PAGE 3 Population | Time | Visas Insurance | History
PAGE 4 People | Language Common Phrases
PAGE 5 Climate
PAGE 6 The Land
PAGE 7 Changing money | Credit Cards Currency | Tipping Etiquette
PAGE 8 Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health
PAGE 9 Communications
PAGE 10 Shopping | Customs Bartering
PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks
PAGE 13 Culture & The Arts | Religion
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TRAVELER’S GUIDE
PAGE 3 PAGE 7 PAGE 10 Inside this guide: Population | Time | Visas Changing money | Credit Shopping | Customs Bartering Insurance | History Cards Currency | Tipping PAGE 11-12 PAGE 4 Etiquette Food & Drinks People | Language Common Phrases PAGE 8 PAGE 13 Safety & Crime | Taxis Culture & The Arts | Religion PAGE 5 What to Pack | Health Climate PAGE 9 PAGE 6 Communications The Land
DISCLAIMER: All information in this printed material was provided in good faith and derived from sources believed to be current and accurate as of the date of publication, however it is provided for general information only and is not intended as advice and must not be relied upon as such. Alluring Asia Inc. makes no representation or warranty that the information contained herein is complete, current, or reliable, nor do we accept responsibility arising in any way for errors in, or omissions from this material. We value and welcome your input. If there is anything you believe is either out of date or inaccurate contained in this printed information we welcome you to contact us at [email protected]. Thank you. HISTORY POPULATION Indonesia is the fourth most Indonesia is an archipelagic country of approximately 18,000 (6,000 populated nation in the world with a inhabited) stretching along the equator in South East Asia. The country's population of 238 million. strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade;
trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history. The area of TIME Indonesia is populated by peoples of various migrations, creating a PAGE 3 Indonesia is divided into three time diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and languages. The archipelago's Population | Time | Visas zones making it GMT plus 7, 8 and 9 Insurance | History landforms and climate significantly influenced agriculture and trade, and hours. the formation of states.
PAGE 4 People | Language VISAS Fossilized remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the "Java Man", Common Phrases United States Citizens do not require suggest the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited two million to 500,000 PAGE 5 a visa to enter Indonesia. Passports years ago. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern Climate must be valid for at least 6 months population, were originally from Taiwan and arrived in Indonesia around from the date of arrival into PAGE 6 2000 BCE. From the seventh century CE, the powerful Srivijaya naval Indonesia. The Land kingdom flourished bringing Hindu and Buddhist influences with it.
PAGE 7 Europeans arrived in Indonesia from the 16th century seeking to Changing money | Credit Cards INSURANCE Currency | Tipping Because the standard of emergency monopolize the sources of valuable nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in Etiquette treatment in Indonesia may not be as Maluku. In 1602 the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company
high as in the West, it is advisable in (VOC) and became the dominant European power. Following PAGE 8 Safety & Crime | Taxis addition to normal medical bankruptcy, the VOC was formally dissolved in 1800, and the government What to Pack | Health insurance, to take out a policy which of the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies as a nationalized covers evacuation. colony. By the early 20th century Dutch dominance extended to what was PAGE 9 Communications to become Indonesia's current boundaries. The Japanese invasion and
subsequent occupation during WWII ended Dutch rule, and encouraged PAGE 10 the previously suppressed Indonesian independence movement. Two Shopping | Customs Bartering days after the surrender of Japan in August 1945, nationalist leader,
Sukarno, declared independence and was appointed president. The PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks Netherlands tried to reestablish their rule, but a bitter armed and diplomatic struggle ended in December 1949, when in the face of PAGE 13 international pressure, the Dutch formally recognized Indonesian Culture & The Arts | Religion independence.
