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Last Update
08/09/2008
Understanding and enjoying Indonesia


This site is designed to share the interest of Indonesia in understanding its cultures and its people.

It is also intended to prepare any of you who plan to travel to Indonesia to discover that among rice fields, equatorial forest, near volcanoes live 200 million of Indonesians originated from 336 ethnic groups and influenced by an influx of peoples from China, Arabia, Indochina and Europe.
 Religions are also diversified, major part of the population is Muslim but Hindus Buddhists and Christians are present in all islands.

If you are ready to join us in this remote Asian country, welcome to this different land which is split in thousands of islands where you will find places you will never forget like Bali, Java, Lombok, Bromo, Sumatra Tanatoraja, Komodo,. Timor or Flores. 

 
 
 
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NEWS UPDATE

ALERT FOR THE ANAK KRAKATAU On July 3, 2008 high volcanic activity resumed on the Anak Krakatau. On Agust 9, 08 the population was asked to stay away from the volcano and the surrounding sea waters.
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UPDATE ON THE MUD VOLCANO OF EAST JAVA
Starting an eruption in May 2006, the Mud Volcano is still flooding the district of Porong. The question is : Is it a "natural" disaster ?.
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POWERFUL EARHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN SUMATRA
On September 12, 2007 an earthquake of 8.2 is recorded nearby Bengkulu.
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ERUPTION AT THE MERAPI VOLCANO in JAVA
Merapi's volcano has entered in an active phase beginning of March 2006. Mid-June explosions have started threatening the population living nearby the mount.
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OGOH-OGOH FESTIVAL in BALI
The recent Sanur ogoh-ogoh festival, underlined one simple fact; that ogoh-ogoh has become one of the most popular art forms in contemporary Bali.
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ORANGUTANS IN BORNEO face threat of extinction : The World Conservation Union has stated that the orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra are now on the verge of extinction. (Nov. 05)
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