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.
Two women wearing dancing costumes from South Nias, Sumatra. Photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Niewenhuis. Between 1892 - 1922.
via tropenmuseum.nl(brl/red)