An attempted coup in 1965 led to a violent army-led anti-communist
purge in which over half a million people were killed. General Suharto politically out-maneuvered President Sukarno, and was formally appointed president in March 1968. His New Order administration garnered the favor of the West whose investment in Indonesia was a major factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth. In the late 1990s, however, Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the East Asian Financial Crisis which led to popular protests and Suharto's resignation on 21 May 1998.
Indonesia is a republic based on the 1945 constitution
providing for a separation of executive, legislative, and
judicial power. Substantial restructuring has occurred
since President Suharto's resignation in 1998. New
reforms to the constitution limit the president to two
terms in office. The president is elected for a 5-year
PAGE 3 term, is the top government and political figure. The Population | Time | Visas president and the vice president were elected for the Insurance | History first time on September 20, 2004. The president,
PAGE 4 assisted by an appointed cabinet, has the authority to
People | Language conduct the administration of the government. Prior to Common Phrases 2004, some legislative seats had been reserved for
PAGE 5 representatives of the armed forces. The military has
Climate been a significant political force throughout
Indonesian history. LANGUAGE PAGE 6 The Land Bahasa Indonesia is the national language, which is THE PEOPLE related to Malay, written in Roman script and based PAGE 7 on European orthography. In all the tourist Changing money | Credit Cards According to the last census the total Muslim destinations English is the number one foreign Currency | Tipping population is approximately 88% of total population, Etiquette language. In big cities Dutch is still spoken, while making Indonesia the largest Muslim society in the popularity of French is increasing at good hotels and PAGE 8 world. Indonesian population consists of many restaurants. Safety & Crime | Taxis ethnicities- 45% Javanese, 14% Sudanese, 7.5% What to Pack | Health Madurese and 26% other ethnic groups. PAGE 9 COMMON PHRASES in BAHASA Communications English BAHASA PAGE 10 Shopping | Customs Bartering Hello Halo or Hey How are you? Apa kabar? PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks Thank you Terima kasih You're welcome Terma kasih kembali PAGE 13 Culture & The Arts | Religion Goodbye Selamat tinggal
Please Silakan I'm sorry Maaf
What is your name? Namamu saipa? My name is ______Nama saya ______Yes Ya No Tidak Where is the toilet? Dimana toilet sialan? How do I get to ___? Bafaimana saya bias ke ___? Water Air How much is? Berapa harganya? CLIMATE The main variable of Indonesia's climate is not temperature or air pressure, but rainfall. The almost uniformly warm waters that make up 81 percent of Indonesia's area ensure that temperatures on land remain fairly constant. Split by the equator, the archipelago is almost entirely tropical in climate, with the coastal plains averaging 28°C (82°F), the inland and mountain areas averaging 26°C (79°F), and the higher mountain PAGE 3 regions, 23°C (73°F). The area's relative humidity ranges between 70 and 90 percent. Winds are moderate and Population | Time | Visas generally predictable, with monsoons usually blowing in from the south and east in June through September Insurance | History and from the northwest in December through March.
PAGE 4 People | Language AVERAGE TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL Common Phrases
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PAGE 10 Bali Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shopping | Customs Bartering Rainfall(inches) 1.5 2.3 3.2 4.0 4.5 6.8 5.1 5.2 6.1 2.4 2. 0 1.4 Min Temp (F) 32 34 41 51 60 68 76 76 68 58 47 36 PAGE 11-12 Max Temp (F) 45 47 54 65 74 81 90 90 81 72 62 51 Food & Drinks
PAGE 13 Borneo Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Culture & The Arts | Religion Rainfall(inches) 7.0 10 29 43 60 54 99 71 92 60 24 6.0
Min Temp (F) 25 30 39 50 57 66 72 70 61 50 37 27 Max Temp (F) 41 46 57 70 79 88 90 88 77 68 54 43
Sulawesi Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Rainfall(inches) 1.2 1.9 3.3 6.3 11.8 15.5 14.4 14.4 10.7 4.3 1.4 1.0 Min Temp (F) 57 57 63 68 75 81 81 79 79 73 66 59 Max Temp (F) 66 66 70 77 84 86 90 88 86 82 75 70
Sumatra Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Rainfall(inches) 1.8 2.4 3.3 3.7 4.1 6.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 2.7 2.1 1.5 Min Temp (F) 42 44 51 60 68 74 77 76 71 63 53 44 Max Temp (F) 53 55 62 72 81 88 91 91 87 78 68 59 THE LAND Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. It stretches 3,200 (comparable roughly to that across the United States) miles between Australia and the Asian mainland and divides the Pacific and Indian Oceans at the Equator. The name Indonesia is composed of two Greek words "Indos" which means Indian, and "nesos" meaning islands.
