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... that military officer
Chris Tanasale was selected as the mayor of
Ambon , Indonesia, to prevent the alienation of local Christians?
... that the botanist
Victor Jacob Koningsberger spoke out against the expulsion of Jewish academics in the
occupied Netherlands ?
... that in the year after its establishment, the
provincial legislature of Bali annulled all local laws banning
inter-caste marriage ?
... that the
Asyikin–Brugman Treaty was revoked 11 days after being signed?
... that, as minister,
Simon de Graaff would receive daily shipments of documents by bicycle?
... that
Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger , a biologist who catalogued the flora and fauna of Java, also served as the
Dutch minister of the colonies ?
... that
George Krugers was
circumcised so he could pass as Muslim and film
The Great Mecca Feast ?
... that a municipal purchase of 177 motorcycles by
Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu , the mayor of
Semarang , Indonesia, caused a social media controversy due to media misreporting?
... that
Saparinah Sadli defended
one of her former students when Indonesia's
State Intelligence Agency challenged her gendered exploration of the
New Order regime?
... that
Lie Kiat Teng (pictured) appealed to the "moral obligation" of doctors to address a healthcare crisis in
South Sulawesi ?
... that
Denpasar mayor
I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara became active in politics after he was laid off from a bank due to the
Asian financial crisis ?
... that Indonesian politician
Sanusi 's parents discouraged him from becoming a government employee, because his salary would be paid partly from taxes on alcohol and prostitution?
... that to mitigate
religious violence in the city ,
Ambon mayor
Marcus Jacob Papilaja made Muslim and Christian city employees mix?
... that
Dedie Rachim was the first active member of the
Corruption Eradication Commission to be elected to public office?
... that due to a
2024 heat wave in Southeast Asia ,
heat indices in the Philippines rose to dangerous levels, as high as 51 °C (124 °F)?
... that Indonesian politician
Rahmad Mas'ud received his master's degree simultaneously with four of his siblings?
... that
Mayling Oey-Gardiner went from being a
University of Indonesia clerk to a full professor?
... that according to
Dadang Supriatna , his father gave him 1,000 bricks to fund his studies?
... that
nearly a thousand elections for local executives were held in Indonesia between 2005 and 2013, with an average of around one every three days?
... that due to
Richard Louhenapessy 's arrest, the Indonesian city of
Ambon had four mayors in May 2022?
... that
Yudas Sabaggalet , an Indonesian politician, worked in a
Coca-Cola factory while studying at university?
... that even though a village said that it did not want a church, Indonesian politician
Thoriqul Haq allocated land and money to build one along with a
musalla ?
... that in the
2024 election , Indonesian comedian
Komeng (election portrait pictured) received the most votes of any
senatorial candidate to date?
... that the Indonesian city of
Gorontalo is nicknamed the "Porch of
Medina "?
... that
Ahmad Nasuhi ordered a subordinate to attack the
Indonesian Communist Party 's offices with grenades as "psychological warfare against the central government"?
... that
Pamatan is an undiscovered city on Lombok that was destroyed by the
1257 Samalas eruption ?
... that
conservation in Indonesia had little local support after independence because it was associated with the
Dutch colonial period ?
... that
William Aditya Sarana was sworn in as a regional legislator four days before he graduated from university?
... that 33 former members of the
city council of Bogor , Indonesia were convicted of corruption in 2010, including three that were still serving and the city's vice-mayor?
... that a former Dutch villa houses both the
city council of Semarang, Indonesia and the city's mayor?
... that the building housing the
city council of Palembang, Indonesia , was claimed to be the "grandest" of its kind?
... that Indonesian politician
Gembong Warsono criticized the governor of Jakarta over municipally owned companies, sidewalk use, and imported dumpsters?
... that
North Nias Regency demolished its own government buildings in 2018 for
urban renewal ?
... that
Djanius Djamin , the speaker of
Medan's city council from 1969 to 1971, was the first woman to chair a legislature in
Sumatra ?
... that in the 1909 election to the
city council of Surabaya , fewer than 1 percent of the population could vote?
... that the
city council of Bandung in the
Dutch East Indies initially met at the site of a former coffee-packing factory?
... that
Premana Premadi is the first Indonesian female astronomer to have an
asteroid named in her honor?
... that
Ganjar Pranowo's 2024 presidential campaign is headquartered in the same building that hosted
the incumbent president's 2019 campaign ?
... that
Nunuk Nuraini was described as a hero for developing the
mi goreng flavor of
Indomie instant noodles?
... that
Himmatul Aliyah was born in
Tangerang and represents
Jakarta in
Indonesia's House of Representatives , while
Himmatul Alyah was born in Jakarta and represented Tangerang?
... that
Arsjad Rasjid said that he learned of his appointment as chairman of
Ganjar Pranowo's presidential campaign from a friend showing him the news?
... that
Ridho Rahmadi helped develop digital apps for the
Ummah Party before he was appointed its chairman?
... that as part of his 2014 reelection campaign, Indonesian legislator
Eriko Sotarduga provided free haircuts and motorcycle repairs?
... that according to its president
Said Iqbal , Indonesia's
Labour Party would form "personal" coalitions with presidential candidates?
... that
Ade Surapriatna confronted a police officer who had ticketed his party's supporters for violating traffic laws at a rally?
... that
Kamrussamad lost five elections before finally winning a seat on the
People's Representative Council in 2019?
... that
Ikmal Jaya , a former mayor of
Tegal , Indonesia, published a translated
Quran written in
Pegon script while in prison?
... that
I Gede Pasek Suardika resigned the chairmanship of the
Nusantara Awakening Party to be succeeded by his formerly imprisoned colleague
Anas Urbaningrum ?
... that
Habiburokhman made a public bet that
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama would not be able to collect one million
ID cards – or else he would jump off the
National Monument ?
... that
Ferrial Sofyan was absent at the inauguration of his successor as deputy speaker of the
Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council ?
... that
Mardani Ali Sera , after initiating a campaign to "
Replace the President ", prohibited himself from speaking of it after the
2019 Indonesian presidential election ?
... that nearing the end of his tenure as mayor of
Tegal , Indonesia,
Adi Winarso took part in a talkshow with his former political competitors?
... that former North Sumatra governor
Rudolf Pardede was once the richest public official in Indonesia?
... that although more than a thousand used Japanese train cars had previously been imported into Indonesia, the Indonesian government
blocked a recent attempt to import more ?
... that
Whisnu Sakti Buana served as the mayor of
Surabaya , Indonesia, for just one week in 2021?
... that
Soepardjo Rustam guarded a double of Indonesian Armed Forces commander
Sudirman to draw attention away from the real commander?
... that after Indonesian football club
PSMS Medan won three consecutive national championships, Medan's mayor
Sjoerkani granted the club a stadium?
... that
Moenadi was reportedly offered the post of
Governor of Central Java during a flight?
... that during his tenure as
Governor of Central Java ,
Muhammad Ismail banned rock music concerts and car rallies?
... that in the lead-up to the
1997 Indonesian legislative election ,
Soewardi engaged in the "yellowization" of
Central Java ?
... that the
Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement covered access to
South Korean online video games in Indonesia?
... that
Anggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo , a regional councillor in
Jakarta , Indonesia, received media attention for bringing his seven-month-old child into the legislative chamber?
... that
Satrio Sastrodiredjo and
Moerachman , both former mayors of
Surabaya , Indonesia, were held as political prisoners in the same prison after the
30 September Movement in 1965?
... that former
East Java vice governor
M. Soegiono was a football player before entering the civil service?
... that
Soeparno moved the official year of establishment of
Surabaya , Indonesia, from 1906 to 1293?
... that during his career in
Surabaya ,
Radjamin Nasution worked as a customs official, an alderman, a doctor, a football club's president, and the city's mayor?
... that
Ali Mufiz was named advisor, without his consent, to a candidate's campaign in the
2013 gubernatorial election for
Central Java ?
... that under
Soekotjo Sastrodinoto , the municipal government of
Surabaya signed up the city's homeless population for the
transmigration program ?
... that
Bachtiar Djafar was the first mayor of
Medan , Indonesia, to be of
Malay descent?
... that Indonesian politician
Muhammad Rapsel Ali founded a motorcycle racing team?
... that the main village set of the 2019 horror film
Impetigore was so remote that the crew had to build toilets and a path for vehicles?
... that former
East Java provincial secretary
Trimarjono was known for his habit of standing in front of the governor's office lobby every morning?
... that
Sujudi had his election to the post of rector of the
University of Indonesia overruled by the Indonesian government?
... that as mayor,
Muhammad Saleh Arifin permitted a temporary gambling area in
Medan , Indonesia, saying that it would fund a new street?
... that
Mardijo was sentenced to one, then two, then one, then two years in prison?
... that
Abdillah was sworn in as the mayor of
Medan , Indonesia, in an abrupt and secretive ceremony?
... that
Medan under
Rahudman Harahap attempted a crackdown on pig farms within city limits, but backed down after local opposition?
... that when he was the rector of the
University of Indonesia ,
Asman Boedisantoso Ranakusuma sometimes took the train to campus to overhear criticism of the school?
... that the Indonesian town of
Tiakur experienced a shortage of specialist doctors due to them not renewing their contract?
... that Indonesia and Malaysia founded the
Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries to promote the use of
palm oil ?
... that before becoming the mayor of
Medan , Indonesia,
Agus Salim Rangkuti acted in movies and oversaw a real-life political prison camp?
... that while serving as the mayor of
Malang ,
Peni Suparto led a protest in front of the city hall?
... that in 1945,
Kasman Singodimedjo lobbied other Islamist leaders not to implement
sharia law in Indonesia?
... that
Malinau Kota , Indonesia, with 31 percent of the population of
Malinau Regency , is home to more than 70 percent of its registered restaurants?
... that in 1993,
Indonesia's home affairs minister
Yogie Suardi Memet used thugs to disrupt the opposition
Indonesian Democratic Party 's national congress?
... that the game director for
A Space for the Unbound wanted to preserve his memories as an
Indonesian through the game?
... that the human rights abuses committed by Indonesian soldiers at ExxonMobil's
Arun gas field spawned
a U.S. lawsuit against the company that has been stalled for 20 years?
... that the rector of the
University of Indonesia ,
Muhammad Kamil Tadjudin , introduced a non-thesis degree policy that allowed students to graduate without publishing a thesis?
... that the folk ritual
jailangkung originates from the Chinese practice of spirit basket
divination and has been featured in
Indonesian horror films?
... that
Muchlis Ibrahim opted to resign as governor when
Zainal Bakar was appointed to be his deputy instead of his choice?
... that the
Cut Meutia is the only active train service in Indonesia using
standard-gauge track ?
... that
Kaharuddin Datuk Rangkayo Basa refused to be buried at a heroes' cemetery, and so was buried at a regular public cemetery upon his death?
... that
East Timor uses the
United States dollar , but produces
its own coins to facilitate smaller transactions?
... that in 2010 the
Indonesian National Armed Forces brought
a retired brigadier general before a military tribunal over a land dispute?
... that
Kurnianingrat helped historian
George McTurnan Kahin smuggle speeches by leaders of the
Indonesian revolution from the Dutch?
... that
James Danandjaja , an expert on
Indonesian folklore and the pioneer of Indonesian
folkloristics , also learned
ballet and
modern dance ?
... that
King Bataha Santiago 's parents sent him to school when he was 44 years old?
... that academic
Muhammad Musa'ad was barred from running as a candidate in the Papuan gubernatorial election due to his Arabic ancestry?
... that
interfaith greetings in Indonesia include phrases from Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism?
... that after his tenure ended in 1964,
Ipik Gandamana would be the last
Indonesian minister of home affairs to be a
civilian until 2009?
... that when
West Java governor
Nana Nuriana ran for reelection in 1998, he faced fifteen challengers?
... that
Solihin G. P. was anecdotally asleep when he was announced as the commander of the
Hasanuddin Military Region ?
... that although he was a former
Indonesian prime minister ,
Soekiman Wirjosandjojo was not arrested during a political purge as he was considered a non-threat?
... that
W. A. F. J. Tumbelaka once expelled his children from the
University of Indonesia after they failed to pass an evaluation?
... that
Marlis Rahman was sworn in as
Governor of West Sumatra in a garage?
... that after being removed from his post as governor due to a corruption case,
Djoko Munandar was later found not guilty?
... that
Ismail Suko was elected governor of
Riau in 1985, then forced to resign before taking office?
... that while
Arifin Achmad was the third governor of
Riau , he was the first to hail from the province?
... that businessman
Usman Ja'far was the first locally born governor of
West Kalimantan elected in nearly 40 years?
... that
Aang Kunaefi banned the
jaipongan dance from official events because some saw it as being too erotic?
... that the
1961 Indonesian census was the country's first since 1930 and the first since gaining
independence from the Netherlands ?
... that
Wan Abubakar submitted his resignation to run for reelection, but retracted it when his candidacy failed?
... that when serving as Governor of
Riau ,
Soeripto helped found the province's first daily newspaper?
... that
Imam Munandar once proposed releasing prisoners to kill them?
... that retired Indonesian general and politician
Mochamad Hasbi fled from arrest for seven years after he was sentenced to a year in prison in relation to a corruption case?
... that despite running against a former general,
Danny Setiawan received implicit backing from military officers in his 2003 gubernatorial bid?
... that 90 percent of Indonesia's
village-owned enterprises are not legal entities, hampering their ability to attract investors or open bank accounts?
... that the impeachment proceedings against
West Kalimantan Governor
Aspar Aswin were shelved after an ethnic riot broke out?
... that
Saleh Djasit was the first member of the Indonesian
People's Representative Council to be arrested by the
Corruption Eradication Commission ?
... that when sworn in,
Annas Maamun was the oldest serving Indonesian governor?
... that
Rusli Zainal , the former governor of
Riau , represented the province in the
Indonesia International Quran Competition as a child?
... that
the change of South Kalimantan capital city from
Banjarmasin to
Banjarbaru was called a "constitutional coup" by its opponents?
... that
Hamim Tohari , the current spokesperson of the Indonesian Army, was once removed from his post after being caught using a phone during a meeting with the commander-in-chief?
... that the development of the
Port of Tanjung Api-Api resulted in a bribery scandal implicating
the incumbent governor ?
... that the current lighthouse at the
Port of Tanjung Kalian was built by a Dutch company in 1862 based on a British design?
... that during the 1970s, future Indonesian president
Habibie would go to a
specific noodle shop every lunchtime?
... that the 8.2 Mw
Biak earthquake of 1996 triggered disproportionately large tsunamis relative to its magnitude?
... that the selection of
Palu as capital of Palu Regency led to protests from the nearby town of
Donggala , concerned they would lose out on economic development?
... that
Naikilah Perusahaan Minang is the oldest operating
autobus company in Indonesia?
... that at over 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi),
Antar Lintas Sumatera 's
Medan -to-
Jember service is the longest bus route in Indonesia?
... that
Tigor Silaban vowed to work far from
Jakarta and not to open a private practice?
... that when
the deputy finance minister rejected his proposal to create a national bank,
Margono Djojohadikusumo tried again with
the Vice President ?
... that people in
Loli traditionally derive their social identity from the village in which they were born?
... that
Rahmah el Yunusiyah founded four
Islamic schools for women in Indonesia despite being made to leave school herself at the age of 16?
... that
Oey Tiang Tjoei once physically assaulted the editor of a competing newspaper?
... that
Mess L , a multipurpose building in
Banjarbaru , Indonesia, was historically used to house Soviet workers?
... that
Hausman Baboe , a colonial district chief of
Kuala Kapuas , was fired due to his anti-colonial remarks?
... that
Rafflesia lawangensis was previously misidentified as
Rafflesia arnoldii , only to be identified as a new species in 2005 after photographs of it were sent to the
National University of Malaysia ?
... that
Prawoto Mangkusasmito did not complete law school before the
Japanese invaded because he was too busy with student and political organizations?
... that the Indonesian film
Apa Jang Kau Tjari, Palupi? was "hailed by critics", "rejected by the audience", and "shown around the world"?
... that Austrian doctor
Paul Bargehr was decried for exposing healthy Indonesians to the leprosy bacillus in his experiments?
... that
Rafflesia meijeri was named after Dutch botanist
Willem Meijer for his work on the conservation and study of
Rafflesia plants?
... that
Manai Sophiaan asserted in his 1994 memoir that the
CIA was involved in the
1965 Indonesian coup attempt ?
... that in 1957,
Burhanuddin Harahap 's family members travelled from Sumatra to Jakarta, believing that he had died?
... that
Jusuf Muda Dalam is the only Indonesian politician to date to be sentenced to death for corruption?
... that
Suluh Indonesia , once Indonesia's top newspaper by circulation, was banned after the
30 September Movement in 1965?
... that
Satya Graha was briefly barred from reporting from the
Indonesian presidential palace after
his newspaper published a piece on
Sukarno 's new wife?
... that
Satyagraha Hoerip wrote a short story set during the
Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 from the perspective of the killers-to-be?
... that when
Hasan Gayo led a group of men to seize a railway company, its Japanese guards offered no resistance?
... that Indonesian translator
Ali Audah would often take hours to translate a single word or sentence?
... that
Abadi was banned twice: by
Sukarno in 1960, then by
Suharto in 1974?
... that
Suardi Tasrif helped author the code of ethics for Indonesian journalists and advocates?
... that
Thanos served in the army, while
Thanos was a police officer?
... that
David Gee Cheng was appointed as a member of the Indonesian cabinet just three years after he became an Indonesian citizen?
... that
Alois Wyrsch , the first member
of colour of the Swiss parliament, was born to a mercenary in the
Dutch Indies in 1825?
... that
Andrei Angouw is the first
Confucian mayor in Indonesia?
