“Don’t Die Before You Go to Banda Neira ” is a legendary and famous quote from Indonesian national hero Sutan Syahrir. Exiled with his friend Mohammad Hatta in Banda Neira, the two had a house of exile there that is guarded and maintained to this day. The
The Yogyakarta Palace (officially known as Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat) is the official seat of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. It was founded in 1755 by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I following the Treaty of Giyanti, which divided the Islamic Mataram Kingdom into two realms. Architecture and Philosophy The Keraton
UNESCO officially inscribed Indonesian Batik on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on October 2, 2009. The word batik comes from the Javanese words “amba” (to write) and “titik” (dot). Essentially, it means to write or make dots on fabric. While wax-resist