Indonesia is divided into 27 provinces which are classified geographically into 4 groups: PAGE 3 Population | Time | Visas Insurance | History 1). Greater Sunda Islands: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi
PAGE 4 People | Language 2). Lesser Sunda Islands: (Nusa Tenggara) Include all the islands between Bali eastward Common Phrases to Timor
PAGE 5 3). Maluku Islands: Include all the islands between Irian Jaya and Sulawesi Climate
PAGE 6 4). West Papua (Irian Jaya): The extreme Eastern part of the archipelago (Western half of The Land New Guinea)
PAGE 7 Changing money | Credit Cards The main islands are: Sumatra, Java (the most populated), Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), and West Currency | Tipping Papua (Irian Jaya). Indonesia, commonly referred to as the "Ring of Fire" has over 300 volcanoes, of which 128 are Etiquette active and at least half have erupted. Krakatau - most famous is an island volcano located in the Sunda Straight PAGE 8 between Java and Sumatra. Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health
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CHANGING MONEY Foreign currencies, either banknotes or travelers cheques, are easily exchanged at banks and moneychangers in major tourist destinations. do to the widespread use of counterfeit currency causes banks, exchange facilities, and most commercial establishments to not accept PAGE 3 U.S. currency that is worn, defaced, torn, or issued before 1996. It is Population | Time | Visas advisable to carry sufficient amounts of Rupiah when traveling to Insurance | History smaller towns or outer provinces.
PAGE 4 People | Language CREDIT CARDS Common Phrases Credit cards are accepted at most hotels and restaurants in main cities.
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PAGE 6 Indonesian Currency rupiah - The local currency of Indonesia is Rupiah The Land (Rp) and1Rp = 100 sen. Bills come in denominations of Rp 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 and 1,00,000. Coins come in PAGE 7 Changing money | Credit Cards denominations of Rp 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100. Currency | Tipping Etiquette TIPPING PAGE 8 Service charges of 10% are added to bills in most leading hotels and Safety & Crime | Taxis restaurants. Where it is not included, a tip of 10-15% of the bill would be What to Pack | Health appropriate. PAGE 9 Communications Airport porter/hotel bellboy: ETIQUETTE
$1.00 - $ 2.00 US per bag. Indonesians are very polite people. PAGE 10 Shopping | Customs Bartering Handshaking is customary for both men Your tour guide: and women upon introduction and PAGE 11-12 $10.00 - $ 12.00 US per person per day. smiling is definitely a national tradition. Food & Drinks There are a few taboos - The use of the PAGE 13 Driver/assistants: left hand to give and receive as well as Culture & The Arts | Religion $ 6.00 - $ 7.00 US per person per day. crooking your finger to call someone are considered impolite.Take off your shoes
when entering a mosque or temple. In Bali, waist sashes should be worn when visiting temples.
PHOTOGRAPHS It is polite to ask permission before taking photographs, Some people may take offense.