... that the
B. J. Habibie Bridge in
Dili , East Timor, is named after a former deputy of the
Indonesian president who instigated the Indonesian
invasion and
occupation of East Timor ?
... that
Wallace's fruit dove has been described as being one of the most beautiful
fruit doves ?
... that
Tana Tidung Regency is the smallest regency by land area in
North Kalimantan and has the province's lowest poverty rate?
... that
Paul Gutama Soegijo travelled from Germany to Indonesia to study the
gamelan instruments of
Java for eight years?
... that
Andi Sudirman Sulaiman made it mandatory for Muslim civil servants to read the
Quran before work?
... that an Indonesian road expansion project demolished the home of
a former public works minister ?
... that the architect
Friedrich Silaban submitted his design for the
Istiqlal Mosque pseudonymously in order to conceal his Christian identity?
... that the subdistrict of Komet in
Banjarbaru was named after
Komet Windpump ?
... that
Tandiono Manu worked in a tax office, took part in guerrilla warfare and then became Minister of Agriculture?
... that Papuan anthropologist
Marlina Flassy is the first woman to be appointed a dean at
Cenderawasih University ?
... that
Sumitro Djojohadikusumo expected the majority of the beneficiaries of his economic policy might turn out to be "parasites"?
... that the presence of illegal colleges in
Saumlaki was compared to "mushrooms growing in the rainy season"?
... that after the arrival of guerilla commander
Goliath Tabuni ,
Puncak Jaya Regency became "the most violent" region in
Papua ?
... that Indonesian politician
Iskandar Ramis had to be hospitalized after attempting to make juice?
... that despite
the governor-general being advised not to employ him,
Darmawan Mangunkusumo kept his colonial government job?
... that
I Putu Sukreta Suranta refused to pursue an academic degree, despite repeatedly being given the opportunity to do so?
... that
Semuel Jusof Warouw advocated
Minahasan independence to gain leverage in
Dutch–Indonesian negotiations ?
... that
a formerly abandoned sugar mill is now a
rest area on the
Trans-Java Toll Road ?
... that
Poedjono Pranyoto instructed his subordinates to burn around a thousand houses to make way for a protected forest area?
... that
Jusuf Wibisono , chairman of a labor union, wanted an eight-hour work day – up from seven?
... that as
finance minister ,
Surachman Tjokroadisurjo often stored government funds inside suitcases in his home?
... that the
specific epithet of
Platycephalus endrachtensis is from an old word for Australia?
... that
Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo had to be "made younger" to be eligible for elementary school?
... that the village of
Bidar Alam was the seat of the
Indonesian government for three and a half months?
... that when
Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa was forming a government cabinet for the
State of East Indonesia , he was outside the region?
... that the
wreathed hornbill (male pictured) is hunted for consumption of its meat, and that its
casque is used as headgear by local people in
Arunachal Pradesh ?
... that
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara ordered Indonesians to physically cut their banknotes in half?
... that to print money during the
Indonesian National Revolution ,
Lukman Hakim had to lead a group to the town of
Muara Bungo to find a printing machine?
... that in 2018, 41 out of 45 members of the
Malang city council were arrested for corruption?
... that although Sultan
Muhammad Kaharuddin III died in 1975, his son only succeeded him in 2011?
... that
Satrio used
water buffaloes to vaccinate 240,000 people against
smallpox ?
... that prior to entering politics,
Bonifasius Belawan Geh collected
edible bird's nests from the jungle after dropping out of college?
... that despite not being an economist,
Sunarjo Kolopaking became dean for the faculty of economics at the
University of Indonesia ?
... that
Samsi Sastrawidagda , Indonesia's first finance minister, once leased the veranda of future president
Sukarno 's house for his accountant's office?
... that Indonesian historian
Sartono Kartodirdjo 's father wanted him to be a doctor, but he refused as he claimed to be
afraid of blood ?
... that
Osa Maliki opposed the introduction of the
Guided Democracy , and as a result was removed from his position?
... that
Abdullah Aidit did not want
his son to change his name, mainly because he did not want to deal with the administrative consequences?
... that the
mayor's office building in Palembang, Indonesia , was built to function as both a town hall and a
water tower ?
... that the
Morowali Industrial Park is the largest center of
nickel industry in Indonesia , the world's top nickel producer?
... that there is a monument of a
photocopier in the Indonesian village of
Atar , commemorating the involvement of migrants from the village in the trade?
... that
Dayak journalist
Tjilik Riwut led the first
Indonesian Air Force airborne operation in 1947?
... that
Nova Iriansyah , the
governor of Aceh , was expelled from elementary school as a child?
... that thousands of political prisoners in Indonesia were interned in the
Waeapo River valley in
Buru ?
... that the
Port of Krueng Geukueh in
Aceh , Indonesia, became an entry point for aid shipments as it was not damaged by the
2004 tsunami ?
... that
Indonesian Communist Party leader
Fachrul Baraqbah was an aristocrat of the Kutai Sultanate in
East Kalimantan and a
descendant of Muhammad ?
... that Indonesian comedian
Yusran Effendi was personally awarded a place on an Islamic pilgrimage trip by president
Suharto ?
... that the
Dayak people from Indonesia returned five skulls of Japanese soldiers killed during the
Dayak Desa War to Japan in 1981?
... that the Dutch ordered
Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo to destroy bridges, but then the Japanese ordered him to build them back?
... that when
R. Bintoro was put in command of the
Papua Military Region , he wrote the lyrics for the military region's march?
... that the province of
Central Kalimantan was created after the Indonesian government was harried by the paramilitary organization
Mandau Talawang Pancasila ?
... that
Chinese-descended mining federations in Indonesia, like the
Santiaogou Federation , fought bitter battles with the Dutch to preserve their democratic forms of government in the early 19th century?
... that police officer
Abdulrachman Setjowibowo was appointed the acting chairman of the
Football Association of Indonesia following a conflict between the association and the
Persija Jakarta club?
... that after
Nurhajizah Marpaung unsuccessfully defended Butar Butar against human rights violations, she became the first woman to serve as vice governor of North Sumatra?
... that
Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo decided against working for the Dutch colonial government because he was treated well in the Netherlands?
... that
Sungai Selan hosted the first Catholic mission under the
Dutch East Indies outside of Java?
... that
Kartini Hermanus , the first female general in the
Indonesian Army , outranked her husband after being promoted in 2000?
... that
Hitler Nababan was beaten by an angry mob after posting a meme to a
WhatsApp group?
... that
Napoleon Bonaparte once acted as the main character in a soap opera, fell from a Harley Davidson motorbike, and currently lives in prison?
... that
Bukhari Daud was considered to be the first regent in Indonesia to attempt to resign from his office?
... that a group of
Dayak burned a
Golkar party office after their gubernatorial candidate,
Yurnalis Ngayoh , failed to receive an endorsement from the party?
... that the Indonesian drama film
Ave Maryam focuses on a forbidden romantic relationship between a Roman Catholic nun and her pastor?
... that, after former president
Abdurrahman Wahid ,
Rusdy Mastura was the second Indonesian public official to apologize for the
mass killings of 1965–66 ?
... that the creator of a video depicting the
2021 Myanmar coup d'état , which featured Indonesian politically satirical song "
Ampun Bang Jago ", denied that it was politically motivated?
... that after finishing his term as Indonesia's minister of agriculture,
Sjarifuddin Baharsjah was immediately succeeded by
his wife ?
... that
Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo , a former ambassador of Indonesia to Japan, authored the first book about Japan in the Indonesian language?
... that
Bambang Suryadi , a politician from the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle , was buried with the flag of the party above him?
... that the
Regent of Thousand Islands is the only regent in Indonesia to be appointed by the governor instead of being elected by the people?
... that the formation of the Central Irian Jaya province in Indonesia, which was headed by
Herman Monim , caused a civil war between the supporters and opponents of the province?
... that
Setiadi Reksoprodjo , who was appointed Minister of Information at the age of 25, had a junior minister twice as old as him?
... that
Izaac Hindom , a Papuan himself, actively promoted the assimilation of Javanese and Papuans, describing the latter as backward and self-centered?
... that
Adi Utarini (pictured) was listed as one of
Nature 's 10 in 2020 after she released infected mosquitoes all over
Yogyakarta ?
... that Governor of Papua
Lukas Enembe pledged financial support to send Indonesian military commander
Herman Asaribab to the
United States Army Command and General Staff College ?
... that
Rohana Muthalib , the first Indonesian
cosmetologist , was also the first woman mayor of
Pontianak ?
... that
Soetran was nicknamed the "Clove Governor" after he obligated families in
Papua to cultivate cloves?
... that
Soedardjat Nataatmadja 's instruction for parliamentary observers to wear traditional Sundanese clothing cost him his reelection?
... that as the governor of North Sumatra,
Ulung Sitepu donated 2,400 bottles of
passion fruit drinks for the inaugural
Games of the New Emerging Forces ?
... that when news reporters were accused of trying to force the outcome of the
1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election , one of them said he was prepared to be shot if found guilty?
... that
Busiri Suryowinoto was the first governor to propose splitting the province of
Papua ?
... that
John Djopari 's book about the
Free Papua Movement was banned by the Indonesian government, even though the book incorporates material from the Indonesian Army?
... that
Paula Bataona Renyaan was the first woman to become a vice governor and the third woman to become a police general in Indonesia?
... that
Indonesian Navy officer
Louise Elisabeth Coldenhoff described her tenure as head of the personnel section as "living between angels and devils"?
... that
Saefullah was acting
governor of Jakarta for 40 hours?
... that
Muljadi Djojomartono once said that
Sukarno would have been an
Islamic prophet had he been born in 571?
... that
Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced
Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
... that
Hardi dissuaded the
Communist Party of Vietnam from inviting
their Indonesian counterparts to a party congress in Hanoi?
... that
Melati Suryodarmo went viral after dancing on butter?
... that in a
viral video of a man
doing nothing for two hours , a viewer counted him blinking 362 times?
... that a protest against the trial of Indonesian journalist
Asa Bafaqih drew some 1,000 journalists and supporters, and a fire-brigade band?
... that
Soegondo Djojopoespito was banned from teaching after he joined the
Indonesian Nationalist Education organization?
... that the former building of the
Chinese embassy in Jakarta was turned into a parking lot?
... that during his term as the
governor of North Sumatra in the 1980s,
Kaharuddin Nasution ordered all civil servants in the province to wear white uniforms?
... that
Augustine Waworuntu , the first woman mayor of
Manado , had her official residence in a hotel built of bamboo?
... that
Antoinette Waroh was the only female member of the
Provisional Representative Body , the parliament of East Indonesia?
... that as health minister of Indonesia,
Johannes Leimena focused on
preventive care in rural regions, contrasting with prior colonial policy?
... that the
Indonesia–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement was Indonesia's first bilateral
free trade agreement ?
... that the
banteng is the second
endangered species to be successfully
cloned , and the first clone to survive beyond infancy?
... that the
sun bear (pictured) is the smallest of all
bear species?
... that
effigies of
Soedjono Hoemardani , a personal assistant to Indonesian president
Suharto , were burnt by students protesting foreign investment?
... that having served as acting governor for five
Indonesian provinces ,
Eddy Sabara was known as the "acting governor specialist"?
... that
Corona , named after
Corona , is fighting
corona ?
... that Papuan-born
Silas Papare , who originally held pro-Dutch views, became pro-republican after World War II and founded the
Indonesian Irian Independence Party ?
... that negotiations for the
Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement were hindered by
spying and
executions ?
... that Australian brigadier
Arthur Blackburn ordered his men to shoot less in the
Battle of Leuwiliang , so that when they withdrew, their Japanese enemies would not realize it?
... that although
veneration of the dead is often considered
blasphemy in Islam,
Sukarno's grave in
Blitar receives tens of thousands of
Javanese Muslims each year seeking his spiritual blessing?
... that
Anwar Tjokroaminoto was known as "Mr. Pervert"?
... that during the
Battle of Kalijati , a
Royal Air Force pilot managed to creep into his plane under Japanese fire and take off with it?
... that after examining serial rapist
Reynhard Sinaga 's mobile phone, police discovered more than three
terabytes of digital video evidence of his assaults?
... that Dutch forces surrendered to Japanese invaders after their defeat in the
Battle of Tjiater Pass because they did not want to fight in
Bandung ?
... that
Bambang Soegeng initiated a
service number system in the
Indonesian National Armed Forces , and received a service number of 10001?
... that
Idham Azis (pictured) , the
chief of the Indonesian National Police , succeeded in enrolling at the national
police academy on his third attempt?
... that
Mohammad Tabrani first proposed the term "
bahasa Indonesia " for the national language of Indonesia?
... that the
Peleng tarsier , a small carnivorous
primate , can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees in either direction?
... that the
Satanic nightjar can make a growling noise when disturbed?
... that
Christina Maria Rantetana was buried in a combined military-traditional funeral, with a salvo of shots as her body was
placed in a niche 30 metres (100 ft) up a cliff?
... that
Tadjuddin Noor was voted out of his position as chair of the
legislature of East Indonesia after he failed to restrain spectators?
... that the
Celebes warty pig has been domesticated and introduced into other Indonesian islands?
... that
jackfruits and
chili peppers (pictured) are among the many crops planted in
Indonesian home gardens ?
... that according to
Johannes Latuharhary , the education system of the
Dutch East Indies in
Ambon, Maluku , was designed to create "scribes and clerks, soldiers and sailors"?
... that
Julius Tahija was the only Indonesian to receive an
Allied nation's highest military decoration during World War II?
... that shortly after the arrest of the leaders of the
Indonesian National Party ,
Sartono disbanded it and founded the
Indonesia Party ?
... that
Arudji Kartawinata left the
Masyumi Party and reformed the
Indonesian Islamic Union Party in exchange for a cabinet post?
... that
Arswendo Atmowiloto wrote around 20 books while imprisoned?
... that despite being the majority language in the Indonesian town of Belang before World War II, the
Ponosakan language had only four fluent speakers left in 2014?
... that in 1946, Indonesian nationalist forces
burned half of Bandung and evacuated at least 200,000 civilians, preventing the British from capturing the city intact?
... that army general
Abdul Haris Nasution considered the 1945
Battle of Semarang the first major battle for the Indonesian nation?
... that in 1953,
Satyawati Suleiman became the first woman to receive a degree in archaeology from the
University of Indonesia ?
... that trade in the
Ajatappareng region increased when the Portuguese
conquest of Malacca caused the exodus of
Malacca 's traders to other ports?
... that the
Indonesian Declaration of Independence was drafted in the home of Japanese rear admiral
Tadashi Maeda ?
... that
Dutch authorities interned
a Japanese spy , but thought he was a businessman and released him in a 1942
prisoner exchange ?
... that
Madame Wellington Koo (pictured) , the Chinese-Indonesian
First Lady of pre-communist China , was featured as a "woman of style" in
a 2015 fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
... that
Salahuddin Wahid had a public newspaper debate with
his brother on
their father's vision for Indonesia?
... that
Soedarpo Sastrosatomo joined the
Socialist Party of Indonesia , but later founded a business conglomerate?
... that
Ruhut Sitompul landed a role in a
telenovela because he was the production studio's legal adviser?
... that the
Maybrat language of
West Papua traditionally uses a
base-5 counting system?
... that
Bambang Dwi Hartono championed
bus rapid transit in
Surabaya as mayor, but his plans were overridden by
the next mayor ?
... that in
pacu jawi (pictured) , the traditional cattle race of
Tanah Datar , Indonesia, the jockey holds the tails of two cattle while they sprint across a muddy
rice field ?
... that in local folklore, the ancestor of the
kings of Banggai hatched from a serpent egg?
... that the
pink-necked green pigeon (male pictured) was one of the first species of bird recorded on
Krakatoa after the main island
erupted in 1883 ?
... that the
fiery-browed starling , found only on
Sulawesi in Indonesia, forms mixed flocks with the
Sulawesi myna and
grosbeak starling ?
... that
Soediro stole a
limousine to be used as
Sukarno 's presidential car, despite not knowing how to drive?
... that the entire town of
Agats is elevated above ground level, including the roads?
... that preceding a 1948
Dutch attack ,
Daan Jahja recommended the creation a contingent government in exile, which later became the
Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia ?
... that the modern separation between
West Timor and
East Timor resulted from
a battle in 1749 ?
... that in 1407, Admiral
Zheng He 's treasure fleet
defeated the pirate force of
Chen Zuyi , who had occupied
Palembang in today's Indonesia, and sent him back to China for execution?
... that
Soni Sumarsono served as acting governor of three
provinces of Indonesia without being elected?
... that despite a ban on Indonesian nationalist hymns during the
Japanese occupation of Indonesia , a
Japanese army propagandist wrote one and it debuted in an official event?
... that
a Japanese spy helped compose the
Indonesian declaration of independence ?
... that
Melani Leimena Suharli , the daughter of
the founder of the
Indonesian Christian Party , is Muslim?
... that
Dimyati Natakusumah is set to compete against two of his children in the
2019 Indonesian general election ?
... that
Hanifan Yudani Kusumah 's hug of
Joko Widodo and
Prabowo Subianto during the
2018 Asian Games was seen as a gesture of national unity?
... that while regent of
Kebumen , Indonesia,
Rustriningsih would answer phone calls from her constituents during a TV programme?
... that
Yohana Yembise is the first female minister in the
Government of Indonesia to come from
Papua ?
... that supporters of armed group leader
Din Minimi portrayed him as an
Acehnese Robin Hood?
... that
Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave contains what is believed to be the world's oldest
figurative art (pictured) ?
... that Indonesian transport minister
Budi Karya Sumadi plays the
acoustic guitar and sings in a band with other government ministers?
... that
Siti Qomariyah was
Amat Antono 's deputy, successor, and predecessor as
regent of
Pekalongan , Indonesia?
... that
Burhan Uray worked as a logger and
rubber tapper before becoming "the timber king" of Indonesia?
... that
Ratna Ani Lestari and
her husband , the
regent of Jembrana , were the first married couple to lead two adjacent Indonesian regencies?
... that
Anne Ratna Mustika ,
her husband , and her uncle all served as
regents of Purwakarta, Indonesia ?
... that
Oded Muhammad Danial , as the deputy mayor of
Bandung , Indonesia, established a program for
dakwah in city buses?
... that the Indonesian actor
Adipati Dolken adopted his stage name from the owner of the villa where he stayed on vacation in
Puncak ?
... that
Doom was Dutch?
... that
Karolin Margret Natasa is the first
Dayak woman to serve as a regional head in Indonesia?
... that
the regent of
Karawang , Indonesia, claims to have been named after
a car ?
... that
Tan Tjoen Tiat , the second
Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia , advised the colonial government in 1870 that women should not act as guardians for minors?
... that
a Chinese Indonesian billionaire became the oldest medal winner for that country at the
2018 Asian Games ?
... that as a child in
Pontianak , Indonesia,
Sutarmidji used to
hawk newspapers close to the mayor's office that he would later occupy?
... that the
Palembang Light Rail Transit , which opened last year, is the first operational light rail system in Indonesia? ... that the
Palembang Light Rail Transit , which opened last month, is the first operational light rail system in Indonesia?
... that
Munafri Arifuddin
ran unopposed for mayor of
Makassar , Indonesia, won more than 250,000 votes,
and lost ?
... that despite having
Stage IV lung cancer,
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho continues to act as spokesman for the
Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management ?
... that members of the
Djajadiningrat family fought on both sides of the
Indonesian Revolution ?
... that Chinese-Indonesian businessman
Sutanto Djuhar was the last surviving member of the "Gang of Four" of the
Suharto era?
... that the
first ever Indonesian Olympic team included a
high jump athlete who later became a lieutenant colonel?
... that the
ursine tree-kangaroo (illustrated) is listed by the
IUCN as "
vulnerable " as it is hunted for food and its numbers are decreasing?
... that while most Indonesians do not speak Arabic, they learn to read the
Quran using a textbook called
Iqro ?
... that
Bambang Soesatyo lost four elections before being elected to the
People's Representative Council of Indonesia on his fifth attempt?
... that two-thirds of the priests in the
Diocense of Ruteng signed a 2015 letter of "no confidence" in Bishop
Hubertus Leteng , and this year, 69 priests resigned in protest?
... that the
scarlet-breasted fruit dove is normally a quiet bird, but sometimes emits deep, soft, oohoo calls?
... that the
Karimata Strait , today in Indonesia, was used by the British fleet in the
1811 invasion of Java ?
... that
white-footed ants protect
red scale insects , a major pest of citrus in South Africa?
... that in 1678,
Anthonio Hurdt led the forces of the
Dutch East India Company for the
Kediri campaign in Java, despite his lack of experience in Java or in military command?
... that the Javanese
philologist
Poerbatjaraka obtained a doctorate cum laude at
Leiden University , even though previously he had only attended primary school?
... that
H. J. de Graaf was called the "father of the study of Javanese history" by historian
M. C. Ricklefs ?
... that during the
1678 Kediri campaign , the
VOC –
Mataram army purposely split itself and took a longer route to Kediri, in order to impress more people?
... that
Jepara was the only town on the north coast of
Mataram not to be taken by
Trunajaya's North Coast offensive , after a successful joint defense by Mataram and the
Dutch East India Company ?
... that the Dutch admiral
Cornelis Speelman called the Javanese Muslim nobleman
Raden Kajoran a "prophet of the devil"?
... that Indonesian
Constitutional Court Justice
Saldi Isra twice failed university entrance exams, but later went on to be awarded
summa cum laude ?
... that the
Javanese prince
Pangeran Pekik was killed by order of his son-in-law,
Amangkurat I ?
... that Indonesian political prisoner
Pramoedya Ananta Toer researched his historical novel
Footsteps from memory and composed it through oral narration to his fellow inmates?
... that
Makassarese warrior
Karaeng Galesong helped
Trunajaya conquer
Surabaya and
Gresik as a condition for marrying his niece?
... that during the
Trunajaya rebellion , Pangeran Adipati Anom expected a fake engagement at the
Battle of Gegodog , but instead his army suffered a decisive defeat?
... that the
white-throated honeyeater (pictured) used to be gay, but isn't any more?
... that
Soekarno demanded much of
Soekarno , but Soekarno did not listen?
... that during the
Trunajaya rebellion , rebels overran
Mataram 's royal court at
Plered and took at least 300,000
reals from the treasury?
... that Indonesian Muslim cleric
Hasyim Muzadi said that the
September 11 attacks were a "tragedy of humanity" and must not be turned into a religious conflict?
... that despite the loss of
Trunajaya 's rebel court at the
Battle of Surabaya , his forces
captured and sacked the
Mataram royal court one month later?
... that in the
Sasak language , the verb "to eat"
differs depending on the social statuses of the speaker and the addressee?
... that
regional regulations passed by Indonesian
regencies and cities occupy the lowest position in the country's hierarchy of laws?
... that last year, the Indonesian province of
Aceh processed 324 court cases and carried out at least 100
caning sentences under
its Islamic criminal code ?
... that the
Indonesian kingdoms of Gowa and Talloq imported ceramics on a scale that, according to archaeologists Bulbeck and Caldwell, "beggars imagination"?
... that after the
Bugis prince
Arung Palakka supported the
Dutch East India Company in the
Makassar War , he became the most powerful man in
South Sulawesi ?
... that at the end of the
Trunajaya rebellion , King
Amangkurat II stabbed the defeated rebel leader
Trunajaya to death?
... that the
lemon-bellied flyrobin occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?
... that the
Crocker Fan in Borneo has the largest volume of any
Paleogene deep marine sediment in a single basin in southeast Asia?
... that the ruling
Dutch East India Company drove the Islamization of the
eastern salient of Java in the 18th century?
... that after the
Mataram conquest of the
Duchy of Surabaya , the son of its last duke married the sister of the conqueror,
Sultan Agung ?
... that during
their conquest of Surabaya ,
Mataram forces dammed the
Brantas River to limit water supply to the city of
Surabaya ?
... that the
1257 eruption of Samalas (caldera pictured) was one of the largest eruptions of the Holocene, and may have triggered the
Little Ice Age and famines in Europe?
... that the
Mapenduma hostage crisis lasted for more than four months?
... that
Gadis Arivia established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory?
... that
Lies Noor originally intended her film career to launch a career in social work?
... that the
grey-headed imperial pigeon , the
Sulawesi thrush , and the
great shortwing are found only on the Indonesian island of
Sulawesi , while the
Sula megapode is restricted to nearby
Banggai and
Sula Islands ?
... that the
Numfor and
Biak paradise kingfishers are island species that have diverged from the
common paradise kingfisher (pictured) in a "genetic revolution"?
... that the
brown-headed crow is presumed to have an unknown habitat requirement that prevents it from having a continuous range in
Indonesia ?
... that
Samiun dan Dasima (1971), which featured explicit sexuality, garnered an award for best child actor?
... that the Indonesian film actor
Farouk Afero shaved his head in protest at how cinemas treated domestic productions?
... that
Baby Huwae went from model and actress to fortune teller?
... that the Indonesian actor
A. Hamid Arief often took roles playing Europeans?
... that despite travelling to five continents as a musician,
Gordon Tobing (pictured) continued to live with his in-laws?
... that
Rima Melati (pictured) took part of her stage name from
Audrey Hepburn 's character in
Green Mansions ?
... that
Aminah Cendrakasih (pictured) has acted in over a hundred films?
... that
Indriati Iskak went from film star to psychologist to marketer?
... that
Farida Arriany won a
Best Leading Actress at the
1960 Indonesian Film Week ?
... that the male
Salvadori's pheasant (pictured) is very similar in appearance to the female
crestless fireback ?
... that
Usmar Ismail was ashamed of
Tiga Dara , his company's greatest commercial success?
... that the actress
Chitra Dewi has been described as the ideal Indonesian woman?
... that
Sedap Malam was the first Indonesian film directed by a woman?
... that the Indonesian actor
Darussalam was a
nurse by training?
... that
Netty Herawaty began acting at age 13 and was married within a year?
... that despite being a fusion of Western and
Balinese styles,
oleg (pictured) was promoted as a traditional dance?
... that, at the age of 24,
Marlia Hardi (pictured) portrayed an old woman in one of her first film roles? ... that aged 24,
Marlia Hardi (pictured) portrayed an old woman in one of her first film roles?
... that the depiction of guerrillas in
Selamat Berdjuang, Masku! may have led to a decline in films based on the
Indonesian National Revolution ?
... that the
detective fiction writer
Soeman Hs is considered a pioneer of the Indonesian short story for his collection
Kawan Bergeloet ?
... that
Saputangan , a film that follows a man who restores his beloved's eyesight, was banned in
Singapore ?
... that the journalist
Kamadjaja raised funds for the
Indonesian National Revolution by smuggling
opium ?
... that "
Kau Ilhamku ", a promotional song that is only available for streaming on
Yonder Music , saw the collaboration of Malaysian and Indonesian artists?
... that
Detty Kurnia is an Indonesian vocalist who sang Dari Sunda which was among the five best albums listed by
Q Magazine ?
... that
Lauw Giok Lan was both a money collector and dramatist, but neither was his main occupation?
... that
Rempo Urip played
football for
a theatre company ?
... that the Indonesian film actress
Titien Sumarni was married to her uncle?
... that the Indonesian composer
Koesbini changed the final lines of his song "Bagimu Negeri" at the request of
Sukarno ?
... that the roof plates of
traditional Acehnese houses are lashed to the beams using ropes, in a way that in case of fire, the roof can be quickly detached?
... that
Marianne Katoppo , who wrote the book Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology , found the term feminist theology "too loaded"?
... that the house of the Chief or King of the community, at the southwestern end of
Bawomataluo village , is said to be the "oldest and largest on
Nias "?
... that between 2009 and 2014, the number of
Indonesia's air passengers increased more than threefold, to over 94 million?
... that
Bank Tabungan Negara , established in 1897, was frozen during the
Japanese occupation of Indonesia and then nationalized by the Indonesian government after the war?
... that in the 2014 edition of Indonesia's
Jakarta Marathon , a limited number of African athletes were invited because of the
2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa?
... that the distinctive roof shape of a
Minangkabau
rangkiang (rice granary) symbolizes the horn of a buffalo?
... that the
powership
MV KPS Ayşegül Sultan went to Ghana and the
MV KPS Zeynep Sultan to Indonesia the same day, following a farewell ceremony at the Sedef Shipyard in
Tuzla, Istanbul ?
... that the
purple heron often adopts a posture with its neck extending obliquely?
... that the
Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei ) is named after its discoverer,
Alfred Russel Wallace ?
... that prices of
spirits in Indonesia were raised by 154.4% from 2009 to 2014?
... that when French
Empire style became popular in the tropical
Dutch Indies , it became known as the
Indies Empire style ?
... that
little egrets have a diet of mainly fish, but they also eat amphibians, small reptiles, mammals and birds, as well as crustaceans, molluscs, insects, spiders and worms?
... that the social and economic status of the owners of a
Javanese traditional house (example pictured) can be ascertained by the shape of the roof?
... that the
Sulawesi myna sometimes issues a "meeow"-like sound with its head thrusting forwards and its back feathers fluffed up?
... that the "
vampire squirrel " (pictured) of Borneo, which is reputed to eat the livers and hearts of chickens and deer, has the largest-known tail-to-body-size ratio of any mammal?
... that Muslim thinker
Emha Ainun Nadjib (pictured) has led his troupe on international tours following the
Muhammad cartoon and
Fitna controversies ?
... that
Korrie Layun Rampan , author of several hundred books, left an election commission to run in the election?
... that the introduction of the
brown quail into New Zealand may have contributed to the extinction of that country's native quail?
... that in 1998
Titiek Suharto and her
Indonesian siblings were said to have billions of dollars and shares in over 500 companies?
... that the
hippie -like hair of
Chinese Indonesian publisher
Tan Khoen Swie has been described as a form of anti-colonial resistance?
... that the
crayfish
Cherax pulcher (pictured) was popular in aquariums worldwide before even being recognized as a new species?
... that the snack
kue gapit is more popular among tourists than local residents of
Cirebon ?
... that
kongsi federations such as the
Lanfang Republic once controlled a large part of western
Borneo ?
... that the Indonesian poet
Iman Budhi Santosa (pictured) worked in agriculture for over a decade?
... that
rubber farming is a primary source of income and livelihood for the majority of the residents in
Muara Bungo , a city in Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia?
... that
Mary Jane Veloso was granted a last minute stay of execution to provide evidence against her alleged trafficker?
... that disguised British
East Indiamen intimidated a
French
frigate squadron into retreating during the
Bali Strait Incident of 1797?
... that the
Thomas Parr Monument was built as a memorial to the British
Resident of Bencoolen , who was decapitated by his subjects?
... that a serious demeanour and disdain for small talk earned the Australian
General
Sir John Wilton the nickname "Happy Jack"?
... that
Karang Bolong Beach , on the prison island of
Nusa Kambangan , is open to the public?
... that the "
Buried Fort " (barracks pictured) of
Cilacap is rumored to have an undersea tunnel to
Nusa Kambangan Island ?
... that according to local legend,
Pancuran Tujuh was discovered by a missionary with a skin condition?
... that although it was named for them, there are no
sea turtles at
Teluk Penyu Beach ?
... that
medieval Islamic geography placed the
Island of the Jewel in the Sea of Darkness, east of the
Dragon's Tail ?
... that
Ahmadiyya in Indonesia has played an influential role in the religious development of the country, yet in recent decades
Ahmadis have faced persecution from religious establishments?
... that young men jump off a 25-metre (82 ft) waterfall for money at
Baturraden ?
... that thousands of sacred monkeys (example pictured) inhabit the area around
Saka Tunggal Mosque ?
... that in 2002, Indonesian
taekwondo practitioner
Juana Wangsa Putri won a silver medal at the Asian Championships and a bronze at the Asian Games?
... that footballer
Evan Dimas scored on his debut for
Indonesia ?
... that during its occupation of the
Dutch East Indies , the Empire of Japan
issued both gulden and roepiah (example pictured) ?
... that the
current Indonesian cabinet is the first to include a female foreign minister?
... that in the
Balinese dance
kebyar duduk , androgynously made-up men spin in circles while seated or half-seated?
... that the
Pettakere cave in
Indonesia has hand print paintings estimated to be between 35,000 and 40,000 years old?
... that the
Balinese dance form
panyembrama (pictured) was designed as a secular welcoming dance, but is now also performed to welcome the gods?
... that both dancers in the
cendrawasih dance (pictured) , depicting the mating ritual of the "
bird of the gods ", are women?
... that the
Balinese dance
condong (pictured) is said to have come to a sick prince in a dream?
... that the social worker
Pah Wongso turned an extortion charge into a 25-cent fine and a school for impoverished youth?
... that, in their depictions of the capture of
Diponegoro ,
Nicolaas Pieneman portrayed him as
submissive (pictured) , while
Raden Saleh represented him as
defiant ?
... that the
little Sumba hawk-owl was identified as new to science by its voice?
... that, after
playing a detective , the social worker LV Wijnhamer became
a suspect ?
... that
The Raid: Redemption 's "Mad Dog",
Yayan Ruhian , is scheduled to act in
a Yakuza–vampire film ?
... that
Jacobus Anthonie Meessen spent six years photographing the
Dutch East Indies in the 1860s, then gave an album of the best images to
his king ?
... that the
Eijkman Institute was named in honor of
Christiaan Eijkman , who discovered that
beriberi is not caused by germs, but by a lack of
Vitamin B1 ?
... that
Basuki Resobowo was a painter and an actor who portrayed a painter?
... that birds found in Indonesia's
Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve include the
golden-mantled racket-tail (pictured) , the
chestnut-backed bush warbler , the
Matinan blue flycatcher , the
dark-eared myza , the
scaly-breasted kingfisher , the
cerulean cuckooshrike and the
Sulawesi masked owl ?
... that the
southern boobook (pictured) is so named for its two-toned call?
... that
Oriental Film hired
Njoo Cheong Seng and
Fifi Young for their name recognition and only produced one further film after the couple left?
... that, after plans to make a film with
Dardanella fell through,
Ali Joego established his own theatre company?
... that to support his claim that
Java Man was the "
missing link ", discoverer
Eugène Dubois argued that it looked like a "giant
gibbon "?
... that the
white-striped , the
gray (pictured) , the
black and the
brown dorcopsis are
endemic to
New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
... that although the
Kampoeng Rawa tourist attraction (dock pictured) was meant to raise awareness of the ecology of
Lake Rawa Pening , it has been criticised for potentially damaging the ecosystem?
... that people have been bathing in the waters of
Umbul Temple since at least the ninth century?
... that the
Mojokerto child was so unexpectedly old that it was discussed in a
Time Magazine cover story?
... that
St. Joseph's Church (pictured) in
Semarang , Indonesia, is the oldest Catholic church in the city?
... that the
Wakatobi flowerpecker (pictured) , originally classified as a species in 1903, was changed to a subspecies for unknown reasons, and in 2014 was re-described as a distinct species?
... that the
Javan ferret-badger visits picnic sites to scavenge for food, and has been hand-fed biscuits?
... that the
blue nuthatch (pictured) protects its
corneas from falling debris when prospecting on trees by contracting the bare skin around its eyes – an
adaptation apparently unique to the species?
... that in 1966 Indonesian ambassador
Djawoto was granted political asylum in China, following the
mass killings of 1965–66 ?
... that the film
Merdeka 17805 , about the fight for Indonesian independence, was described as a "two-fisted,
hinomaru -waving, blood-and-guts ode to the soldiers who died for the glory of the emperor and for Dai Nippon"?
... that
Albania became one of the main hubs for
exiled Indonesian communists following the
mass killings of 1965–66 ?
... that
Tan Boen Soan worked on the railway before becoming a film producer, novelist, and journalist?
... that the titular "dewdrop" in the Indonesian war film
Embun is love?
... that
Setangan Berloemoer Darah was the second novel to be adapted to
Indonesian film ?
... that the Dutch-language
Soerabaijasch Handelsblad used both
Gregorian and
Japanese dates in its almost 80 years of publication?
... that
Union Films ' action film
Harta Berdarah was released during
Eid ?
... that
Union Films ' 1941 film
Soeara Berbisa was advertised as "civilised" enough for European audiences?
... that
Union Films attempted to draw educated audiences by hiring
a doctor to star in
their film ?
... that
Star Film was unable to complete its sixth film due to the
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies ?
... that although
Lafran Pane is considered the founder of the
Muslim Students' Association , members sometimes did not recognize him or considered him a government spy?
... that
Akhmad Bassah was best known by his adopted daughter's name?
... that actor
S Waldy ran away from home to join the theatre even though his parents were actors?
... that
Elly Yunara (pictured) went from film star to housewife after her marriage to
Djamaluddin Malik , only to become a producer after his death?
... that
Tan Tjoei Hock held four roles in the production of the pirate film
Singa Laoet ?
... that
Soerip went from "Miss" to "Grandmother" in between films?
... that
Njoo Cheong Seng 's
Pantjawarna has been called the first
musical in Indonesia?
... that the owner of the newspaper
De Indische Courant escaped a stranglehold from a scourge by buying a radio?
... that the
Dutch East India Company attempted to eliminate the
njai by importing orphaned girls from the Netherlands?
... that the 1955 Indonesian comedy
Tamu Agung is a critique of the corruption under
Sukarno 's government?
... that advertising for the film
Air Mata Mengalir di Tjitarum emphasised a person who did not star in it?
... that
Gadis jang Terdjoeal was
The Teng Chun 's first film to take into account the interests of
native Indonesians ?
... that
Tio Tek Djien was so taken with the star of a play he watched that he ran away from home and married her?
... that
Rembangan is best known for its view, but is also famous for its
dragonfruit ?
... that the
Sukorambi Botanical Garden is home to 300 species of herbs, 200 of flowers, and 500 books?
... that
Antemas challenged the
Communist Party of Indonesia by helping to establish a film importers' association?
... that 1941's
Tjioeng Wanara was the first "colossal" film production in Indonesia?
... that
Kwee Tek Hoay 's novel
Drama dari Krakatau blames the
1883 eruption of Krakatoa (pictured) on deliberate damage to a
Vishnu statue?
... that while
Li (character pictured) , shared by more than 100 million people, is one of the most common surnames in the world,
Li and
Li are far less common?
... that
Djoewariah began her career as a victim of human trafficking and closed it as a queen?
... that
Sardi was Indonesia's first professional
music supervisor ?
... that footballer
Mohamad Mochtar began a 42-year career in acting after being discovered in a barbershop?
... that the stars of
Si Gomar portrayed each other's parent, child, and lover?
... that at least three members of the orchestra
Lief Java also acted in films?
... that the clown
Petruk from
Javanese puppetry is most easily recognised by his long nose?
... that
Koeda Sembrani was the last romance which partnered
Roekiah and
Djoemala ?
... that
Hadidjah was not partnered with her husband as a
supercouple , but rather a footballer?
... that one reviewer found
Poesaka Terpendam to be the first film in which
Djoemala seemed out of place?
... that
Rachmat Kartolo , son of actors
Roekiah and
Kartolo , initially did not want to enter the film industry but ultimately completed more than 40 movies?
... that the building which houses the
National Press Monument (pictured) was once an office of the
Indonesian Red Cross Society ?
... that the temple at
Kadisoka , discovered in 2000, was never completed?
... that
Rachmawati Soekarnoputri preferred
Anjasmara to play
her father in the upcoming movie
Soekarno: Indonesia Merdeka over
Ario Bayu ?
... that the 1941 film
Lintah Darat was praised for its condemnation of
usury ?
... that
Kami, Perempuan , a 1943 stage play by
Armijn Pane , has been read as both promoting and warning against
PETA ?
... that advertisements emphasised the simplicity of Wu Tsun's 1941 film
Ajah Berdosa ?
... that
Roesia si Pengkor was the first film by
The Teng Chun targeted at
native Indonesians ?
... that the star of
Miss Riboet's Orion ultimately never entered the film industry as she was not photogenic?
... that the
Dharma Wiratama Museum is located in the first headquarters of the
Indonesian Army ?
... that the name of
Remy Sylado (pictured) is taken from the opening notes of a
Beatles song?
... that the
WWII Allies used thirty-four
Vought F4U Corsairs , two
aircraft carriers , four
battleships , six
cruisers , and ten
destroyers in
Operation Crimson ?
... that
Dhalia won her
Citra Award for Best Leading Actress for playing a prostitute despite having been sent to Islamic schools since youth?
... that the traditional
Betawi theatrical genre
lenong was almost extinct by the 1960s?
... that, in his
32-year career ,
Kwee Tek Hoay wrote about topics ranging from the
Eight Immortals to
Rabindranath Tagore ?
... that though
Lilis Suryani performed multiple patriotic songs, she also made veiled criticisms of President
Sukarno ?
... that advertisements for the 1940 film
Melati van Agam emphasised the writer's credentials as a journalist to appear more modern?
... that
Njai Dasima , the first talkie produced by
Tan's Film , was based on the same novel as their first production three years earlier?
... that the removal of magic was one of the ways in which the film
Dasima was made more modern than the source material?
... that
Lie Kim Hok 's
Tjhit Liap Seng (Seven Stars ) amalgamated two European novels?
... that though it was based on a Chinese legend, advertising for
The Teng Chun 's
Ouw Peh Tjoa emphasised its Malay dialogue?
... that though
Amir Hamzah 's poetry collection
Buah Rindu was published after
Nyanyi Sunyi , the works were written earlier?
... that
Mega Mendoeng was directed by a man trained as a sound technician?
... that
Moestika dari Djemar was one of only two films based on the
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights released in the
Dutch East Indies before 1942?
... that lecturer of psychology
Niniek L. Karim won two
Citra Awards for Best Supporting Actress with her first two films?
... that
Nani Widjaja has played a mother or grandmother in many of her 111 film roles?
... that though
Rina Hasyim was working as a model, she made her film debut with the help of a travel agent?
... that in six years the
International Indonesia Forum has only been held outside of
Yogyakarta once?
... that after evacuating his base in
Dutch Timor following bombing by the
Japanese in 1942,
Frank Headlam (pictured) returned to
Darwin , Australia, the same day it suffered its
first air raid ?
... that
Thio Tjin Boen 's novel
Tjerita Oeij Se , with a man who becomes rich after finding a kite made of paper money, has been read as a condemnation of intermarriage?
... that
Tan Tjoei Hock 's "in every way successful" film
Matula centres on a disfigured man, a shaman, and a life debt?
... that the likely-
lost film
Wanita dan Satria (The Woman and the Hero ) was said to "give a clear picture of the precarious position of Indonesian women"?
... that seven films have had multiple cast members nominated for a
Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress ?
... that
Hella Haasse submitted her debut novel
Oeroeg under the pseudonym Soeka toelis ("Like to write")?
... that the
1989 West Papua earthquake created landslides as tall as 200 m (660 ft)?
... that the star of
Bengawan Solo helped direct the remake 22 years later?
... that the Indies film
Bajar dengan Djiwa , with a father selling his daughter to a loan shark, was advertised as a "realistic" depiction of family life?
... that actor
Adnan Kapau Gani , star of
Asmara Moerni , went on to become a
National Hero of Indonesia ?
... that
Kwee Tek Hoay 's stage play
Allah jang Palsoe was published seven years before the first canonical Indonesian drama?
... that
Nio Joe Lan was trained to maintain aircraft, but instead became a journalist and history teacher?
... that
Djoemala was paired with
Roekiah for four films despite the latter already being married?
... that a review for
Djaoeh Dimata called
Ratna Asmara an "unprecedented tragedienne"?
... that Indonesian boy band
Coboy Junior are only allowed to tour on weekends, as they have to go to school the rest of the week?
... that though
Amir Hamzah was a Muslim, analyses of his poem "
Padamu Jua " have found Christian influences?
... that
Amir Hamzah treats God almost as a lover in his collection
Nyanyi Sunyi ?
... that in
one of his 75 poems ,
Chairil Anwar (pictured) predicted his place of burial?
... that after helping organize the armed struggle against Dutch forces,
National Hero of Indonesia
Izaak Huru Doko worked mainly as an educator?
... that
Andjar and
Ratna Asmara each earned 1,000 gulden for their roles in
Noesa Penida ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Iwa Koesoemasoemantri was jailed by both the Dutch and Indonesians?
... that blind singer
Annie Landouw may have inspired a main character in
Armijn Pane 's
Belenggu ?
... that
Inoe Perbatasari 's first films were
Elang Darat (Land Hawk ) and
Poetri Rimba (Jungle Princess )?
... that medical doctor
Moewardi organised security for both
Sukarno and
Mohammad Hatta ?
... that
Amir Hamzah left
one of his fifty poems in his prison cell before being executed?
... that although the protagonist of
F.D.J. Pangemanann 's novel
Tjerita Si Tjonat (cover pictured) is evil without a single redeeming feature, he was portrayed as a popular hero in wartime Indonesia? ... that although the protagonist of
F.D.J. Pangemanann 's novel
Tjerita Si Tjonat is evil without a single redeeming feature, modern takes on the character portray him as
Robin Hood ?
... that the
Wong brothers ' film
Sorga Ka Toedjoe was the first in which
Roekiah did not act alongside
Rd. Mochtar ?
... that
Tio Ie Soei 's novel
Sie Po Giok has been called the only work of Chinese Malay literature fit for children to read?
... that
Phoa Keng Hek promoted the use of English to help
Chinese Indonesians "move freely"?
... that the
Pindad Komodo was named after the Indonesian Komodo dragon so that the vehicle can bring glory to Indonesia?
... that
Tan Tjoei Hock finished his commercial failure
Sorga Palsoe in a month?
... that
Nelson Wong 's
Si Tjonat sparked a wave of bandit films in the
Dutch East Indies ?
... that critics claimed
Tarmina only won its
Citra Awards because of influence from
Djamaluddin Malik ?
... that
Zainal Abidin acted in over 150 films but won only two
Citra Awards ?
... that
Tio Pakusadewo won his
Citra Awards for Best Leading Actor eighteen years apart?
... that
Tan Tjoei Hock 's
Black Wolf was inspired by
Zorro ?
... that there were two
Citra Awards for Best Leading Actor given in 1955, but none in 1980?
... that in
Nano Riantiarno 's
Semar Gugat the main character
Semar (pictured) , traditionally a symbol of
the people , uses a magic fart?
... that the film
Panggilan Darah , about two orphaned girls, may have been sponsored by a cigarette factory?
... that the
Indies film
Matjan Berbisik was criticised for the Westernised fighting techniques used?
... that the wedding of
Lydia Kandou to a Muslim singer led to widespread debate in Indonesia about the acceptability of
interfaith marriages ?
... that
Air Mata Iboe (Mother's Tears ), reportedly finished during the
Japanese occupation of Indonesia , had newspaper reviews before then?
... that there are around 100 species of
Helicia (
H. glabriflora pictured) found from Sri Lanka and China to Australia?
... that Indonesian "sex bomb"
Meriam Bellina has been called "the fantasy girl come true for the movie-going public"?
... that although both
Mieke Wijaya and her daughter have been nominated for
Citra Awards , only Mieke has won?
... that
Ming China 's
treasure voyages were undertaken by Admiral
Zheng He 's expeditionary
fleet (ship model pictured) , even though the 15th-century Portuguese thought that the unknown ships belonged to white Christians?
... that
Dian Sastrowardoyo received concurrent nominations for the
Citra Award for Best Leading Actress ?
... that after a 46 year career in the Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Sir Alan McNicoll (pictured) was appointed as Australia's first ambassador to Turkey?
... that
Syair Abdul Muluk was authored by either
Raja Ali Haji or his sister?
... that
Lie Tek Swie 's
Si Ronda (The Watchman ) was the debut of
Bachtiar Effendi ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Tirto Adhi Soerjo was paid in newspapers?
... that the Malay-language newspaper
Pembrita Betawi had Eurasian, Chinese, and
Javanese writers?
... that
Erwin Arnada 's
nudity-free edition of
Playboy led to his imprisonment for indecency?
... that
Oh Iboe (Oh Mother ) was made by three The brothers?
... that
Ami Priyono was one of four directors who dominated the
cinema of Indonesia during the 1970s?
... that
Lilik Sudjio received the first
Citra Award for directing
his father ?
... that One Night in Malaysia was enough to make
Nico Pelamonia
Best Director ?
... that the
Cebongan Prison raid in Indonesia was declared a human rights violation by the
National Commission on Human Rights , but not by Defence Minister
Purnomo Yusgiantoro ?
... that the name of the newly defined genus of
macadamia -like trees,
Lasjia , is derived from the initials of
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson ?
... that the film
Ikan Doejoeng was advertised as giving viewers "a good perspective on the Eastern mentality"?
... that the
Citra Award for Best Director , established in 1955, once went to
Teguh Karya of
November 1828 ?
... that
Zoebaida kept audiences focused by using alternating
long shots and
close-ups ?
... that trees of the
New Guinea genus
Finschia have stilt roots coming off the trunk up to 1.8 m (6 ft) off the ground?
... that a
mouldy old film was screened at
Cannes ?
... that
Chrisye performed a new song, "
Eternal Ballad ", five years after his death?
... that
the voice of blood is violet and makes no sound?
... that
Tio Ie Soei uncovered
Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari 's origins, leading to a scandal?
... that
Lie Tek Swie 's
Siti Noerbaja (film still pictured) was the first adaptation of
Marah Roesli 's
novel of the same name ?
... that
Sierk Coolsma baptised the first
Sundanese Christians?
... that
Lie Kim Hok 's
Malajoe Batawi was the first grammar of
Batavian Malay ?
... that a stage adaptation of
Kwee Tek Hoay 's novel
The Rose of Cikembang was made before he even finished writing it?
... that
Maria Ozawa had to film
Kidnapping Miyabi in Japan following protests preventing her from coming to Indonesia?
... that a reviewer praised
Roekiah 's (pictured) "demure" acting in
Gagak Item (Black Raven )?
... that
Eddy Martadinata , one of the founders of the
Indonesian Navy , died when his plane crashed into a mountain?
... that
Usmar Ismail incorrectly labeled
Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun (The Virgin in the Robbers' Nest ) as the first
film adaptation of an Indonesian novel?
... that the
State of East Indonesia was nicknamed the "state which goes along with the master"?
... that
Sjumandjaja 's award-winning
Kabut Sutra Ungu (Mist of the Purple Silk ), about issues faced by widows, was based on a book offered to him on a train?
... that the
Indonesian state news agency
Antara was established before the country's independence?
... that
Maling Kutang , filmed in under a week, included a gorilla costume and "magic" underwear and panties?
... that
A. M. Sipahoetar is credited with writing the first biography in
Indonesian ?
... that
Slamet Rahardjo garnered three
Citra Award nominations for the film
Ponirah Terpidana ?
... that
Anakalang is a society and a megalithic site in
Sumba ,
Indonesia noted for its quadrangular
adzes and numerous
megalithic
tombs ?
... that after writing a positive review for the film
Kedok Ketawa ,
Saeroen wrote two scripts for its production company?
... that
Huwen op Bevel , advertised as the first
talkie in what is now Indonesia, was
the director 's last film in that role?
... that
Chrisye 's album
Recession found inspiration in
The Police ?
... that
Misbach Yusa Biran 's
Sejarah Film 1900–1950 (History of Film 1900–1950 ) has been called a "sacred text from a film warrior"?
... that audiences laughed at
Astaman for playing a king with
matador 's clothes?
... that actor
Reza Rahadian has "flawlessly" represented the mannerisms of former Indonesian president
B. J. Habibie ?
... that positive reviews for
Karina's Zelfopoffering may have been used to procure advertising revenue?
... that
"Flip" Carli , son of a soldier, went from
footballer to film director?
... that
Ratna Moetoe Manikam , with a love triangle involving goddesses, was inspired by
The Thief of Bagdad ?
... that director
Kamila Andini married director
Ifa Isfansyah the year after their films competed against each other at the
Indonesian Film Festival ?
... that the vast majority of the
22 film producers active in the
Dutch East Indies were
ethnic Chinese men?
... that
Usmar Ismail 's film
Enam Djam di Jogja was censored because of its depiction of Dutch soldiers?
... that in 2013 the
Bornean slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis ) was split into three additional species:
N. kayan ,
N. bancanus , and
N. borneanus ?
... that
Max Tera had a forty-one-year career in cinematography with only a junior high school education?
... that the film
The Mirror Never Lies was co-produced by
a former Miss Indonesia winner ?
... that
Usmar Ismail 's (pictured)
Darah dan Doa has been considered both his directorial debut and the first Indonesian film, although he had already directed two films?
... that the
Wong brothers ' film
Fatima reportedly earned 200,000
gulden on a 7,000 gulden investment?
