Petrus Killings
Penembak Misterius – The Petrus Killings The Petrus killings were a series of extrajudicial executions in Indonesia that occurred between 1983 and 1985 under President Suharto’s New Order regime. Without undergoing a trial, thousands of criminals were shot dead by undercover snipers or death squads. Their bodies were then placed in public places which terrorized […]
Indonesian War of Independence
The Indonesian War of Independence Interesting Youtube series on the Indonesian War of Independence and the Dutch “Police Actions”. Prologue 1945 – Japan Joins the Allies 1946 – Kill and Only Kill 1947 – 1st Police Actions 1948: 2nd Police Actions 1949: Death and Sovereignty
Jalan Raya Pos
Jalan Raya Pos – Documentary This movie is about the great road that lays between Anyer – Panarukan, which was built under Daendels’ era. But this movie isn’t just talk about how the road … https://youtu.be/fKwcfExdCx0
Earliest Indonesia
Earliest Historical Records The Indonesian archipelago stretches for more than 3,000 miles east to west and is the largest island complex in the world. The sea has inevitably influenced Indonesian history. Not surprisingly, the boat became a pervasive metaphor in literary and oral tradition and in the arts in Indonesia. Monsoon winds, blowing north and […]
Homo Floresiensis
Homo Floresiensis, The Hobbit. Homo floresiensis (“Flores Man”; nicknamed “Hobbit”) is a species of small archaic human that inhabited the island of Flores, Indonesia, until the arrival of modern humans about 50,000 years ago. The remains of an individual who would have stood about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) in height were discovered in […]
Java Man
Java Man The Missing Link Java Man (Homo erectus erectus, formerly also Anthropopithecus erectus, Pithecanthropus erectus) is an early human fossil discovered in 1891 and 1892 on the island of Java (Dutch East Indies, now part of Indonesia). Estimated to be between 700,000 and 1,000,000 years old, it was, at the time of its discovery, […]
Meet Bessé, Holocene hunter-gatherer
7.200 year old pre-Neolithican skeleton found in Sulawesi Archeologists found a 7.200 year old skeleton of a woman buried in a cave in South Sulawesi.The skeleton is a young woman of around 17 – 20 years old. Genetic analyses show that this pre-Neolithic forager, who is associated with the ‘Toalean’ technocomplex. The archeologists who found […]
Candi – Styles
Candi Styles Soekmono, an Indonesian archaeologist, has classified the candi styles into two main groups: a central Java style, which predominantly date from before 1,000 CE, and an eastern Java style, which date from after 1,000 CE. He groups the temples of Sumatra and Bali into the eastern Java style. Central Java Style Bubrah Temple […]
Candi : Materials
What are the Candi made from
Walter Spies – German Artist in Bali
Walter Spies A german artist in Bali Walter Spies (15 September 1895 – 19 January 1942) was a Russian-born German primitivist painter, composer, musicologist, and curator. In 1923 he moved to Java, Indonesia. He lived in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting from 1927, when Indonesia was under European colonial rule as the Dutch East Indies. Spies is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures […]