INDONESIA

• Official Name

  THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
• Population

  275, 400, 000 (2022 est.)
• Money

  INDONESIAN RUPIAH
• Flag of Indonesia

  • Horizontal bicolor of red and white
  • Red band represents the courage and blood of the Indonesian people
  • White band represents purity and the spirits of the people
• Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)


  • Official and national language of Indonesia
  • Standardized variety of Malay
  • Used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries
• Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world, with over 270 million inhabitants—of which the majority speak Indonesian, which makes it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world
• Indonesian literatures

  • Poetry and prose writings in Javanese, Malay, Sundanese, and other languages of the people of Indonesia
  • Includes works orally transmitted and then preserved in written form
  • Oral literature and modern literatures that began to emerge in the early 20th century as a result of Western influence
• Many of the Indonesian songs, or poems, that were orally transmitted by professional priest-singers embody traditions that have a religious function
• Improvisation played a great part in this kind of poetry, and there is reason to believe that in its present form much of it is of no great age
• Indonesian orally transmitted prose forms

  • Myths
  • Animal stories and "beast fables"
  • Fairy tales
  • Legends
  • Puzzles and riddles
  • Anecdotes and adventure stories
• The divine heroes and epic animals of these tales show the influence of Indian literature and the written literatures of other neighboring cultures
• INDOESIAN CULTURE

  • Families are as close as they come
  • Religious commitments comes first
  • Indonesians are collective
  • Indonesians love spicy, savory foods
  • Every places has a legend
  • Indonesians celebrate everything
  • Indonesians love making and performing arts
• Religions in Indonesia

  • Islam
  • Protestantism
  • Catholicism
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
  • Confucianism
• Arswendo Atmowiloto was an Indonesian writer and journalist who was active in various magazines and newspapers
• Arswendo Atmowiloto (72 y/o) was imprisoned for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in October 15, (1990) due to a poll explained by Monique Rijkers, readers send their answers via postcards published in the Monitor tabloid with 500 thousand copies that ranked the Prophet only 11th as the most admired figure in Indonesia, himself at 10th, and the President Soeharto at 1st place.
• Arswendo Atmowiloto was convicted of being considered subversion and violating articles:


  Article 156 A of the Criminal Code and Article 157 of the Criminal code
• Vocab Words on Mrs. Geni In December

  • Bronzing - makeup technique
  • Gorge - narrrow valley between hills
  • Infusion - process of preparing an extract
  • Mantra - chant repeated to aid concentration
• Ajip Rosidi is an Indonesian poet and short story writer who has published 326 works in 22 different magazines as of 1983
• Subagio Sastrowardojo was an Indonesian poet, short-story writer, essayist and literary critic