People say if you want to see the greatness of a nation,look atits history. Compiled from varioussources, below isa collection of of photosshowing the diversityof Indonesian cultureat a time when Jakarta was still Batavia and the Dutch still held sway in the archipelago.
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Semarang boy, Java. 1913.
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Young Javanese dancers, Java. Date unknown.
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Betawi woman in kebaya and batik sarong, Jakarta. Between 1900-1915.
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Balinese girl in temple costume, Bali. Between 1910-1914.
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Acehnese people, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Karo Batak family, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Young Minangkabau people, West Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Family, Central Java. Date unknown.
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People in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Date unknown.
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Dayak people, Kalimantan. Date unknown.
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Buleleng King and his secretary, Bali. 1875.
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Javanese romantic painter and pioneer of Indonesian modern art, Raden Saleh (1811-1880). 1872.
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Bugis women, Sulawesi. Date unknown
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A food seller from Batavia. 1870.
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Ambonese, Maluku. Date unknown.
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Javanese prince with two servants, Java. Between 1865-1870.
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Family, Papua. Date unknown.
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Dayak man with traditional tattoo. 1896.
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Toba Batak family in their house, North Sumatra. 1900.
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Dancers with masks acting in “Topeng†dance, Java. Between 1900-1920.
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King of Dayak Kahayan, Kalimantan. Between 1900-1920.
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“Seudati†dance performed in Samalanga, Bireun, Aceh, Sumatra. 1907.
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Dayak man with earrings and a lance, Kalimantan. 1919.
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Baris dancers drinking beer, Bali. 1918.
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Dayak warriors from Longnawan, North Kalimantan. 1917.
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Nias tribesmen moving and erecting a megalith, Sumatra. 1915.
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Makassar man, Sulawesi. 1912.
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An opium dealer and a smoker. 1912.
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Batak family, North Sumatra. 1910.
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Balinese woman spinning thread, Bali. 1910.
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Javanese Pharmacy. 1880.
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Indonesian heroine Cut Nyak Dien (1850-1908), Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Balinese woman. 1930.
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Kombai woman and her baby, Irian Jaya (West Papua). Photographed by Frederic Lagrange. Date unknown.
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Minang woman, West Sumatra. 1929.
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Manadonese girl, North Sulawesi. 1920s.
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Family, Bali. Between 1910-1920.
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Karo Batak family, North Sumatra. Between 1911-1919.
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Royal women from Lampung, Southern Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Makassar woman, Southeast Sulawesi. Date unknown.
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A young Gayo bride, Aceh, Sumatra. Before 1939.
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“Young Javanese Womanâ€. Photographed by Kassian Céphas. 1885.
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“Money changer girlâ€, Java. 1908.
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Javanese girls. Date unknown.
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Minangkabau women. Date unknown.
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Ronggeng dancer, Betawi (previously Batavia). Date unknown.
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“The first champion of Manadoâ€, North Sulawesi. 1870.
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Two warriors in South Nias, Sumatra. Photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Niewenhuis. Between 1892 - 1922.
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Two women wearing dancing costumes from South Nias, Sumatra. Photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Niewenhuis. Between 1892 - 1922.
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Karo Batak women winnowing and pounding rice, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Four young Karo Batak women, North Sumatra. Photographed by Tassilo Adam. Between 1914-1919.
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Karo Batak woman with child, North Sumatra. 1925.
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Chinese and Javanese men trading. 1870.
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"Tandako pajogé" dancers. Pasere Maloku, Sulawesi. Photographed by Hendrik Veen. 1870.
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Batavian dancer girl. 1912.
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Chemistry class for Javanese students. Amsterdam. Date unknown.
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Ambonese women going to church, Maluku. Date unknown.
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Gayo woman selling kindling wood, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
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Two Ambonese ladies going to a party. Maluku. Date unknown.
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Dancer boy, Bali. Date unknown.
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Wayang orang (Human puppet), East Java. Date unknown.
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Javanese royals, believed to be in Solo, Central Java. Date unknown.
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Javanese punishment, Yogyakarta. Date unknown.
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Nias women, Sumatra. Date unknown.
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“Tukang arang†(charcoal seller). 1867.
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“Bangsawan Bandung dengan Bedinde†(Bandung royalty with servant), West Java. Date unknown.
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Schoolchildren in Bandung, West Java. 1931.
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Javanese women preparing Lebaran (Idul Fitri) cookies, Java. 1920.
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Karo Batak old woman, North Sumatra. Between 1920-1925.
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Acehnese men. Date unknown.
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Sundanese women weaving sarong in Bandung, West Java. Between 1900-1940.
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Sate seller. Between 1870-1920.
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Chinese bride, Batavia. Between 1870-1900.
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Jambu bol fruit seller. Between 1870-1900.
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Dutch children and Indonesian woman in Lembang, West Java. Between 1900-1910.
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School in Java. 1920.
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Acehnese noble and wife. Between 1900-1920.
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Balinese girls pounding rice, Bali. 1920.
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Dayak woman, Kalimantan. Date unknown.
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Nias warriors. Date unknown.
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Sundanese women, West Java. 1880.
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Sundanese princess and her attendants, West Java. Date unknown.
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Children in tribal dress. Date unknown.
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Tengger people, East Java. Date unknown.
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Indonesia's founding President Sukarno and his wife Fatmawati. Date unknown.
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Javanese royal children, Java. Date unknown.