Welcome to the Indonesian Links page

Over the past 19 years, I have lived on three different islands in Indonesia: Bali, Papua and Sumbawa. What follows are websites about the rest of this fascinating country. Some of these sites are found on other pages here - for example, anthropology and social studies, but I thought that as those pages increase in size, people looking for only information about Indonesia will not necessarily find it and the purpose of this site is to disseminate information in as clear and easy a manner as possible. This page will most likley grow in size quickly so I will try to list sites here according to the relevant island.

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About Indonesia, is part of the AsianInfo.org site. This page has links to a variety of topics of interest to those living in, studying, or planning to visit Indonesia. This site looks promising, but I haven't had much time to explore what it offers. AsianInfo.org says about its site: "AsianInfo.org is devoted to introducing Asian culture, traditions and general information to the world through our website. We believe each country in Asia is unique and beautiful with a lot to offer the world. Believing in this is our motivation. The world needs to be more cognizant of Asia and the internet revolution is the best way to connect globally." They further note: "Our goal for this website is to focus on giving impartial and useful information on each country/region. To achieve this objective, viewers of our website are part of our information resource. That is why we have a Message Board, which are forums designed to allow our viewers to state their opinions and send information." Sounds good, so check it out.

American Museum of Asmat Art , has some very interesting information about the Asmat of West Papua in Indonesia. The Asmat are a fascinating people who are famous for their former practice of headhunting and their present practice of carving. The purpose of this museum is preserve, present and research the Asmat culture. Check this out.

An Overview: Irian Jaya A General Outline , is a webpage of information aobut Irian Jaya which is produced by the Department of Tourism, Art and Culture of Irian Jaya. This is a good official-type introduction to Irian Jaya or Papua or West Papua or whatever it is being called at the moment. Papua is still one of my favorite places in Indonesia.

BII, is the English language home of Bank Internasional Indonesia. It has a nicely designed web site which appears easy to use. Unfortunately we don't have a branch anywhere near us here.

Beginnings to 1500: Ancient Kingdoms and the Coming of Islam , is one page of the Sejarah Indonesia website. This page covers up to 1500 and is a nice outline of Indonesian history. Check out the rest of the web site as well.

BNI Online Feature , is the English language home of Bank Negara Indonesia. You can find out about BNI's services and how to use them.

Flores Island, Culture of Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, is from the Bali Travel Online website. You can find out about the culture and geography of Flores, as well as getting a map and travel information.

foto-foto.com, is an image resource. You can find over 1,600 photos of Indonesia for teachers and students to use free of charge.

Indahnesia.com , is an independent website on Indonesia with a wealth of information about almost everywhere in the country. Very interesting website. It has a forum as well.

Indonesia Country Studies , has links to a multitude of topics about Indonesia. The actual pages themselves are not long or very detailed, but they serve as a good introduction to Indonesian Studies for the new student. The information is suitable for Middle School students and up.

Indonesian Publications Homepage, has a mass of links about Indonesia. I recognize one from an anthropologist I met during my days in Papua so the rest of these are most likely academic articles about Indonesia. There is a wealth of information here that I will be going through on my next vacation.

Indonesian Publications Homepage-Panel 2, has another group of links about Indonesia. Great stuff.

Inside Indonesia, is a quarterly magazine for general readers on the people of Indonesia - their culture, politics, economy and environment. You can only access selected articles.

holding image Jakarta International Community Home, is the home for the Jakarta International Community Center which serves as a resource for the Jakarta-based expat community. The Center does things like cooking classes, Tai Chi, lectures, etc.

Java, the main island in Indonesia, calls itself an orientation to the culture and traditions of Java. It actually is a good source for information about a Javanese wedding of a Westerner and a Javanese woman. The text is difficult to read on this site, and I hope that the designer works on issues of readability so that it is easier to find out about Javanese wedding traditions.

holder JobsDB.com, is a site where you can look for jobs in Indonesia. Most of these jobs are for Indonesian nationals, but occasionally there are jobs posted for expats.

Living in Indonesia, A Site for Expatriates, is an excellent site for those living, or planning on living in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta.

Mahayana Buddhism: Buddhism in Indonesia- is a relatively small site with some general information about Buddhism and its history in Indonesia.

MapZones.com- is an interesting site that has a map of Indonesia and a lot of factual data about the country. This site also has the same type of information for many other countries.

holder National Museum of Indonesia - is the home site of the national museum. This site has basic information about the museum and the collection. There is also a map of the museum. It's interesting that the museum website came about as a result of cooperation between two business organizations.

Network Indonesia - Culture - History of Indonesia, is another one of these personal websites about Indonesia that have an incredible amount of information in them. They have this to say about themselves: "Network Indonesia started as the personal homepage of Jon Pauwels in 1995 and just kept growing. Originally, the site was located at Globe, but we had such a limited server-space that we were forced to move to Skynet. In 1998 we met Dirk Oeghoede, an Indonesian artists who lived and worked in Antwerp at that time. Together we set up a virtual art gallery for Indonesian Contemporary Art. We are very proud about this project, because it is the only serious attempt to give information about Indonesian Modern Art on the internet. Other, related sites, usually focus on traditional Indonesian Arts like court dance, batik, wayang or gamelan. Network Indonesia is still just a personal homepage, but we are going strong and have a steadily growing amount of visitors who send lots of feedback."

North Sulawesi , is a well written site by the North Sulawesi Tourist Promotion Board. There is a lot of good information on this site about the history, culture, and geography of North Sulawesi. You can also find the basic tourist info about places to stay, shopping, how to get there and more.

Nias - Photographs: National Museum of Denmark, has a collection of old and modern photographs of Nias.

NSW HSC ONLINE - Music, is a web page about gamelan music in Indonesia. This is a good page for find out about the name and functions of a variety of instruments.

holding image Statistics Indonesia, is a good place to start looking if you want to get statistical information on Indonesia. This site is a valuable resource for the person researching Indonesia.

The Anthropology of the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, is a fascinating site about these small islands off Sumatra.

The Meto People on Gunung Mutis, East Nusa Tenggara, is a very informative travel account on the Indonesiaphoto.com site about the people that live on Mount Mutis in West Timor. You shouldcheck out this page and the whole site.

Travel 2 Indonesia (Temples)- is a site about Borobudur and Prambanan. This site has a lot of information about these temples. I've used this site as a resource for my Middle School students and their projects on Indonesian culture.

Travel and Tourist Information, is a travel site with basic information on Indonesia for the tourist new to Indonesia.

West Flores: Komodo and So Much More is a site that I just came across which is great for folks who want to travel to those parts of Indonesia. Unfortunately there is not much written on islands east of Lombok and this site is a good start to rectifying that. You can find information on the history of the area, interesting places to visit, and flight schedules to this area of the country.