... that the award-winning Indonesian war film
Serangan Fajar and the 1963 Hollywood film
PT 109 have been compared for their "mild hagiography" of their countries' leaders?
... that
Pengantin Pantai Biru , based on
a 1908 novel , was banned as pornographic?
... that customarily, in a
Minangkabau marriage (pictured) , the bridegroom lives with his sister and visits his wife's house only at night?
... that the first Indonesian novel by a woman,
Kalau Tak Untung , deals with an "inexorable fate" which all humans must face?
... that the war film
Janur Kuning (Yellow Coconut Leaves ) has been read as portraying General
Sudirman with mystic powers?
... that Indonesian historian and minister of education
Nugroho Notosusanto (pictured) had a
film-writing credit ?
... that
Sariamin Ismail was the first female novelist in Indonesia?
... that
Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (Treachery of G30S/PKI ) may have become the most-viewed Indonesian film of all time because of its use for pro-
Suharto propaganda?
... that
over 130 works of literature were published in the propaganda newspaper
Asia Raja ?
... that
Zuber Usman was an early pioneer of Indonesian literary criticism?
... that
Indonesian
batik designer
Obin sometimes asks people not to cut up her cloths?
... that the star of
Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman , Indonesia's first detective film, was best known as a
social worker ?
... that
Hamka 's novel
Tuan Direktur (Mr Director ) has been read as
anti-materialist and anti-superstition?
... that
Ahmad Tohari 's
Kubah (Cupola ), which follows a man's induction into communism, has been characterized as
Islamic preaching ?
... that
Sam Pek Eng Tay was
The Teng Chun 's first in a series of film adaptations of
Chinese myths ?
... that on certain
beaches of Java , people are warned not to wear green clothes due to the belief that the color may offend the
queen of the sea and cause the person to drown?
... that both heads of Indonesia's first government-owned film production company,
Berita Film Indonesia , had worked for the
Japanese occupation forces?
... that
Gadis Desa was
Andjar Asmara 's last film as a director?
... that local
aborigines would squat over burning cones of
Banksia dentata (pictured) to treat diarrhea?
... that
Egyptologist
Willem Pleyte was the father of
Cornelis Pleyte ,
curator of the
Ethnographic Museum Artis ?
... that the use of nature in
Asrul Sani 's 1972 film
The Misfit has been compared to works by Japanese directors?
... that
Sjumandjaja 's 1983 film
Budak Nafsu (Slave to Passion ) was called "little more than a sex exploitation vehicle" yet was nominated for a
Citra Award for Best Film?
... that
Usmar Ismail made his directorial debut with
Tjitra while still part of the
Indonesian Army ?
... that
Sjumandjaja considered quitting directing after his debut in
Lewat Tengah Malam but went on to direct more than a dozen films?
... that the
Wongs '
Indonesia Malaise , targeted at
native Indonesians , was paired with a film meant for Dutchmen?
... that the 1974 Indonesian film
Atheis reused a sequence from the 1925 Russian film
Battleship Potemkin ?
... that although the
1931 adaptation of
Kwee Tek Hoay 's Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang kept the Chinese characters, the 1975 one did not?
... that two times
British Hard Court tennis champion
Kho Sin-Kie raised money for the Malaya Patriotic Fund in
WWII ?
... that
Tan Tjoei Hock 's 1941 film
Tengkorak Hidoep has been credited as the first
horror film made in Indonesia?
... that the extent of
Lie Kim Hok 's poem
Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari in the
Wong brothers ' film
Siti Akbari is uncertain?
... that
Mohammad Said Hamid Junid wrote a film about a man becoming his father's uncle-in-law?
... that most of the
film directors of the Dutch East Indies were
ethnic Chinese ?
... that
Roestam Sutan Palindih was a farmer, politician, journalist, film director, and literary documentarian?
... that
Inoe Perbatasari 's last films all dealt with the
Indonesian National Revolution ?
... that
Ariffien , who directed two
Japanese propaganda films , was initially an
Indonesian nationalist ?
... that
Njoo Cheong Seng 's first film without
his wife was 1941's
Djantoeng Hati ?
... that six of
Fred Young 's films have the word Solo in the title?
... that the
propaganda film
Berdjoang was
the Japanese overlords ' only feature-length film in the
Dutch East Indies ?
... that
Dardanella featured a Chinese man dubbed the "
Douglas Fairbanks of Java"?
... that although he appeared in eight films with
his wife ,
Kartolo was never cast as her lover?
... that journalist
A.A. Hamidhan turned down a chance to be
Kalimantan 's first governor?
... that the Indonesian album
AkustiChrisye was inspired in part by
Frank Sinatra 's rearrangements of his hits?
... that
Roekihati bucked a trend of intellectualising films in the
Dutch East Indies ?
... that the
Wong brothers (one pictured) were bankrupted, then made rich, by working with
the same man ?
... that the early
talkie
Karnadi Anemer Bangkong was based on a popular novel but ultimately controversial?
... that
Yusak Pakage was sentenced to ten years in prison after raising
a flag ?
... that the
The brothers collaborated on
Rentjong Atjeh ?
... that
Monsieur d'Amour married four times, once to
a 14-year-old girl ?
... that Indonesian journalist
Saeroen operated a chain of hotels named after bats?
... that in her film debut
Kris of Mataram ,
Fifi Young stabs herself with the
titular weapon ?
... that Indonesian
Paralympian
Ni Nengah Widiasih beat the
ASEAN ParaGames powerlifting record for her weight class by 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) last December?
... that Indonesian
Paralympic competitor
Setyo Budi Hartanto is the son of
fishmongers ?
... that Indonesian
T46 runner and Paralympic hopeful
Martin Losu set two regional records at the
2011 ASEAN ParaGames ?
... that Indonesian Paralympic
S6 swimmer
Agus Ngaimin first competed at the national level when he was twenty?
... that half of
Lie Tek Swie 's films were
literary adaptations ?
... that "culture warrior"
Bachtiar Effendi was active in the cinemas of both Indonesia and Italy?
... that a reviewer considered the flaws in
Melati van Agam so obvious "even the stupidest villager" could spot them?
... that
the child star of
Malin Kundang got the part for his knowledge of
the source material ?
... that
Loetoeng Kasaroeng was the first film produced in what is now Indonesia?
... that Indonesian
Paralympic hopeful
David Jacobs defeated Indonesian president
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a table tennis match?
... that
Roekiah and
Rd Mochtar were the first celebrity couple in the
Dutch East Indies , despite Roekiah being married?
... that 1928's
Lily of Java was the first
Chinese -produced film in Indonesia?
... that the Indonesian film
Whips of Fire featuring a strong, independent female character was held up for a year by the censors?
... that
Fifi Young , known for playing mother figures, acted in 86 films in 34 years?
... that
Ratna Asmara was the first female film director in Indonesian history?
... that
G. Kruger directed the first
talkie in what is now Indonesia?
... that
Full Moon was the most successful
local film ever released in the
Dutch East Indies ?
... that Indonesian director
D. Djajakusuma is credited with saving a traditional dance form?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Sudirman (pictured) went on a seven-month guerrilla campaign with only one lung?
... that
Oevaang Oeray was the first
ethnic Dayak governor of
West Kalimantan ?
... that the
National Hero of Indonesia
Mas Mansoer declared
interest forbidden ?
... that
Gombloh 's song "
Kebyar-Kebyar " is the only pop song regularly used in Indonesia's Independence Day ceremonies?
... that
Albertus Soegijapranata , Indonesia's first Catholic bishop, was born a Muslim?
... that the 1940 film
Kartinah included
product placement for
Singer ?
... that
Andjar Asmara taught both
D. Djajakusuma and
Usmar Ismail the art of film?
... that
Nancy Takes Revenge , a 1930 sequel, was released four months after the
original film 's conclusion?
... that the 1935 film
Pareh bankrupted both of its directors,
Albert Balink and
Mannus Franken ?
... that professional goalkeeper
Maladi was instrumental in the development of
television in Indonesia ?
... that the nobleman
Mochtar acted in 69 films in his nearly 60-year career?
... that
Mohammad Hatta was vice president, prime minister, and minister of defence during his
first cabinet ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Adnan Kapau Gani was a film star and smuggler?
... that the studio of
Java Pacific Film was located in an old
tapioca flour factory?
... that
The Teng Chun produced 31 films in a little more than a decade before becoming an English teacher?
... that almost a third of the
films from the Dutch East Indies date from 1941?
... that in 1958, while working for a
CIA
front organization in Taiwan,
William Beale flew the aircraft that bombed several Indonesian cities and sank
KRI
Hang Tuah off the coast of Borneo?
... that the director of
Pareh engaged in a car chase with the film's star before casting him?
... that the
Netherlands Indies Civil Administration operated as a link between the
Dutch East Indies Government in exile and the Allied high command in the
Southwest Pacific Area ?
... that
Tan's Film released three films entitled Njai Dasima in four years?
... that critics denounced Indonesian Muslim leader
Fakih Usman as the "Dutchman with the black ass"?
... that the Indonesian television series
Alang-Alang was sponsored in part by
Johns Hopkins University ?
... that anthropologist
Alice G. Dewey was dissertation advisor for
Barack Obama 's mother
Ann Dunham at the
University of Hawaiʻi ?
... that the 1929 film
The Secret of Borobudur featured a woman in a bikini-like costume?
... that there are
Sumatran elephants and
Sumatran tigers in
Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu , a
UNESCO
Man and the Biosphere Reserve ?
... that the 1929 film
Njai Dasima was reportedly so successful that cinemas could make up several days' losses with a single showing?
... that the
Ganting Grand Mosque in
Padang was used as a place of refuge by Indonesian President
Sukarno ?
... that
Rudy Kurniawan , the alleged
wine counterfeiter , had such an affinity for expensive
Burgundy that he was known as "Dr.
Conti "?
... that
Nurnaningsih was the first Indonesian actress to appear half nude in a film?
... that
Endhita received a best supporting actress nomination for
? ?
... that when
Japanese forces attempted to seize the
Holy Rosary Cathedral in 1942,
its titular bishop said they would have to
take his head first?
... that the 1939 film
Alang-Alang was inspired by the coming of a circus?
... that interments at
Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery in
Semarang include
a Catholic archbishop and a Chinese communist?
... that the 1927 film
Eulis Atjih advertised that Indonesians could act as well as Americans and Europeans?
... that award-winning Muslim poet
Nirwan Dewanto was forced to play
a Roman Catholic bishop in
Soegija ?
... that
Abraham Samad was the youngest ever head of the
Corruption Eradication Commission when he was chosen in 2011?
... that the drama
Zuster Theresia , written by a man known for comedy, featured a nun, attempted suicide, and polygamy?
... that
a music video by
Chrisye was the first by an Indonesian shown on
MTV Southeast Asia ?
... that three aircraft belonging to
Gatari Air Service were seized after its president director was implicated in a fraud case?
... that
Bambang Widjojanto , once often imprisoned by the government of Indonesia, now works for it?
... that
Ganjuran Church features a statue of
Jesus as a
Javanese king (pictured) ?
... that
Malayisation has occurred in five Southeast Asian countries?
... that there were calls for
Alexander Aan to be executed for posting on
Facebook ?
... that 1931's
Si Pitoeng was the first film based on the life of
an Indonesian Robin Hood ?
... that people can surf in the
Kampar River ?
... that Indonesian singer
Pinkan Mambo paid for her brothers' college through her singing?
... that
Bandung Raya
football club dissolved in 1997 due to financial trouble, despite reaching the
1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division finals?
... that the sports film
The Wind Chaser was compared to a soap commercial?
... that staff at the Indonesian film archives,
Sinematek Indonesia , receive less than US$120 a month?
... that
The Twitter Republic is based on
Twitter use in the website's fifth-largest market?
... that
Chrisye was so disappointed with
Pantulan Cita that he took a two-year sabbatical?
... that Indonesian songwriter
Maia Estianty is descended from the
National Hero
Tjokroaminoto ?
... that
Satria Mandala Museum in
Jakarta has life-size statues of numerous
National Heroes of Indonesia ?
... that
Laura Basuki washed her hair with bottled water while shooting
East of the Sun ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Nuku Muhammad Amiruddin had a British ship aid him in attacking the Dutch?
... that
Citra Award -winning actress
Laura Basuki has been compared to Japanese
AV idol
Maria Ozawa ?
... that
Get Married 3 features characters named after
Mark Zuckerberg ,
Oprah Winfrey , and
Hanung Bramantyo ?
... that the Best Male Vocalist at the 2009
Indonesian Music Awards ,
Afgansyah Reza , never had any vocal training?
... that
the most viewed Indonesian film of 2011 was based on a story posted in a blog?
... that communist politician
Rustam Effendi wrote the first Indonesian stage play?
... that
PSIR Rembang players attacked both referees in a match at
2008–09 Liga Indonesia Premier Division ?
... that
Hamka was accused of plagiarising his novel
Sinking of the van der Wijck , described as his best?
... that Indonesian director
Teddy Soeriaatmadja decided to go into film after seeing
Reservoir Dogs ?
... that the most viewed Indonesian film of 1989,
Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta , was the last feature film for both director
Teguh Karya and star
Tuti Indra Malaon ?
... that Indonesian actress
Kinaryosih won four separate awards for her role in
Suddenly Dangdut ?
... that
Hamka 's debut novel
Under the Protection of Ka'bah promoted orthodox Islam as a path to true development?
... that
Get Married 2 was released not long after
its director got married?
... that the Indonesian film
Suddenly Dangdut won 12 film awards, despite being filmed in seven days?
... that the
ringback tone for the Indonesian music duo
Ratu 's song about
friends with benefits was downloaded more than a million times?
... that
National Hero
Iswahyudi , dissatisfied with life in Australia, took a rubber boat back to Indonesia?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Pong Tiku used chili pepper extract to blind his Dutch foes?
... that
high-definition video was used for making
Brownies ?
... that some tales have legendary robber
Si Pitung losing his magical powers after being hit by rotten eggs?
... that two
National Heroes of Indonesia died in the crash of
Dakota VT-CLA (replica of tail depicted) ?
... that
Hanung Bramantyo 's horror film
Red Lantern has been described as reminiscent of a history of the
Indonesian Communist Party ?
... that
Agus Kuncoro has acted in three films directed by
Hanung Bramantyo ?
... that in his fictional work "
Surabaya ",
Idrus referred to the
Indonesian revolutionaries as "cowboys" and the
Allies as "bandits"?
... that
Nino Fernandez , who had his
breakthrough role as a gay character, dated
Miss Indonesia 2009 ?
... that
Maida's House , the screenwriting debut of Indonesian novelist
Ayu Utami (pictured) , showed the 1928 Youth Conference, the
Japanese surrender , and the
May 1998 riots ?
... that director
Ifa Isfansyah concluded his debut film
Garuda on My Chest belonged to its child actors?
... that
Chrisye initially thought his vocals on the title song for the million-selling album
I Love Her were like a monkey's?
... that after
Naif sent a demo for a chance to join a compilation album, they were given their own album instead?
... that
Kusumanegara Heroes' Cemetery in
Yogyakarta is the final resting place of five
National Heroes of Indonesia ?
... that former
Indonesia national football team player
Herry Kiswanto only received one yellow card during his 17-year career?
... that the critical and commercial
flop
Ballad of a Man was later called one of the ten best Indonesian films of all time?
... that female director
Upi Avianto created
Last Wolf , a film about gangsters, drugs, betrayal and revenge?
... that 73-year-old
Nyi Ageng Serang led her troops in a
war against Dutch colonists from a stretcher?
... that
Adinegoro stopped writing literature after his second novel,
Asmara Jaya ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Oerip Soemohardjo attended a girls' school as a child to improve his temperament?
... that
John de Rantau 's 2011 film
The Universe Supports details a boy's search for his mother through the Indonesian
Physics Olympiad Team?
... that Indonesian film producer
Mira Lesmana (pictured) has campaigned several times against censorship in the country's film industry?
... that one can be fined
Rp . 100 million for willfully damaging
Cultural Properties of Indonesia , such as
Prambanan (complex pictured) ?
... that singer
Hetty Koes Endang and her duet partner were the first Indonesians to win the
World Popular Song Festival ?
... that the founders of Indonesian band
Last Child are the last children of their families?
... that
Sherina's Adventure featured a young girl going against Sadam, then joining forces with him, in a story inspired by
Grease ?
... that of the
more than 200 songs recorded by
Chrisye , four were selected by
Rolling Stone Indonesia as among the best Indonesian songs of all time?
... that Indonesian screenwriter
Salman Aristo initially wanted to be a musician?
... that guitarist
Ian Antono described
Nicky Astria as "the best female pop rock singer Indonesia has ever seen"?
... that
Tajul Muluk , whose home and
boarding school were burnt down by opponents of his preaching
Shia Islam , was arrested for blasphemy?
... that Indonesian actress
Ayu Azhari reportedly invested Rp. 10 billion in an unsuccessful bid to become Deputy Regent of
Sukabumi ?
... that a member of the Indonesian band
Armageddon Holocaust claimed to be Bill Clinton?
... that Indonesian newscaster
Putra Nababan uses four names for different situations?
... that Indonesian politician
Marzuki Darusman was burned in effigy in Sri Lanka for his investigation into that country's
civil war ?
... that from 1944, subscribers to
Asia Raja were charged an extra fee for supporting
forced labourers ?
... that
Chrisye was so disgusted with his
first major film role that he never made another movie?
... that
Looking for Madonna , meant to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in
Papua , used shots of a green bra to symbolise sex?
... that
Teguh Karya 's film
Mother , which won nine
Citra Awards , did not turn a profit?
... that the Indonesian film
Get Married was described as contrasting the rich and poor, with the rich being prone to violence?
... that
An Evening in Paris was the first lesbian-themed Indonesian short story collection?