TAXI Anywhere in the world even a savvy traveler can be taken advantage of by a taxi driver and Indonesia is no exception. To avoid problems it is wise to never accept a PAGE 3 ride with anyone who does not Population | Time | Visas have a working meter and a Insurance | History displayed license. One way to have
PAGE 4 a good Taxi experience is to ask People | Language your hotel where to find a Common Phrases legitimate taxi. You may be able to
get a business card of a reputable PAGE 5 Climate taxi driver that you can either call when needed or arrange to pick PAGE 6 you up at a predetermined time WHAT TO PACK The Land and place. Dress is normally casual in Indonesia and light clothing is advisable. PAGE 7 Halter tops and shorts are frowned upon in most places except in Changing money | Credit Cards SAFETY & CRIME beach surroundings. When visiting a place of worship or temple, and Currency | Tipping you are wearing shorts or your shoulders are exposed you will be Etiquette Crime can be a problem throughout Indonesia but especially in large asked to wear a sarong. PAGE 8 cities like Kuta on Bali or Jakarta Safety & Crime | Taxis Due to restricted weight limits on all the Domestic flights (20kg = 44 What to Pack | Health and Yogyakarta on Java. Crime in Indonesia is largely non-violent- pounds) it is recommended to travel light especially to the jungle PAGE 9 mainly purse snatching, phony areas where transport is by boat. For Camp Leakey, because of the Communications ATMs, crooked taxi drivers and swampy nature of the entire region, leeches are a nuisance and precautions should be exercised. PAGE 10 hotel theft. Simple things like
Shopping | Customs Bartering leaving valuables in your hotel safe, keeping your money and credit PAGE 11-12 cards in a front pocket or hidden Food & Drinks HEALTH travel wallet can help prevent a Vaccinations are not required for entry to Indonesia. Immunization PAGE 13 petty theft from ruining your day. against hepatitis A is recommended for all travelers. Depending on Culture & The Arts | Religion length of stay and itinerary, vaccination for Japanese encephalitis, rabies, typhoid and hepatitis B may be needed. Malaria and dengue fever exist in many parts of the country. Therefore take adequate
protection for mosquito bites and keep anti-malarial medicine with yourself. Drink water only from sealed bottles, and avoid swimming in freshwater lakes or streams as disease-causing organisms such as schistosomiasis may be present. Take precautions against heat and humidity. Wear sunscreen and a hat and drink lots of water.
DRUGS Illegal drugs - The rule here is simple - don't.
Indonesian customs authorities strictly regulate the import and export of items such as prescription medicines. It is recommended to travel with prescriptions for any drugs you are required to travel with for your personal health.
COMMUNICATIONS
Telephone Media Telephone numbers in Indonesia have different systems Indonesia's media freedom has increased for land lines and mobile phones: land lines use area considerably since after the end of President codes, while mobile phones do not. For land line area Suharto's rule, during which the now-defunct Ministry of Information monitored and controlled PAGE 3 codes, the digit "0" is added in front when dialing Population | Time | Visas domestic long distance from within Indonesia, but is domestic media and restricted foreign media. There Insurance | History always omitted when calling from abroad. Instead, are hundreds of new magazines, newspapers, and
tabloids. The television market has expanded to PAGE 4 callers would use the Indonesian country code +62, People | Language followed by the area code, without the "0". include more than 10 national commercial channels Common Phrases that compete with the government's public channel TVRI. The current trend in Indonesian media is PAGE 5 Domestic phone numbers in large cities have 8 digits, "news on demand" from online news portals. Climate and in other areas 7 digits. Mobile phone numbers have a total of 10 or 11 digits for postpaid depending on the PAGE 6 operator, whereas prepaid services get 11 to 12 digits The Land ELECTRICITY determined by the operator. Country code: 62. 220 Voltage, 50 cycles. Some hotels may use 110 PAGE 7 volts. Please remember that simple adapters do not Changing money | Credit Cards Public telephones are available in post offices, hotels convert voltage or frequency, and incorrect use may Currency | Tipping Etiquette and shops displaying a telephone unit sign and at not only keep you from using your equipment but roadside kiosks. To call Vietnam from the USA/Canada also damage it or even cause personal injuries. PAGE 8 dial 011 + 62 + Area Code + Phone Number. Using a plug adapter just changes the shape of the Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health prongs. Countries with different voltages and Mobile Telephone frequencies may use similar plugs, so check to need PAGE 9 if you need a power converter and not simply a Communications Roaming agreements exist with most major plug adapter. international mobile phone companies. Coverage is PAGE 10 good in towns and cities throughout the country, with Shopping | Customs Bartering sporadic coverage in rural areas.
PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks Internet
PAGE 13 The Internet is a relatively new communication media Culture & The Arts | Religion in Indonesia but a recent survey reports there are over 45 million internet users. Indonesia has the world's
second highest number of Facebook users but the number of users that go there every day is much lower than in other countries. There are internet cafes throughout most towns and cities in Indonesia and most major hotels, especially in larger cities have internet access.
Post The once notorious postal service in Indonesia has improved greatly in recent years and is now considered to be quite reliable. Stories of letters mailed and never seen again and lost or stolen items are not commonplace. Domestic delivery usually takes 2 to 3 days and international mail service takes 5-10 days.
SHOPPING Words of Wisdom-Buyer Beware
Indonesia offers plenty of Bring your purchases home with you. Unless you are prepared to wait a shopping opportunities. From prolonged period of time, do not have it shipped -- not even by air street vendors selling authentic freight. homemade wares to huge PAGE 3 Do not purchase expensive goods of supposed high quality unless you Population | Time | Visas department stores, the choices are Insurance | History endless. Most of the goods are absolutely sure of what you are buying.
available here are cheaper than PAGE 4 anywhere else; Asian shopaholics Unless you are an expert in gems, antiques, artifacts, etc., you should not People | Language Common Phrases are known to travel here every assume that it is of the highest quality or value. year for a spot of retail therapy. PAGE 5 Bali is the best place to go for local Always take the time to read the charge slips for credit card purchases Climate before you sign them. This may seem obvious; but in the excitement of arts and crafts, while bigger cities PAGE 6 such as Jakarta and Yogyakarta making a foreign purchase, travelers sometimes overlook this and are The Land are better known amongst seekers unpleasantly surprised when they return home and are billed by the
of mainstream and luxury brands. credit card company. Taking a few moments to review the charge slip PAGE 7 Changing money | Credit Cards before signing it (and computing the exchange rate to be sure you are Currency | Tipping Prices may be set in department charged the right amount) can save you headaches later. Etiquette stores, but generally it is possible
PAGE 8 to bargain on the price on goods BARTERING/BARGAINING Safety & Crime | Taxis and services throughout the The proper/polite way to bargain in Indonesia: What to Pack | Health country, from unmetered taxis to
PAGE 9 souvenir stands. The rule of • Smile, smile, and smile. And bargain for only what you really want Communications thumb when it comes to the to buy. bargaining business is to start low, PAGE 10 then slowly let the shopkeeper • Rely and use body language for up to 80% of the bargaining. Shopping | Customs Bartering bring up the price to a third or
PAGE 11-12 half of his/her original quoted • The more subtle and vague you can be, the better your position is. Food & Drinks price, depending on what you're Do not be firm about your limit or indicate your real intention. buying and where you're making PAGE 13 the purchase. The shopping hours Culture & The Arts | Religion •Avoid open confrontation at all cost. If unfortunately it escalates to here are from 08:30 to 20:00, with one, your chance of a good bargain is ruined already and it is best some shops closed on Sundays. In to just do not buy there and go look somewhere else. Muslim areas, some shops are closed for a few hours around • The less words you say, almost always the better. Even if you can’t Friday lunchtime for prayers. speak much Indonesian, just smile and repeat: “more” and point Some best buys in Indonesia are down with your hand (to indicate I want more bargain/can you Batik cloth, paintings, lower more). woodcarvings, silver, gold, and lovely typical Indonesian clothing. •To disagree, move your head from right to left, or even pout a little, but try not to say loudly: no, no, no. CUSTOMS Customs regulations allow, per adult, a maximum of 40 ounces of alcoholic beverages, 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 100 grams of tobacco and a reasonable amount of perfume.
