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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via legrandcirque.tumblr.com - Semarang boy, Java. 1913.
via bloodorangemoon.tumblr.com - Young Javanese dancers, Java. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Betawi woman in kebaya and batik sarong, Jakarta. Between 1900-1915.
via tropenmuseum.nl - Balinese girl in temple costume, Bali. Between 1910-1914.
via chucrutypilsen.tumblr.com - Acehnese people, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Karo Batak family, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Young Minangkabau people, West Sumatra. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Family, Central Java. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - People in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Dayak people, Kalimantan. Date unknown.
via wowshack.com - Buleleng King and his secretary, Bali. 1875.
via wowshack.com - Javanese romantic painter and pioneer of Indonesian modern art, Raden Saleh (1811-1880). 1872.
via kitlv.nl - Bugis women, Sulawesi. Date unknown
via tempodoeloe.wordpress.com - A food seller from Batavia. 1870.
via pinterest.com - Ambonese, Maluku. Date unknown.
via wowshack.com - Javanese prince with two servants, Java. Between 1865-1870.
via pinterest.com - Family, Papua. Date unknown.
via wowshack.com - Dayak man with traditional tattoo. 1896.
via wowshack.com - Toba Batak family in their house, North Sumatra. 1900.
via wowshack.com - Dancers with masks acting in “Topeng†dance, Java. Between 1900-1920.
reynatha3.wordpress.com - King of Dayak Kahayan, Kalimantan. Between 1900-1920.
via wowshack.com - “Seudati†dance performed in Samalanga, Bireun, Aceh, Sumatra. 1907.
via wowshack.com - Dayak man with earrings and a lance, Kalimantan. 1919.
via wowshack.com - Baris dancers drinking beer, Bali. 1918.
via wowshack.com - Dayak warriors from Longnawan, North Kalimantan. 1917.
via wowshack.com - Nias tribesmen moving and erecting a megalith, Sumatra. 1915.
via wowshack.com - Makassar man, Sulawesi. 1912.
via wowshack.com - An opium dealer and a smoker. 1912.
via wowshack.com - Batak family, North Sumatra. 1910.
via wowshack.com - Balinese woman spinning thread, Bali. 1910.
via pinterest.com - Javanese Pharmacy. 1880.
via kaskus.co.id - Indonesian heroine Cut Nyak Dien (1850-1908), Sumatra. Date unknown.
via biblio.udlap.mx - Balinese woman. 1930.
via 6knitter6.tumblr.com - Kombai woman and her baby, Irian Jaya (West Papua). Photographed by Frederic Lagrange. Date unknown.
via boyhood.tumblr.com - Minang woman, West Sumatra. 1929.
via pinterest.com - Manadonese girl, North Sulawesi. 1920s.
via wowshack.com - Family, Bali. Between 1910-1920.
via karosiadi.blogspot.com - Karo Batak family, North Sumatra. Between 1911-1919.
via wikimedia.org - Royal women from Lampung, Southern Sumatra. Date unknown.
via wikipedia.org - Makassar woman, Southeast Sulawesi. Date unknown.
via tropenmuseum.nl - A young Gayo bride, Aceh, Sumatra. Before 1939.
via old-indische.com - “Young Javanese Womanâ€. Photographed by Kassian Céphas. 1885.
via old-indische.com - “Money changer girlâ€, Java. 1908.
via old-indische.com - Javanese girls. Date unknown.
via twitter.com/minzokobut - Minangkabau women. Date unknown.
via aseanchat.com - Ronggeng dancer, Betawi (previously Batavia). Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - “The first champion of Manadoâ€, North Sulawesi. 1870.
via wowshack.com - Two warriors in South Nias, Sumatra. Photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Niewenhuis. Between 1892 - 1922.
via tropenmuseum.nl - Two women wearing dancing costumes from South Nias, Sumatra. Photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Niewenhuis. Between 1892 - 1922.
via tropenmuseum.nl - Karo Batak women winnowing and pounding rice, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
via tropenmuseum.nl - Four young Karo Batak women, North Sumatra. Photographed by Tassilo Adam. Between 1914-1919.
via karosiadi.blogspot.co.id - Karo Batak woman with child, North Sumatra. 1925.
via pinterest.com - Chinese and Javanese men trading. 1870.
via tropenmuseum.nl - "Tandako pajogé" dancers. Pasere Maloku, Sulawesi. Photographed by Hendrik Veen. 1870.
via flickr.com - Batavian dancer girl. 1912.
via indonesiainmypocket.wordpress.com - Chemistry class for Javanese students. Amsterdam. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Ambonese women going to church, Maluku. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Gayo woman selling kindling wood, North Sumatra. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Two Ambonese ladies going to a party. Maluku. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Dancer boy, Bali. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Wayang orang (Human puppet), East Java. Date unknown.
via picclick.com - Javanese royals, believed to be in Solo, Central Java. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Javanese punishment, Yogyakarta. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Nias women, Sumatra. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - “Tukang arang†(charcoal seller). 1867.
via legrandcirque.tumblr.com - “Bangsawan Bandung dengan Bedinde†(Bandung royalty with servant), West Java. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Schoolchildren in Bandung, West Java. 1931.
via pinterest.com - Javanese women preparing Lebaran (Idul Fitri) cookies, Java. 1920.
via karosiadi.blogspot.com - Karo Batak old woman, North Sumatra. Between 1920-1925.
via pinterest.com - Acehnese men. Date unknown.
via wikiwand.com - Sundanese women weaving sarong in Bandung, West Java. Between 1900-1940.
via photobucket.com - Sate seller. Between 1870-1920.
via superkintaro.tumblr.com - Chinese bride, Batavia. Between 1870-1900.
via wikimedia.org - Jambu bol fruit seller. Between 1870-1900.
via pinterest.com - Dutch children and Indonesian woman in Lembang, West Java. Between 1900-1910.
via pinterest.com - School in Java. 1920.
via pinterest.com - Acehnese noble and wife. Between 1900-1920.
via pinterest.com - Balinese girls pounding rice, Bali. 1920.
via shewhoworshipscarlin.tumblr.com - Dayak woman, Kalimantan. Date unknown.
via wikimedia.org - Nias warriors. Date unknown.
via tatangmanguny.wordpress.com - Sundanese women, West Java. 1880.
via wikimedia.org - Sundanese princess and her attendants, West Java. Date unknown.
via ethnoworld.tumblr.com - Children in tribal dress. Date unknown.
via wikimedia.org - Tengger people, East Java. Date unknown.
via penasoekarno.wordpress.com - Indonesia's founding President Sukarno and his wife Fatmawati. Date unknown.
via pinterest.com - Javanese royal children, Java. Date unknown.