... that
Atiqah Hasiholan considered her role in the Oscar-submitted
Jamila and the President a "regular slutty prostitute"?
... that Indonesian journalist
Marco Kartodikromo (pictured) was arrested several times by the
Dutch colonial government and ultimately died in exile?
... that
the author of
The Undying Flame , who wrote the novel when he was 22, felt it resounded with teenage sentimentality?
... that Indonesian actress
Sophia Latjuba received no fee for playing in her most recent film?
... that although
Indonesian national hero
Usman Janatin was born in
Banyumas , Usman Janatin City Park was built in
Purbalingga Regency ?
... that the novel
Student Hidjo describes love as something only those with a Dutch education would attempt to find?
... that
Mohammad Husni Thamrin argued for the term "Indonesia" to replace "Dutch Indies"?
... that Indonesian literary critic
Muhammad Balfas ' unfinished manuscript Si Gomar has been described as his most interesting?
... that, as of 2010, 85 percent of the readers of the Indonesian daily
Bernas are male?
... that
A. Teeuw , despite resorting to guesswork, still encountered indecipherable data in his successful dissertation on a
Kakawin ?
... that Indonesian band
Netral released an album with random yet simple lyrics and a "naughty" rock style?
... that a police officer in Indonesia was sued for dumping blood to appease the
Goddess of the South Sea while investigating the
murder of Udin ?
... that
Adinegoro 's 1927 novel
Young Blood was one of few Indonesian works from the period in which the main characters succeeded at love?
... that
John de Rantau co-directed
a film that presents a fictionalised version of
Barack Obama 's childhood years in Indonesia?
... that writers exiled from Indonesia after the
30 September Movement
continued to write and publish overseas?
... that
Ratna Sarumpaet 's singing of
the Indonesian national anthem was called "proof" of a crime?
... that
Chinese-Indonesian writer Mira Wong may use the pen name
Mira W. to cover her ethnicity?
... that Indonesian director
Wim Umboh , who won nine
Citra Awards , began his career in the film industry as a janitor?
... that
Jamila and the President , submitted to the
82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film , was initially written after the director received a
UNICEF grant?
... that the Indonesian internet community
Fiksimini writes complete works of fiction in under 140 characters?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Slamet Rijadi took the name Rijadi after there were too many students called Slamet at his school?
... that
Giring Ganesha , the lead singer of
Nidji , lost 11 kilograms (24 lb) for his role in
The Enlightener ?
... that
Roy Marten was one of the highest paid Indonesian actors in the late 1970s?
... that
Soedjatmoko was expelled from medical school but went on to become rector of the
United Nations University ?
... that a review of
Plastic Flowers , a 1977 Indonesian film directed by
a man known for romances, found him unfit to direct but praised a robbery scene?
... that a joint musical venture between a Dutch and Indonesian band resulted in
Chaos & Warfare ?
... that
Bakri Siregar wrote the first history of modern
Indonesian literature ?
... that Indonesian band
Efek Rumah Kaca donated the royalties from
ringback tone sales for one of the tracks on their
self-titled debut album to the family of a
human rights activist ?
... that
Mr. Santoso was the first female cabinet member in Indonesian history?
...
?
... that the front gate of
Gambir Market (pictured in 1922) was rebuilt in a different traditional Indonesian style every year?
... that Indonesian writer
Clara Ng was reportedly able to read
The Adventures of Tintin by kindergarten?
... that Indonesian radio personality
Sys NS wanted to open a museum to pornography but later destroyed his collection?
... that
Oka Antara both starved and splurged for his role in
The Dancer ?
... that
Zaskia Adya Mecca found her pregnancy "perfect" for playing the role of
Siti Walidah in
The Enlightener , despite the fact the character was not pregnant?
... that
Idrus wrote what may be the only satire of the
Indonesian National Revolution ?
... that
Prince Antasari (pictured) , who led a war against
Dutch colonists for over three years, was ultimately defeated by smallpox?
... that Indonesian actress
Titi Kamal paid to follow a poor woman around and learn about her lifestyle?
... that
Chrisye was not alone on
Sendiri (Alone )?
... that the Indonesian novel
Atheist was decried by religious figures,
Marxist–Leninists , and
anarcho-nihilists ?
... that
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Jan Jacob Rochussen (pictured) was father-in-law to another governor general and grandfather to a
president of the League of Nations ?
... that
Karen Agustiawan was first in
Forbes ' list of "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen"?
... that in 2009
Addie MS and his Twilite Orchestra were the first Indonesian orchestra to play in the
Sydney Opera House ?
... that
Nemoe Karma by
I Wayan Gobiah was the first
Balinese novel?
... that a common theme in
modern Balinese literature is dealing with tourists?
... that
Sanusi Pane has been called the most important Indonesian dramatist prior to the
national revolution ?
... that Indonesian actor
HIM Damsyik identified with the
antagonistic role which brought him to fame?
... that
Sjumandjaja was the first Indonesian to attend the
All-Union State Institute of Cinematography and the first non-Russian to graduate summa cum laude ?
... that Indonesian author
Kuntowijoyo said he did not follow a blueprint when writing?
... that the
Great Mosque of Central Java (pictured) has six hydraulic umbrellas to represent the six tenets of
iman ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Moestopo convinced his soldiers to use manure-covered bamboo spears and eat cats?
... that in nine years of circulation, Indonesian literary magazine
Poedjangga Baroe had 125 employees or contributors but never more than 150 subscribers?
... that the chemistry between
Slamet Rahardjo and
Christine Hakim was chosen as the second best in Indonesian cinema?
... that
Zainal Mustafa , a
National Hero of Indonesia , died in 1944, yet his family did not learn of it until 26 years later?
... that 76-year-old Muslim rocker
Laila Sari performs in a headscarf?
... that
Shackles was the first Indonesian novel to portray a prostitute sympathetically?
... that the last
Batak priest-king
Sisingamangaraja XII was shot and killed by Dutch troops in 1907, ending his thirty-year war against the colonisation of
Sumatra ?
... that the death of singer
Melky Goeslaw led to greater interest in
male breast cancer in Indonesia?
... that in 2011 Indonesian businessman
Erick Thohir became the first Asian to own an
NBA franchise?
... that Indonesian songstress
Vina Panduwinata outperformed
Janet Jackson and
David Pomeranz at the 1985
World Popular Song Festival ?
... that award-winning film
The Dancer , about a
traditional dancer , is one of only three Indonesian films addressing the country's
anticommunist purges of 1965–66 ?
... that Indonesian author
Andrea Hirata 's debut novel sold three times more pirated editions than original ones?
... that Muslims and followers of Chinese religious traditions pray together at
Sam Poo Kong (pictured) , the oldest Chinese temple in
Semarang , Indonesia?
... that although
God Bless members
Ahmad Albar and
Jockie Soerjoprajogo have had a falling out, their sons play music together?
... that Indonesian film director
Ifa Isfansyah is expected to marry the daughter of
another director , who is a director herself?
... that the 259-year-old
Blenduk Church is the oldest church in
Central Java ?
... that
Pattimura , who was stirred to rebellion in part by the advent of paper money, is featured on the 1,000
rupiah bill (pictured) ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Halim Perdanakusuma flew 44 bombing raids against
Nazi Germany ?
... that
National Heroine of Indonesia
Nyai Ahmad Dahlan worked for women's rights and against
sun worship ?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Teuku Nyak Arif said of the
Japanese occupation of Indonesia "we had driven out dogs only to have pigs come"?
... that
Prisia Nasution , who won a
Citra Award for her debut role, has a background in the martial art of
pencak silat ?
... that
Jockie Soerjoprajogo has refused to give his blessings to
God Bless to play "
Kehidupan ", his composition and one of the band's biggest hits?
... that the
Medieval Chola king
Rajendra Chola I sent a
naval expedition to South-East Asia in 1025?
... that
National Hero of Indonesia
Teungku Chik di Tiro led a holy war against the Dutch in 19th-century Aceh?
... that
Chrisye 's album
Beautiful Flower featured work by the
son of former president
Sukarno on every track?
... that avant-garde musician
Harry Roesli helped over 36,000 street children before his death in 2004?
... that
Love Song from High School , the third most viewed Indonesian film of 1979, featured a cameo from
Chrisye meant to market his
upcoming album ?
... that a key event leading up to the 1984
Tanjung Priok massacre in
Jakarta was a Christian entering a mosque without removing his shoes?
... that
Chrisye had
second album syndrome on his
fifth album ?
... that recently appointed Indonesian justice minister
Amir Syamsuddin has represented the
former head of Golkar and
Tempo magazine ?
... that
Ismail Saleh was the longest serving
Minister of Justice of Indonesia ?
... that
Chairil Anwar 's most celebrated poem, "
Aku " ("Me"), shows similarities to the philosophies of
Ayn Rand and
Friedrich Nietzsche ?
... that deputy governor of
Banten
Rano Karno has played in more than seventy films?
... that
Nasida Ria , one of the oldest
qasidah modern groups in Indonesia, received an organ from the mayor of
Semarang ?
... that
El Manik went from being a vagrant to
Citra Award -winning actor in six years?
... that singer-cum-writer
Dewi Lestari , who draws much of her inspiration from spirituality, has called
fundamentalists "crazy"?
... that as a toddler, composer
Dian HP refused to eat unless she was sitting next to the family piano?
... that
Ayu Utami 's (pictured) 1998 novel
Saman launched an
Indonesian literary movement focusing on women's views of
sexuality ?
... that
Lawang Sewu: Kuntilanak's Vengeance was described by a critic as "truly 'raping' an icon of Semarang",
Lawang Sewu (pictured) ?
... that Indonesian actress
Titi Sjuman agreed to make her
film debut only after being cajoled by her brother and
sister-in-law (the film's director)?
... that among
Amir Hamzah 's works are poems that are both explicitly religious and have an erotic element present?
... that Indonesian judge
Soeprapto was aided in his escape from
Pekalongan during
Operatie Product by a man whom he had just sentenced to death?
... that a documentary film by
Ucu Agustin led to a prostitution district in
Tulungagung, East Java , being shut down?
... that a reviewer described the film
Khalifah as a "veiled warning" to Indonesians about wearing the
niqab ?
... that President
Sukarno slighted Chief Justice
Wirjono Prodjodikoro by inviting
Ruslan Abdulgani for breakfast when Abdulgani was supposed to be before the
Supreme Court of Indonesia ?
... that as minister of justice
Sahardjo suggested rescinding
Indonesia 's
civil and
commercial codes ?
... that Indonesian Minister of Justice
Moeljatno attempted to ensure Prosecutor General
Soeprapto 's subservience to him by passing a law?
... that the head of the
Indonesian Communist Party addressed
Wongsonegoro so softly that other people had to "be his microphone"?
... that
Wilopo , in office only 26 days, is the shortest-serving Foreign Minister of Indonesia to date?
... that the king of the
Mataram Sultanate during the
First Java War used the reconstruction of a terrace as an excuse for not providing soldiers?
... that after suffering from
polio as a youth,
Maria Farida Indrati went on to become the first female justice of the
Constitutional Court of Indonesia ?
... that Dutch clergyman
W.R. van Hoëvell (pictured) , after being forced to resign his post in
Batavia in 1848, became a radical and eloquent spokesman against
Dutch colonialism and slavery in the East and West Indies?
... that the aerial photograph of
Palembang taken in 1984 revealed the ancient canal network that is now
Srivijaya archaeological park ?
... that former Indonesian Minister of the Interior
Hazairin released his own currency?
... that
Soepomo , Indonesia's first Minister of Justice, criticized
Dutch colonialism in his thesis on the agrarian system of
Surakarta ?
... that
Besar Mertokusumo has been called the first Indonesian advocate?
... that future Minister of Justice
Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo reported losing much of his archive when the
Dutch seized Yogyakarta ?
... that Indonesian legal scholar
Notonagoro , who married into royalty, placed the needs of individual citizens last in his hierarchy of government priorities?
... that although award-winning Indonesian director
Hanung Bramantyo is "intrigued" with the
left , his most successful films have been to the
right ?
... that
Chrisye faced accusations of plagiarism due to similarities between the title song of his album
Hip Hip Hura and "
Footloose "?
... that
Dude Harlino 's given name is derived from his birthdate, 2 December ?
... that
They Say I'm a Monkey! used
leeches feeding to symbolize the rape of a child?
... that after members of the cast of
Ghost of Jeruk Purut were diagnosed as being possessed, the crew was told to prepare an offering of cigars, eggs, and palm sugar?
... that
Azwar Abubakar was acting governor of
Aceh in the aftermath of the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ?
... that
Armijn Pane wrote more idealistic works after the
Japanese occupation of Indonesia ?
... that
Djenar Maesa Ayu was involved with 1 Woman, 14 Men on her 38th birthday?
... that
Djan Faridz withdrew his bid for
Governor of Jakarta after being selected as Minister of Public Housing?
... that
Mohammad Natsir wrote that Indonesia's treatment of Islam in the 1970s was similar to how one would treat "a cat with ring-worms"?
... that
Behind the Mosquito Net received six
Citra Awards ?
... that
Ayu Ting Ting became popular in 2011 with a song released four years earlier?
... that
Garin Nugroho 's family was worried that he could be killed for his reinterpretation of "the wounds of history" in
Puisi Tak Terkuburkan ?
... that the street children in the
Indonesian film
Leaf on a Pillow were given an education after production finished?
... that the costumes for
Under the Protection of Ka'Bah , Indonesia's submission to
this year's Oscars , were reported to cost as much as an entire horror movie?
... that
Marciano Norman had been in the cavalry, and went on to head Indonesia's intelligence agency?
... that the first offices of
The Jakarta Post , which has been described as "Indonesia's leading English-language daily", were in a laundry room?
... that for Indonesian singer
Gombloh , Half-Crazy was followed by Crazier ?
... that
Jeruk Purut Cemetery is supposedly haunted by a headless pastor who is followed by a large black dog?
... that British brigadier
Aubertin Mallaby was killed 66 years ago today in the
Battle of Surabaya while flying a white flag?
... that
Nia Dinata , director of controversial films on homosexuality and polygamy, started a children's film festival in 2009?
... that former couple
Acha Septriasa and
Irwansyah united for their last
Love Story under the supervision of
Irwansyah's future wife and direction of
Hanny Saputra ?
... that
Ratih Hardjono connected her wedding with corruption, collusion, and nepotism?
... that
Dira Sugandi was awarded the Indonesian Young Jazz Talent Award for her duet with
Jason Mraz ?
... that
Sandra Dewi gave an "arousing" performance in
Quickie Express , but has refused to do "vulgar" photo shoots?
... that
Bing Slamet started a trend of using actors' names in the titles of films?
... that in 2004
Dewi Sandra was selected as one of the sexiest women in the world by
FHM ?
... that
Karet Bivak , Jakarta's second-largest cemetery, holds more than 48,000 graves on just 16.2 hectares (40 acres)?
... that
Ahmad Dhani once found
Once to be the lead singer of
Dewa 19 ?
... that
Titiek Puspa 's stage name was given to her by President
Sukarno ?
... that the "intellectual poet"
Chairil Anwar enjoyed stealing and womanizing?
... that the brown-tinted and shaky camerawork of
Under the Tree was considered "sometimes near-nauseating"?
... that award-winning director
Garin Nugroho (pictured) liked to bathe in volcanic runoff as a child?
... that due to the sexually explicit content of
Saman ,
Ayu Utami ' s debut novel, her mother refused to read it to her father?
... that twice-married Indonesian singer
Dewi Persik announced earlier this year that she had officially become a virgin again following a
pilgrimage to Mecca ?
... that the Indonesian romance
Layar Terkembang has chapters with no dialogue?
... that
Norman Kamaru went from being a police officer to billionaire singer in less than six months?
... that
Blessing in Disguise condemns conservative traditionalism in a two-page discussion of
Indonesian witch-doctors ?
... that award-winning Indonesian film director
Teguh Karya directed numerous romances, but never married?
... that
Sekar Ayu Asmara 's directorial debut,
The Stringless Violin , with "pat" dialogue and "illogical" scenes, was submitted for an
Oscar ?
... that Indonesian singer
Ari Lasso quit smoking after his son hid his cigarettes?
... that Indonesian songwriter
Dewiq was without Pay for three years before telling the public?
... that one of Indonesia's "
most sought-after movie songwriters " started her career by writing about flatulence and sexual deviancy?
... that after Chasing Dreams
Gita Gutawa was chosen for
Love in Perth ?
... that the
debut album of Gita Gutawa featured a song written by eight people?
... that
Teguh Karya had to fight for
Christine Hakim 's right to act in
Cinta Pertama (First Love ) after his producer said her breasts were too small?
... that Indonesian band
Kerispatih sang compositions by President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on two albums?
... that
Eros Djarot 's
biopic on Cut Nyak Dhien has been interpreted as attributing Indonesia's independence to her guerrilla campaign?
... that some dark and eerie scenes in the film
Cinta Pertama (First Love ) reflect the director's previous experience in horror films?
... that Indonesian writer
Ajip Rosidi first became a magazine editor at the age of 15?
... that R&B singer
Glenn Fredly credits
Michael Jackson for inspiring him to do humanitarian work?
... that the short story "
Langit Makin Mendung " was banned in Indonesia partly because a character wore glasses?
... that
Lake Rawa Pening in Indonesia may dry up within the next ten years?
... that the Indonesian literary group
Lekra was accused of having foreknowledge of the attempted
coup d'état in 1965 ?
... that
Dairi farms produce coffee, corn, and fish?
... that a
Muslim "pope" translated the
Quran after being tried for blasphemy?
... that the production of the 2009 album
Love's Harmony took place on four continents?
... that among those killed in the
1740 Batavia massacre were 500 prisoners and hospital patients?
... that the 2008 album
Kamar Gelap features both pop and waltz styles?
