34

Hotel Indonesia, 40 years on

Written by Tantri Yuliandini
For the past 40 years Hotel Indonesia in Central Jakarta has been the capital's major landmark, and its fame is often linked to the country's…
This paper basically summarizes my Ph.D thesis which was based on fieldwork carried out in 1992-1993. The thesis was very broadly aimed at augmenting and…
Saturday, 23 January 2010 13:28

Religious Affiliation

Written by The Library of Congress
Religion in Indonesia was a complex and volatile issue in the early 1990s, one not easily analyzed in terms of social class, region, or ethnic…
Saturday, 23 January 2010 13:15

Growing of Rice

Written by riceweb.org
Few things, if any, have had a larger influence on the development of Asia and Indonesia than the knowledge of how to grow and cultivate…

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