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.
"Tandako pajogé" dancers. Pasere Maloku, Sulawesi. Photographed by Hendrik Veen. 1870.
via tropenmuseum.nl(brl/red)