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Indonesia

Indonesia. General Facts Ethnical Diversity Culture. Content. Our contact at the Embassy. Gustaf Sirait (pronounce Si ra it) Cultural and information Attaché in Embassy of Indonesia Background: French literature studies in Jakarta Worked in Foreign Ministry of Indonesia.

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Indonesia

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  1. Indonesia

  2. General Facts Ethnical Diversity Culture Content

  3. Our contact at the Embassy • Gustaf Sirait (pronounce Si ra it) • Cultural and information Attaché in Embassy of Indonesia • Background: • French literature studies in Jakarta • Worked in Foreign Ministry of Indonesia

  4. Capital: Jakarta Population: 240 millions (est. 2009) 4th most populated country a lot of ethnic groups Official language: bahasaindonesia. Governement type: republic 2 presidential elections, last one in 2009 Republic of Indonesia Source: CIA Factbook

  5. Main Islands Java, Sumatra Kalimantan (Bornéo) Sulawesi (Célèbes) Maluku (Moluques) Timor Irian Jaya or Papua Geographical location • Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean • Around 17500 islands from which 3000 are inhabited 33 regions, very scattered and diversified

  6. Climate • Equatorial climate • Hot and wet • The same temperature all the year: •       between 26°C and 30°C • 2 "seasons":  • rainy season (december -> february) • wet season (march -> november)

  7. Pre-colonial era V. century: Individual Island states. Maritime and trading population Gradual adoption of Islam between the XIII. and the XVI. Century Colonial era Dutch colony between 1602 and 1942 Japanese occupation (1942-1945) Armed conflict with Dutch between 1945 and 1949 Independent era Independence : 27 December 1949 Ruling of Sokano and Suharto until the promulgation of the republic in 1999  Tsunami Earthquake on December 26, 2004 160 000 dead on Aceh History Borobudur: a UNESCO World Heritage Site Javanese housekeeper with a colon child.

  8. More than 750 tribes and dialects Black, Arab, Asian, Indian,... Ethnical groups

  9. Languages

  10. Tribes & Diversity • Different ethnic groups: • Javanese, Batak, Chinese, Indians, Blacks ... • Several behaviors: • Middle-Javanese have a strong sense of politeness • East-Javanese are more informal, familiar • No real tensions nowadays between tribes except for: • Enmity with powerful Chinese (solved recently) • Feeling of being set aside from Papuan people • Seeking of independence of Aceh • Padang : Minang Kabao, matriarchal tribe even if muslim • All the holy days are celebrated • A lot of social bonding at these occasions

  11. Muslims (88%) "Religion of Java“ Christians (8%) Buddhists or Hinduists (2%) Some regions with strong majority religion No separation between Church and State One of the five religions must be chosen and declared Religions

  12. Five Principles • One God • Justice • Indonesian Unity • Consensus • Social Justice for all

  13. Spirit • Take your time, think of the "elastic watch“ • High respect to the superior and the older • even a young chief • Always try to find consensus elegantly and politly • Never be too direct!!  • Avoid public disputes / humiliations • Moderated Islam (no burqa) • be careful with clothes • Relation to alcohol • Criticizing the politicians directly is not well thought-of • only their ideas not the person

  14. Spirit • Relative to Islam: • Clothes -> be covered • Avoid tenderness in public -> do not kiss to say hello! • Hierarchy -> stay polite • respect prayer's time • Westerner are called "Bule" (pronounce "Boulet") • Indonesian are usually very kind with Bule • Atheism is not well thought-of

  15. TrimaKassi! (Thank You!) Questions?

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