Indonesia Arts and Culture

arts and culture

Arts : General

Agung Rai Museum of Art - houses a collection of works by Balinese, Javanese and foreign artists.
Color Plates - Balinese Art
Directory of Indonesian Artists
Network Indonesia - collection of Indonesia's most prominent contemporary artists.

Arts : Company

Bali Arts & Crafts - unique woodcrafts, batik clothings, furniture, and more.
Rama Imports - collectable merchandise brought back from an exotic land.
Helmi, Rio - photographer working in Indonesia to provide images for editorial and commercial clientele. He has published several photo books on the region.
Indonesia Export - offering Bali and Indonesian products; handicrafts, wood carvings, Batik clothing and sarongs, wrought iron, rattan, mahogany and teak antique reproduction furniture.
Keraton
Plus Gallery - Indonesian embroidery shop.
Teleindonet - Indonesian products from bamboo, wood, fabric, and casted metals.

Literature

Toer, Pramoedya Ananta - includes biographical and bibliographical information, reviews, interviews, and other material about the Indonesian author.
Wayang Stories - in Indonesian.

Literature : Poetry

Lingkaran Puisi - the circle of Indonesian poetry.
Lontar - Collection of Indonesian contemporary poetry, in bahasa Indonesia and in English.

Society and Culture

Living in Indonesia - life, language, and lore for foreigners planning to live in Indonesia and current expatriates.
Usenet - alt.culture.indonesia - Indonesian culture, news, etc.
Usenet - soc.culture.indonesia - All about the Indonesian nation.

Society and Culture : Culture

Batak people of North Sumayts
National Holidays - includes Islamic, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist festivals for the 1990s.
Pendopo Yogyakarta - Javanese tradition, art and culture; in these pages you will find info on the Javanese way of life, which depends on harmony.
Rantaunet Rumah Gadang - a forum for Minangkabau people in diaspora. Contains archive of the rantaunet mailing list and information about Minangkabau people, culture.

Society and Culture : Environment and Nature

Coral Cay Conservation - provides resources for the protection and sustainable use of coastal habitats for the benefit of the environment and the people who depend upon it with projects in Belize, Philippines, and Indonesia.
Earthwatch Research Project: Saving Borneo's Rain Forests - seeks volunteers to help scientists monitor threatened species and restore rainforest habitat in Borneo. Two week teams run July, 1996 to January, 1997.
Fisheries Conservation Crisis in Indonesia - a paper by William W. Rossiter, the president of the Cetacean Society International.
Indonesia Nature Reserves
Indonesian Tropical Rainforest - a tour to the endangered rainforest.
Sustainable Development in Indonesia

Society and Culture : Food

Henk's Hot Kitchen - devoted to the Dutch/Indonesian kitchen with regulary updated recipes and links to other cooking related sites.
Indonesian Food and Recipes
Indonesian Food Overseas
Indonesian Food Palace
Indonesian Recipes
Indonesian Recipes Archive - rec.food recipes
Linda's Indonesian Recipes - Authentic Indonesian recipes. In English and Indonesian versions.

Society and Culture : Organizations

Asih Budi Foundation - Indonesian volunteer organizations that provide special education for young people with special conditions.
Belgian Luxemburg Indonesia Club (BLIC) - information on activities for Belgians/Luxemburgers in Indonesia. Agenda social events, news and info.

Society and Culture : Religion

Barzakh Foundation - Islamic social organization which gives worldwide treatment service for HIV/AIDS patients using Sufi Healing method.
GBI Rahmat Emmanuel Ministries
Gereja Kristen Pasundan - Chiristian Church.
Meditasi Yesus
Sufism in Indonesia - mystical journey to the world of Sufism in the most populous Moslem country.
Wa Islama - Islamic bulletin in Indonesia.

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