Indonesian for Beginners Module 2
Indonesian for Beginners Module 2 equips you with the vocabularies, sentence structures and cultural skills that will enable you to get information and find your way around, as well as giving directions. You…
The Invention of ‘Lingua Franca’, Language and Indonesian Nationalist Movement
Abdul ‘dubbun’ Hakim, Director of Center for Islam and State Studies Indonesia In the colonial period, Indonesian founding fathers faced the problem in communicatingrevolutionary ideas to reach wider audience in such highly diverse ethnics…
Dutch East Indies
C. Peter Chen The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, was formed as a colony of the Netherlands in 1800 when the country nationalized the Dutch East India Company. It expanded to…
George Quinn On Translating Indonesia
George Quinn Head, Southeast Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies Australian National University I still remember very vividly the moment I became hooked on the study of Indonesia and on the mystery of…
17 Agustus 1945
The Republic of Indonesia first saw light on August 17, 1945, when its independence was proclaimed just days after the Japanese surrender to the Allies. Pancasila became the ideological and philosophical basis of…
Indonesia Raya
The Indonesia national anthem is “Indonesia Raya,” which means Great Indonesia. The song was composed in 1928. The colonial policy of the day was “divide and rule.” It was a policy that deliberately…
Garuda
The Garuda Pancasila is the coat of arms of Indonesia. The main part of the coat of arms is the Garuda with a shield on its chest and a scroll gripped by its…
Sang Saka Merah Putih
The Indonesian national flag is called “Sang Saka Merah Putih.” As provided for in Article 35 of the 1945 Constitution, the flag is made up of two colors, red on top of white….
Pancasila
Pancasila is the philosophical basis of the Indonesian state. Pancasila consists of two Sanskrit words, “panca” meaning five, and “sila” meaning principle. It comprises five inseparable and interrelated principles. They are: 1. Belief…
Sumpah Pemuda
Sumpah Pemuda or The Youth Pledge, was a declaration made on 28 October 1928 by young Indonesian nationalists at a conference in the then-Dutch East Indies. They proclaimed three ideals, one motherland, one…