... that
Indonesian prostitutes are sometimes marketed via
Facebook ?
... that shrimp, seaweed, and milkfish are found in
Bone ?
... that the album
Ballad of Salah , released as an act of charity during
Ramadan , includes songs based on the
Quran and the life of
Muhammad ?
... that the first
Arab settlements in Indonesia (family pictured) may date from the fifth century?
... that although the
1992 Flores earthquake was to its north,
Babi Island may have been hit by tsunamis from both the north and south?
... that Indonesian comedy band
Project Pop originally sang about "food and martial arts fighters"?
... that
Nano Riantiarno 's works include the Cockroach , White Snake , and Constipation "operas"?
... that
Leo Suryadinata has written more than 50 books, with a focus on
Chinese Indonesians ?
... that
November 1828 came in 1979?
... that "legendary" Indonesian composer
A. T. Mahmud wrote around 500 children's songs?
... that after the
fall of Suharto , the circulation of his party's newspaper,
Suara Karya , dropped by a factor of a hundred?
... that
Happy Salma , wife of a prince, agreed to play a prostitute in
7 Hearts 7 Loves 7 Women , but only if no men could touch her on set?
... that in 2004 there were two terrorist attacks in
Sulawesi ,
one on a bus and
one in a cafe ?
... that the perpetrators of
a terrorist attack in
Aceh on New Year's Eve 2003 are still unknown?
... that the author of
Sitti Nurbaya never returned to his hometown after publishing it?
... that in 1959, President
Sukarno (pictured) declared himself to be also
Prime Minister of Indonesia ?
... that Indonesian band
Kekal has remained active and continues to
release newly recorded material even though there are no longer any official members?
... that
Ismail Marzuki wrote his 1945 song "
Gugur Bunga di Taman Bakti " to honor the Indonesian casualties of the
Indonesian National Revolution ?
... that during the
Indonesian National Revolution the first Indonesian flag,
Bendera Pusaka (first hoisting pictured) , was cut in half to save it from the
Dutch military forces ?
... that in 1920
Balai Pustaka brought
Pain and Suffering to Indonesia?
... that
Indonesian peacekeeping forces have served in Egypt, Israel, Bosnia, Somalia, and the Philippines?
... that during production
tapis is warped and
couched ?
... that
Flat Horse dance may represent male virility or female irrationality?
... that, according to some legends,
Batara Kala was conceived when a fish swallowed
Shiva 's sperm?
... that the town of
Fakfak has both pro-
Indonesian and pro-
independent Papua factions?
... that Prince
Diponegoro thought that
Chinese Indonesians brought
bad luck upon his campaign?
... that despite originally being compared to a
Kuntilanak (a female vampire in
Indonesian mythology ),
Berlian Hutauruk 's vocals on "
Badai Pasti Berlalu " were well received?
... that Indonesian sociologist
Mely G. Tan participated in student protests at the
University of California, Berkeley until warned that she could be deported?
... that a cherry blossom made
Fariz RM famous?
... that
Eros Djarot formed Indonesia's
Freedom Bull National Party after a disagreement with later-president
Megawati Sukarnoputri ?
... that twelve Indonesian newspapers and magazines were closed after the
Malari incident in 1974?
... that
Chrisye couldn't finish recording
Kala Cinta Menggoda because he was crying too hard?
... that
Indonesian "renaissance man"
Mochtar Lubis , co-founder of the daily
Indonesia Raya , wrote novels involving
superstition ,
corruption , and
erectile dysfunction ?
... that despite holding a degree in architecture,
Erwin Gutawa became a composer and conductor?
... that the song "
Indonesia Maharddhika ", from the critically acclaimed album
Guruh Gipsy , has the names of the contributors hidden in its lyrics?
... that
environmentalists fear that the mine on
Sebuku Island could sink it?
... that the
Javanese eat
cat rice ?
... that
Metro means "friend"?
... that some ant species on
Sebuku island may be descended from survivors of the
1883 eruption of Krakatoa ?
... that females of the
jumping spider
Portia labiata use silk draglines as
territory marks, and use these to avoid females of higher fighting ability and spend more time around less powerful fighters?
... that the
colonial city of Batavia (today
Jakarta ) was founded after the previous city, governed by the
Sultanate of Banten , was completely eradicated by the Dutch colonists?
... that
Herlinatiens ' first novel about lesbian relationships is considered the "coming out" for Indonesian writings about gays and lesbians?
... that the United States mediated the 1962
New York Agreement as part of a plan "to prevent
Indonesia from falling under communist control and to win it over to the west"?
... that the most recent confirmed sighting of the vulnerable
Invisible Rail was in 2003?
... that Indonesian blues band
Gugun Blues Shelter is scheduled to perform alongside
Bon Jovi ,
Rod Stewart and
The Killers at
Hyde Park today?
... that the Indonesian novel
Pertemuan Jodoh , which deals with
feudalism , is considered the opposite of
Abdul Muis ' earlier work,
Salah Asuhan , which deals with the incompatibilities in Western and Eastern cultures?
... that
Indonesian politician
Mohammad Roem moved to
Pekalongan as a child to escape an outbreak of
cholera ?
... that former
Indonesia foreign minister
Agus Salim 's was considered an "intellectual
ulama " by
Sukarno ?
... that during the
May 1998 riots (pictured) in
Indonesia , three
generals in charge of security in the capital
Jakarta were absent from the city?
... that journalist
Ahmad Taufik was acquitted after being taken to court by both the
Suharto government and
Tomy Winata , one of Indonesia's richest businessmen?
... that Indonesian journalist
Bambang Harymurti originally wanted to be an
astronaut and qualified as a potential candidate?
... that the 2005
Gwangju Prize winner
Wardah Hafidz was told to vacate her office after disclosing that numerous groups had used social security funds for "money politics"?
... that "father of Indonesian anthropology"
Koentjaraningrat joined the student militia as an English and history teacher during the
Indonesian National Revolution ?
... that during his career,
Chrisye released albums that
sold like "chicken shit" , were
recorded with studio executives locked out , raised controversy for
being "against Asian mores" , went
double platinum on his birthday , and
had to be recalled to replace the cover design ?
... that
Tambora , a
Papuan language , was once spoken in the middle of
Indonesia near
Bali , far to the west of
Papua , until the
trading state that used it was wiped out by the eruption of
Mount Tambora in 1815?
... that
Marga T 's novel
Badai Pasti Berlalu sold roughly 24,000 copies—remarkable for an
Indonesian novel in the 1970s—and spawned a critically acclaimed
film ,
album and
song ?
... that the
killing of four students at
Trisakti University eventually led to the resignation of
Indonesian President
Suharto ?
... that
James F. Sundah 's 1977 song "
Lilin-Lilin Kecil ", as performed by
Chrisye , originally placed fifth in a teenage
songwriting competition, but is now considered among the best
Indonesian songs of all time?
... that Indonesian
biographer
Alberthiene Endah has called writing biographies similar to
dating the subject?
... that
Agus Suhartono , nominated by
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , was considered the most deserving candidate for
commander-in-chief of the
Indonesian military by the leader of the opposition?
... that
Balai Pustaka , publisher of some of the most famous works of
Indonesian literature , faces possible
liquidation ?
... that after the surge of
multinational investments into
Indonesia during the 1970s, many
Indonesian women became the primary and cheap workforce in
manufacturing businesses?
... that
Mochtar Lubis 's novel
Salah Asuhan had to avoid themes of rebellion and portray the European characters in a positive light in order to be published?
... that
Filep Karma is serving a 15-year jail sentence for raising the
flag of West Papua in
Jayapura ,
Indonesia ?
... that
Gendang beleq , a music and dance performance popular in
Lombok ,
Indonesia , is so named because it uses
two big drums ?
... that most of the victims of
2011 Cirebon bombing were
police officers attending
Friday prayer ?
... that
Gandrung traditional dance, popular in
Java ,
Bali and
Lombok , was originally dedicated to the rice goddess,
Dewi Sri ?
... that the
Belitung shipwreck was an Arabian
dhow which was sewn together, held the "
Tang treasure" and the largest gold Tang cup ever found?
... that
Way Kambas National Park in
Indonesia hosts a breeding centre for the
critically endangered
Sumatran Rhinoceros (pictured) ?
... that when first described in the 1890s, the
Bornean Slow Loris was said to have the face of a
bear , the hands of a
monkey , and to move like a
sloth ?
... that convicted
Indonesian
serial killer
Verry Idham Henyansyah became known as the "singing serial killer" after he entertained audiences at his
prison cell by singing a song from his upcoming
album ?
... that the
Javan Slow Loris (pictured) is threatened by the
exotic pet trade and was included in the 2008–2010 list of "
The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates "?
... that according to a
BBC report, the ethnic conflict in
Sampit town in
Indonesia caused 500 deaths, with over 100,000
Madurese displaced from their homes?
... that 69 people were killed in 1971 when the
Vickers Viscount they were flying in
crashed on approach to
Minangkabau International Airport ,
Padang ,
Indonesia ?
... that the
Indonesian
pioneer movement
Fadjar Harapan was merged into the
national scouting organization on a presidential order in 1961?
... that the
communist student organization
CGMI ran campaigns against
hazing at
Indonesian universities?
... that, according to
Fieldhouse , militant agitation by the
Indonesian
communist
trade union
Serbuni during
the 1963/1964 confrontation sought to prevent nationalization of
Unilever factories?
... that the ancient
Gambuh dance is performed in
Batuan, Bali , every
full moon ?
... that after a
tsutsugamushi epidemic occurred at
Sausapor , research was conducted on the area's
rats and
mites , using
C-rations as rat bait, to better understand the illness's
epidemiology ?
... that the people of
Saukorem produce Korwar figures, which are often made with the skulls of deceased family members?
... that the
communist -led federation
SOBSI was the largest
trade union movement in
Indonesia prior to the
Suharto era ?
... that
communist politician
Salawati Daud was the first female mayor in
Indonesia ?
... that although the seeds of
Cycas rumphii contain a
toxic
glucoside , they can be made edible by pounding, washing and cooking?
... that in 1955 the
Indonesian film workers union
Sarbufis launched a campaign to ban
American newsreel film?
... that
Indonesian Minister of Education
Prijono received the
Stalin Peace Prize in 1954?
... that the
Indonesian
trade union centre
SOBRI decided to join the
World Federation of Trade Unions following the death of
Stalin in 1953?
... that by 1962 the
communist -led
Indonesian forest workers union
Sarbuksi claimed to have a quarter of a million members?
... that the
2002 Sumatra earthquake is considered to be a
foreshock of the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ?
... that a 1953
strike organized by the plantation workers
trade union
Sarbupri forced the
Indonesian government to raise wages of estate labourers by 30%?
... that
commando -style forces under
Raymond Westerling , a
Dutch army captain who led a
counter-insurgency offensive in the
Indonesian National Revolution , killed at least 5,000 Indonesians?
... that
two major rivers of
Borneo originate in the same area, flow in different directions, but have
the same name ?
... that
Menara Kudus Mosque is the only mosque in
Java known to have a
Majapahit -style Hindu drum tower?
... that the
Pawan River and the
Lamandau River both flow in the
Indonesian part of Borneo ?
... that the
Legion of Ratu Adil was a pro-
Dutch militia and private army established during the
Indonesian National Revolution ?
... that
Ambelau ,
Buru ,
Kayeli and
Lisela people; their
Ambelau ,
Buru ,
Kayeli and
Lisela languages; the
Rufous-throated White-eye ,
Buru Lorikeet ,
Black-lored Parrot and a
hairy variety of the
babirusa pig (pictured) are unique to the
Indonesian islands of
Buru and
Ambelau ?
... that
Ambelau ,
Buru ,
Kayeli and
Lisela people; their
Ambelau ,
Buru ,
Kayeli and
Lisela languages; the
Rufous-throated White-eye ,
Buru Lorikeet ,
Black-lored Parrot and a
hairy variety of the
babirusa pig (pictured) are unique to the
Indonesian islands of
Buru and
Ambelau ?
... that one of the world's largest
botanical gardens in the 19th century was located on
Bogor in present-day
Indonesia ?
... that
Reimar Schefold of
Leiden University lived among the
Sakuddei of
Siberut who believe that everything has its own
spirit , free to wander as it wishes?
... that a
klotok is a type of
Indonesian "motorized gondola"?
... that women constitute more than 75% of the actual population of
Bawean island (pictured) ?
... that
Podostroma cornu-damae can
shrink your brain ,
make your skin fall off , cause you to
speak and
move abnormally and
kill you?
... that, as part of the agreement to end the deadly
Tarakan riot in 2010, the communities involved agreed to jointly hold a
Idul Fitri celebration ?
... that in addition to its rich wildlife,
Lore Lindu National Park (pictured) on the
Indonesian island of
Sulawesi contains
megaliths dating from before 1300 AD ?
... that from the late 1860s,
Danish photographer
Kristen Feilberg captured many of the earliest images of the landscapes and peoples of
Borneo ,
Sumatra and
Singapore ?
... that there is a
James Bond Island (pictured) in the
Andaman Sea ?
... that, unlike the drab-coloured
wrens of the
Northern Hemisphere , the
fairywrens of Australasia can be
Purple-crowned ,
Orange-crowned ,
White-shouldered , or ...
Lovely (pictured) ?
... that the
Kai stingaree has only been collected by the
HMS Challenger , in 1874?
... that the design of
Amankila , a coastal
Balinese hotel, was inspired by the palaces of
Ujung and
Tirtagangga ?
... that
Indonesia is the
fifth largest tobacco market (tobacco factory pictured) in the world, and that in 2008 over 165 billion
cigarettes were sold there?
... that the
Amanjiwo hotel in
Central Java ,
Indonesia , is built from local
limestone ?
... that exploration for
geothermal power in Indonesia dates back to the
Kawah Kamojang test borings of 1926?
... that a
new airport is being built in
Indonesia as part of the government's plan to promote
Lombok and
Sumbawa as the number two
tourist destination in the country after
Bali ?
... that
Iwan Tirta , who held a
law degree , designed the
batik
shirts worn by world leaders at the 1994
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit?
... that the government of
Indonesia did not provide funding for its
national team until one month prior to the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics ?
... that the
drama film
Obama Anak Menteng , a
fictionalized recreation of
Barack Obama 's boyhood in
Indonesia , was originally intended to première during his planned
state visit ?
... that Dutch architect
Wolff Schoemaker , who designed the
Villa Isola , was assisted by former first President of Indonesia
Sukarno during the renovation of the Hotel Preanger?
... that the marine life of
Wakatobi National Park (pictured) in
Indonesia is threatened by
overfishing and
blast fishing ?
... that the
Wonoboyo hoard (examples pictured) is a collection of 9th century golden artifacts from the
Medang Kingdom that were discovered in a paddy field in
Central Java during irrigation work?
... that the Dutch government created the
Museum Maluku (pictured) in
Utrecht as a gift to the
Moluccan community in the
Netherlands ?
... that Captain Aub Koch of
G-AEUH , a
Qantas airliner shot down by
Japanese fighter planes in 1942, also survived being shot down again in 1943?
... that the
National Archives of Indonesia holds the largest
archive collection related to the
Dutch East India Company worldwide?
... that the
National Library of Indonesia was established in 1980 through a consolidation of four libraries?
... that the 2008
Indonesian film
Love was a remake of the 2006 film Cinto ?
... that the
Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem in 1894 (pictured) led to the death of thousands of
Balinese ?
... that
Tobelo is the capital of the
North Halmahera Regency in
Indonesia ?
... that in the 12th century,
Bintan Island (pictured) in the
Strait of Malacca was known as the "Pirate Island" since the Malay pirates used to loot trading ships sailing in these waters?
... that the
Megaria (pictured) , a historic
movie theater in
Jakarta , Indonesia, is the city's largest remaining
Art Deco building?
... that the
Eastern Great Egret (pictured) has a neck one and a half times as long as its body?
... that
Kassian Cephas , a court photographer of the
Yogyakarta Sultanate , was the first
indigenous person from
Indonesia to become a professional photographer?
... that
Manusela National Park in
Indonesia protects 14
endemic birds including the
threatened
Salmon-crested Cockatoo (pictured )?
... that the resignation of
Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister of
Indonesia caused
its stock exchange to drop by 3.8% and
its currency value to drop by 1%, and was the fourth most talked about topic in
Twitter ?
... that
Teluk Cenderawasih National Park is the largest
marine
national park in
Indonesia ?
... that the
endangered
Borneo shark was rediscovered in 2007, after not having been seen for many decades?
... that the
Pondicherry shark was last seen in 1979?
... that
Indonesia 's
first flag flown was fashioned by its first first lady
Fatmawati ?
... that
Viktor Kaisiepo , a
Netherlands New Guinean -born advocate of
self-determination for
West Papua , lived most of his life in
exile in the
Netherlands ?
... that the 9th century
Pustakasala Hindu temple was discovered under the library construction site of Indonesia Islamic University?
... that the
Aketajawe-Lolobata National Park on
Halmahera island of
Indonesia , is considered vital for 23
endemic bird species?
... that the female
Green Pygmy Goose has a lower pitched whistle than the male?
... that the
Sultanate of Banten (capital city pictured) was once a great trading center in
Southeast Asia , but was later overshadowed by
Batavia and finally annexed by the
Dutch East Indies in
1813 ?
... that landslides from the
1981 Irian Jaya earthquake destroyed 150 homes and cut off transportation for more than 2,000 people?
... that
Meru Betiri National Park in
East Java is known as the last habitat of the
Javan Tiger which is now considered
extinct ?
... that the tail of the
Indonesian
Long-tailed Starling can be longer than its body?