FOOD Indonesian cuisine reflects the vast variety of people that live on the 6,000 populated islands that make up Indonesia. There is probably not a single "Indonesian" cuisine, but rather, a diversity of regional cuisines influenced by local Indonesian culture and foreign influences. PAGE 3 Population | Time | Visas Rice is the main staple - steamed, boiled or fried. Many Indonesian dishes Insurance | History contain Coconut milk and chili peppers. If you do not want your food to
be hot you can request the cook to prepare your food - Tidak Padas (not PAGE 4 People | Language hot). Rice is often consumed at all meals. A specialty is Nasi Goreng (fried Common Phrases rice). Other popular dishes include Bakmi Gorent (fried noodles), 'Satay' and Gado-gado (salad with peanut sauce). PAGE 5 Climate Each area in Indonesia has its own traditional food and custom. Here is a PAGE 6 list of some of them. The Land
PAGE 7 • Sundanese ("orang Sunda") in West Java like to eat fresh vegetables Changing money | Credit Cards and sambal. There is a joke that says you can leave them in the Currency | Tipping garden and they will be fine. Sundanese like to drink tea without Etiquette sugar. So don't be surprised when they offer you tea but not sweat. PAGE 8 Ask for sugar. Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health • Javanese likes to eat sweet. Tea will be sweet. PAGE 9 Communications • Padang (West Sumatra) likes to eat hot/spicy food. They are famous for their spicy food and fast delivery. The waiter can bring dozens PAGE 10 of plates with various dishes with his two hands (like juggling) in Shopping | Customs Bartering SOFT DRINKS one trip. You'll eat whatever you like and at the end of meal the PAGE 11-12 waiter will calculate the price. You'll find "Rumah Makan Padang" Soft Drinks:The most common Food & Drinks (Padang restaurant) everywhere in Indonesia. and popular Indonesian drinks
and beverages are teh (tea) and PAGE 13 kopi (coffee). Indonesian Culture & The Arts | Religion households commonly serve teh manis (sweet tea) or kopi tubruk (coffee mixed with sugar and hot
water and poured straight in the glass without separating out the coffee residue) to guests.
WATER Bottled water is recommended whenever possible.
Since the colonial era of Netherlands East Indies, plantations, especially ALCOHOLIC in Java, were major producers of coffee, tea and sugar. Since then hot and BEVERAGES sweet coffee and tea beverages have been enjoyed by Indonesians. As a Muslim majority country, Jasmine tea is the most popular tea variety drunk in Indonesia, however Indonesian Muslims also share recent health awareness promotions have made green tea a popular Islamic dietary laws that prohibit choice. PAGE 3 alcoholic beverages. However Population | Time | Visas since ancient times, native Insurance | History COFFEE & TEA alcoholic beverages were already
PAGE 4 Usually coffee and tea are served hot, but cold iced sweet tea is also developed in archipelago. People | Language frequently drunk. Kopi Luwak is Indonesian exotic and expensive coffee Common Phrases beverage made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by According to a Chinese source,
PAGE 5 the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related people of ancient Java drank Climate civets. wine made from palm sap called tuak (palm wine). Today tuak PAGE 6 Teh botol, bottled sweet jasmine tea, is now quite popular and locally continues to be popular in the The Land competes favorably with international bottled soda beverages such as Batak region, North Sumatra PAGE 7 Coca Cola and Fanta.[19] Kopi susu (coffee with sweetened condensed where a majority of the people Changing money | Credit Cards milk) is an Indonesian version of Café au lait. are Christian. Currency | Tipping Etiquette DESSERT A traditional Batak bar serving PAGE 8 Indonesian dessert es teler; avocado, jackfruit and young coconut in tuak is called lapo tuak. In Solo, Safety & Crime | Taxis Central Java, ciu (a local What to Pack | Health shredded ice and condensed milk adaptation of Chinese wine) is PAGE 9 Fruit juices (jus) are very popular. Varieties include orange (jus jeruk), also known. Bottled brem bali Communications (Balinese rice wine) is popular in guava (jus jambu), mango (jus mangga), soursop (jus sirsak) and avocado Bali. Indonesians also developed PAGE 10 (jus alpokat), the last of these being commonly served with condensed Shopping | Customs Bartering milk and chocolate syrup as a dessert-like treat. Durian can be made into local brands of beer, such as ice cream called es durian. Bintang Beer and Anker Beer. PAGE 11-12
Food & Drinks Many popular drinks are based on ice (es) and can also be classified as PAGE 13 desserts. Typical examples include young coconut (es kelapa muda), Culture & The Arts | Religion grass jelly (es cincau), cendol (es cendol or es dawet), avocado, jackfruit
and coconut with shreded ice and condensed milk (es teler), mixed ice (es campur), red kidney beans (es kacang merah), musk melon (es blewah) and seaweed (es rumput laut).
Hot sweet beverages can also be found, such as bajigur and bandrek which are particularly popular in West Java. Both are coconut milk or coconut sugar (gula jawa) based hot drinks, mixed with other spices. Sekoteng, a ginger based hot drink which includes peanuts, diced bread, and pacar cina, can be found in Jakarta and West Java. Wedang jahe (hot ginger drink) and wedang ronde (a hot drink with sweet potato balls) are particularly popular in Yogyakarta, Central Java, and East Java.
CULTURE & THE ARTS
ART
The diversity evident in Indonesia's 300 plus ethnic groups is reflected in . the diversity of its art forms. Just as every ethnic group throughout the archipelago has its own language/dialect, cuisine, traditional dress and
PAGE 3 traditional homes and they have also developed their own textiles, Population | Time | Visas ornaments, carvings and items for daily use and special celebrations. The Insurance | History rich cultural heritage of art and handicrafts is one of Indonesia's true
PAGE 4 national riches. Indonesian art forms can include designs traced back to People | Language early animistic beliefs, ancestor worship, Hindu or Buddhist influenced Common Phrases motifs brought by Indian traders, Chinese or Islamic symbols and
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Balinese art is art of Hindu-Javanese origin that grew from the work of PAGE 6 The Land artisans of the Majapahit Kingdom, with their expansion to Bali in the late 13th century. From the sixteenth until the twentieth centuries, the PAGE 7 village of Kamasan, Klungkung (East Bali), was the centre of classical Changing money | Credit Cards Balinese art. Since the late twentieth century, Ubud and its neighboring Currency | Tipping Etiquette villages established a reputation as the center of Balinese art. Ubud and Batuan are known for their paintings, Mas for their woodcarvings, Celuk PAGE 8 for gold and silver smiths, and Batubulan for their stone carvings. Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health MUSIC PAGE 9 Music in Indonesia is as diverse as its many cultures and customs that Communications have evolved throughout its 18,000 islands. There are thousands of
PAGE 10 micro-cultures with their own history and character with many evolving Shopping | Customs Bartering from native tribes that that often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with music and rituals. Today the contemporary music in PAGE 11-12 Indonesia is popular in the region, including neighboring countries; Food & Drinks Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. PAGE 13 RELIGION Culture & The Arts | Religion Although primarily a Muslim nation, Indonesia is marked by
wide religious tolerance. Hinduism thrives on Bali, and Christianity has a significant presence on Flores, Timor, and several other islands. The Indonesian constitution recognizes freedom of religion as specified in the first principal of the state philosophy "belief in one Supreme God". The balance of the population is made up of Buddhists, Hindu, and Christian. The Island of Bali is 90% Hindu.
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