... that the ground floor of the
Aceh Tsunami Museum is modeled on the design used by
Acehnese houses that were best equipped to survive the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster ?
... that during the
Japanese occupation of Indonesia the site of the
Maritime Museum was used as logistic storage for the Japanese army?
... that
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park , located in
East Java , is the only conservation area in
Indonesia that has a
sand sea ?
... that the
Black-winged Starling (pictured) was once considered a potential problem for the threatened
Bali Starling but is now an
endangered species itself?
... that the
Wayang Museum in
Jakarta contains the tombstone of
Jan Pieterszoon Coen ?
... that the
Jakarta History Museum was formerly used as the administrative headquarters of the
Dutch East India Company ?
... that as a
Squadron Leader in 1936, future
diplomat
Charles Eaton (pictured) was arrested and held for three days in
Koepang ,
Dutch Timor , while undertaking a clandestine mission for the
RAAF ?
... that the
Blue-winged Kookaburra (pictured) of northern
Australia is also known as the Howling Jackass?
... that
Bunaken National Park (pictured) in the north of
Sulawesi island of
Indonesia , located near the centre of the
Coral Triangle , provides habitat to 390
coral species?
... that in the 1849
Dutch intervention in Bali , the defeated
Balinese court committed
mass suicide (pictured) , traditionally known as a
Puputan ?
... that
Berbak National Park in
Sumatra ,
Indonesia , forms part of the largest undisturbed swamp forest in
southeastern Asia , and the
peat swamp forest with the greatest number of
palm species ?
... that the
Sunda megathrust (pictured) was responsible for the great
earthquakes of
1797 and
1861 ?
... that American political scientist
Daniel Lev participated in the
Golden Gloves competitions for
amateur boxing as a youth?
... that
Wasur National Park is part of the largest
wetland in the
Papua province of
Indonesia , and due to its high
biodiversity is sometimes referred to as the "
Serengeti of Papua"?
... that in the
Ottoman expedition to Aceh starting in 1565, the
Ottoman Empire provided military support to
Aceh (modern
Indonesia ) against the
Portuguese ?
... that the
magnitude of the
1833 Sumatra earthquake was calculated from the amount of uplift recorded by
coral
microatolls around the
Mentawai islands ?
... that
Bank Indonesia Governor
J. Soedradjad Djiwandono was not officially informed of his dismissal from office in 1998 until six days after President
Suharto 's decree?
... that the confidential
academic paper more commonly known as the "
Cornell Paper ", which detailed an abortive
1965 coup d'état attempt in
Indonesia , was eventually published in 1971 to avoid any misconception of its contents?
... that in the midst of the 1962
Cuban missile crisis , the
Indonesian
Murba Party pledged to send volunteers to
Cuba ?
... that in the 1950 confidence vote for the
Indonesian
Natsir cabinet , the
National People's Party was the sole party without ministers of its own to support the government?
... that the
Indonesian
Murba Women's Union ran programmes to help women start
batik and
weaving household industries?
... that the
Indonesian
Dayak Unity Party was dissolved in 1959 when President
Sukarno issued a ban on ethnic
political parties ?
... that in 1947 a group broke away from the
Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and founded the rival
Red Communist Party , in protest of the PKI leadership's willingness to negotiate with the
Dutch ?
... that the
Indonesian
political party
Permai was also a mystical religious movement?
... that
Indonesian politician
Ibnu Parna , leader and the sole MP of the
communist
Acoma Party , was killed in the
1965 massacres ?
... that the founders of the
Socialist Party of Indonesia (Parsi) included a group of Indonesians who had participated in the
anti-fascist resistance in
the Netherlands during
World War II ?
... that in August of 1948 the
Labour Party of Indonesia merged with the
Communist Party ?
... that in 1693
Sheikh Yusuf of
Makassar ,
Indonesia , was exiled by the
Dutch East India Company to
South Africa , where he
established the first Muslim community in the
Cape ?
... that the
history of Bali dates back at least 200,000 years, with evidence of
paleolithic tools such as hand axes found in Sembiran and Trunyan villages?
... that the
Dutch intervention in Bali in 1906 caused a "fight to the death" by the
Balinese , resulting in mass
ritual suicide ?
... that
Acintya is the Supreme God according to
Balinese
Hinduism ?
... that
F. Springer 's novel
Bougainville features a character who slept with
Mata Hari on the boat taking them to the
Dutch East Indies ?
... that
George McTurnan Kahin was expelled by
Dutch authorities while conducting research in
Indonesia for his
dissertation on the
country's struggle for independence ?
... that unlike other
king parrot s, the male and female
Moluccan King Parrot (pictured) are similar in appearance?
... that
Indonesia and
Papua New Guinea share a 760-kilometre (470 mi) border that has raised tensions and
ongoing diplomatic issues over many decades?
... that as the world's third largest
democracy ,
Indonesia 's
2004 legislative election was the most complicated in the world?
... that
XU leader
Lauritz Sand was turned in to the
Gestapo by a female Norwegian
Abwehr agent?
... that the 9th century
Sambisari
Hindu temple (pictured) in
Yogyakarta ,
Indonesia , was buried five meters underground for centuries?
... that in an annual festival in
Koovagam , India,
eunuchs and
transvestites ritually marry the
Hindu god
Aravan (statue pictured) ?
... that the
Kangchu system was instrumental in driving
Johor 's economy during the 19th century?
... that the
Australian Army 's 1965–6
secret incursions into
Indonesia during
Australia's involvement in the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation were not officially acknowledged until 1996?
... that the only American ship larger than a
destroyer to survive the
Dutch East Indies campaign was the
light cruiser
Marblehead (pictured) ?
... that the
Moon of Pejeng in
Bali is the largest single-cast bronze
kettle drum in the world?
... that two
psychedelic frogfish were recognized as "something different" in 1992, but were not declared a new
species until this year?
... that
Indonesia 's largest
container terminal , handling more than 3.5 million
TEU 's of freight in 2007, is in the
Port of Jakarta ?
... that the
White-faced Heron 's (pictured) techniques to find food include standing still and waiting for prey, walking slowly in water, wing flicking, foot raking or chasing prey with open wings?
... that the
Bar-winged Prinia (pictured) is a common
passerine bird
endemic to western
Indonesia ?
... that the
Little Pied Cormorant (pictured) lays eggs that are covered in
lime ?
... that the head of the
passerine bird, the
Noisy Friarbird (pictured) , is mostly bare of feathers?
... that ethnic
Dayaks in
Borneo resorted to the ancient practice of
headhunting to chase away migrant
Madurese during the
Sampit conflict in
2001 ?
... that the
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis (pictured) falls to the ground and lies motionless when threatened?
... that the
Plumed Whistling Duck (pictured) eats by cropping vegetation rather than diving in water, as other
ducks do?
... that when
VOC forces led by
Steven van der Hagen captured a
Portuguese
fort on
Ambon in 1605, it was the first territory captured by the
Dutch Republic in the
East Indies ?
... that the journey described in
Eat, Pray, Love , a memoir by
Elizabeth Gilbert , was financed by an advance on the book she planned to write about the trip?
... that the
anti-communist
Indonesian killings of 1965–66 resulted in more deaths than any other event in
Indonesian
history ?
... that approximately 90 percent of the buildings were destroyed at
Maumere , the hardest hit town of the
1992 Indonesia earthquake ?
... that
Indonesian
journalist ,
S. K. Trimurti , who often used a
pseudonym in her
reporting to avoid arrest by
Dutch colonial authorities , later became the country's first
minister of labor ?
... that
Otto Soemarwoto ’s work as director of the Institute of Ecology has been cited as a primary influence on the resettlement strategy during
Indonesia 's Saguling Dam project?
... that after the overthrow in the 9th century of the
Sailendra dynasty in
Java , its leader
Balaputra became
maharaja of
Srivijaya ?
... that the
Forest Kingfisher (pictured) of
Australian
forest and
Melaleuca
swampland , burrows its nest in
termite mounds
in trees up to 12 metres (39 ft) above the ground?
... that
Johan Teterisa was recently sentenced to life in
prison for waving the banned
secessionist flag of the so-called
Republic of the South Moluccas in front of
Indonesian President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a
nonviolent protest?
... that the
Channel-billed Cuckoo (pictured) of
Australia ,
New Guinea and
Indonesia is the world's largest
brood parasite ?
... that free
MMS were sent out to all 5.5 million
mobile phone subscribers in
Singapore to alert them of the
prison break of
ISA detainee
Mas Selamat bin Kastari ?
... that the East Timor political party Association for the Integration of Timor into Indonesia quickly changed its name to
Timorese Popular Democratic Association to improve
public relations ?
... that the
Indonesian occupation of East Timor claimed over 100,000 lives and was characterized by
torture ,
forced disappearance , and
starvation ?
... that
tais weaving in
East Timor is performed solely by women, using techniques passed down through generations in an
oral tradition ?
... that at the
Battle of Noemfoor in
1944
Commodore
John Collins became the first graduate of the
Royal Australian Naval College to command a
naval squadron in action?
... that
Opera Jawa is a 2006
Indonesian -
Austrian
musical film that features traditional
Javanese
classical music and
dance in a setting of
opera , inspired by the
Ramayana ?
... that
RAAF
Beaufort squadrons fighting in
New Guinea under the command of
Group Captain
Val Hancock were so short of ammunition in 1945 that they used captured
Japanese
ordnance to augment their bomb loads?
... that the earliest
Portuguese description of
Malaysia ,
Tomé Pires's Suma Oriental , lay unpublished and presumed lost in an archive until 1944?
... that
Sumitro was a prominent
Indonesian General in the early years of General
Suharto 's
New Order , but retired after student riots in
Jakarta in 1974?
... that
Gatot Soebroto , who would become a leader in the
Indonesian independence movement, was expelled from
elementary school for fighting?
... that missionary
Don Richardson discovered that aborigines of
Western New Guinea have a concept called the Peace Child which is very similar to the
incarnation of Jesus ?
... that
Dutch
linguist
Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk published a
Batak -
Dutch dictionary to enable him to translate the
Bible into
Batak in 1861, and his posthumous trilingual
Kawi -
Balinese -
Dutch dictionary was republished in
English in 1971?
... that
Ali Murtopo laid down the
party platform for
Sekber Golkar , which was instrumental to the party's success in the
1971 legislative elections and the
transition to the New Order in
Indonesia ?
... that
Trowulan in
Mojokerto ,
east Java , is surrounded by a huge
archaeological site (pictured ), and is believed to be the capital of the ancient
Majapahit Empire?
... that the name Flying fox refers to
bats as well as a freshwater algae-eating aquarium
fish ?
... that
rainbow sharks are
Cyprinids , making them relatives of
goldfish ,
carp and
minnows ?
... that members of the
genus
Breitensteinia have a longer body than other
stream catfishes due to an increase in number of
vertebrae ?
... that the
Javanese
Damarwulan legend may be based on events during the reign of Queen
Suhita of the
Majapahit Empire ?
... that in one
Indonesian legend,
Prince Panji 's vanished bride disguised herself as a man and became king of
Bali ?
... that
Semar , although depicted as a
clown in
Indonesian
wayang shadow puppetry, is said to be the guardian spirit of
Java and a god in human form?
... that the
Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectuals was a leading
Islamic political group, founded in 1990 by senior politician and later
president of Indonesia ,
B. J. Habibie ?
... that over 100 million people in
Indonesia lack
access to safe water and more than 70 percent of the country’s 220 million population relies on water obtained from potentially
contaminated sources?
... that the longest river on the island of
New Guinea , the
Sepik (pictured) , was named the Kaiserin Augusta by
German explorers in 1884, after the
German Empress of the day ?
... that the grey colored
Achelous -class
landing craft repair ship
USS Askari was painted green during the
Vietnam War , reflecting her assignment to the
brown-water navy ?
... that in
The Malay Archipelago ,
Wallace is greeted by 50 exuberant Papuan
Ké Islanders (pictured) , naked but for shells and
Cassowary plumes? ... that the
travel narrative
The Malay Archipelago , by biologist
Alfred Russel Wallace , was used by
Joseph Conrad as a reference for his novel
Lord Jim ?
... that three days after a fire gutted the passenger
ferry
Levina 1 , killing at least 49, she sank with a party of journalists and investigators on board, killing at least one more?
... that
Bandung in
Indonesia was dubbed the "
Paris of
Java " (Parijs van Java ) in the
1920s due to the European ambience of
Braga Street ?
... that eight of
Australia 's top
fighter pilots attempted to resign their
commissions in the final months of
World War II , in the so-called
Morotai Mutiny ?
... that the recent
flooding in
Jakarta is considered to be the worst in the last three centuries?
... that one
submarine volcano located in
Banda Sea of
Indonesia is called the
Emperor of China ?
... that
Francisco Serrão , one of the
Portuguese vessel commanders sent by
Afonso de Albuquerque to the '
Spice Islands ', took a
Javanese woman as his wife when his ship berthed at
Gresik ?
... that
kulintang music (kulintang pictured) , a form of
Filipino
gong music, is said to have existed in
North Maluku for centuries?
... that
Group Captain (later
Air Chief Marshal Sir)
Frederick Scherger was one of the few senior
RAAF officers in
Northern Australia to emerge from the inquiry into the
bombing of Darwin in February 1942 with his career undamaged?
... that in the
Old Javanese eulogy of
Nagarakretagama ,
Kertanegara , the last king of the
Singhasari kingdom , was deified into three deity forms (
Jina ,
Ardhanarisvara and Shiva-Buddha)?
... that just 51 days after
Adam Air 's loss of
Flight 574 ,
Flight 172 snapped in half after a hard landing, but there were no casualties?
... that one of the statues at the erotic temple
Candi Sukuh (pictured) in
Java ,
Indonesia , is a 1.82 m (6 feet) standing
phallus with four
balls placed below the
tip ?
... that
Isidore van Kinsbergen had to dig and to clean for four months before he could take the first picture of the
9th century
Indonesian
Buddhist monument of
Borobudur (pictured ) in 1873?
... that a recent
oil discovery in
Bojonegoro is the biggest in Indonesia for three decades and one of the biggest reserves in
Indonesia ?
... that the
gene that creates the crest of the
Bali Duck also causes
physical defects which can kill it before it
hatches ?
... that the
Nusa Kambangan , "the
Alcatraz of
Indonesia ", has held a son of former
President
Suharto and terrorists of the
2002 Bali bombing ?
... that
Larantuka is an
Indonesian district known for
Roman Catholic
Holy Week
processions ?
... that
Mujahedeen KOMPAK has diverted
charitable donations from
Australia to produce recruitment videos for
militant Islamic groups?
... that
Tombo Ati , a traditional
Javanese song based on a popular
hadith of the prophet
Muhammad , is still popular five centuries after its composition?
... that
Indonesian
freedom fighter
Ernest Douwes Dekker is related to the
Dutch writer,
Eduard Douwes Dekker and volunteered on the
Boers ' side during the
Second Boer War in
South Africa as a youth?
... that
Dutch governor-general
Jan Willem Janssens surrendered both the
Cape Colony and the
Dutch East Indies in separate incidents during the
Napoleonic Wars ?
... that the twelfth
sultan of Aceh ,
Iskandar Muda , had his own son killed and named as his successor the son of the sultan of
Pahang , whom he had brought to Aceh twenty years earlier?
... that, in addition to the seven-day
week , the
Javanese calendar incorporates a five-day week, which runs concurrently to produce a repeating
cycle of 35 days?
... that in
1819 ,
Hussein Shah , the seventeenth
Sultan of Johor , allowed a
British settlement in Singapore in order to wrest the throne from his brother with the help of the British, leading to the
Malay Peninsula 's colonisation?
... that the
Agung (pictured) , a
Philippine set of
gongs , was repeatedly hit during
earthquakes for it was believed its
supernatural powers would halt the earth's reverberations?
... that
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 was the deadliest air disaster of 1997, claiming the lives of over 230 people?
... that the
Obscure Berrypecker of
New Guinea is a small forest
bird known from two specimens and a handful of sightings?
... that the macapat forms of
Javanese poetry are classified on the basis of the patterns of
syllables and the final
vowels of each line?
... that the
Indonesian
Muslim organization
Muhammadiyah has over 29 million members and manages several
universities ?
... that the native
fauna of New Guinea does not include any large mammal
predators ?
... that the rulers of
Yogyakarta brought female
bedhaya dancers with them into battle?
... that the
Malay word
Merdeka has been used in both
Singapore and
Malaysia to describe the campaigns for
self-government and
independence in both countries?
... that the word "
Indonesia " was first used in print by
Sam Ratulangi , a high school science teacher who briefly held the post of Governor of
Sulawesi and was posthumously awarded the title of National Independence Hero?
... that more than 100
gamelan ensembles (a musical performance group of
Indonesian origin) have been formed in the
U.S. since the first was established at
UCLA in
1958 ?
... that the
Suramadu Bridge , connecting the
islands of
Java and
Madura , will become the longest
bridge in
Indonesia when completed in
2008 ?
... that
Indonesian women's rights organisation
Gerwani was banned when
General Suharto became
President in
1965 ?
... that the
Liga Indonesia is the top
football league in
Indonesia ?
... that
Mantle Hood was an
ethnomusicologist known for the idea that students should learn to play the music from the cultures they study?
... that female
Wrinkled Hornbills build nests in treeholes, then plaster over the holes, trapping themselves inside for
months ?
... that the
Long-tailed Broadbill is the only
bird in the
genus Psarisomus ?
... that the
Malayan tapir species of
tapir and the only one native to Asia?
... that there are at least 10
Malay-based creoles ?
... that the
Nicobar Pigeon is a large, heavy, 40-centimetre-long
pigeon ?
... that
Prambanan , on
Java , is the largest
Hindu temple in
Indonesia ?