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Tag: History

Architecture, Arts, History

Kuntskring Paleis

Ever since it underwent major interior makeover a couple of years ago, the restaurant, which is housed in a conserved building in Menteng – the Dutch remainings of urban housing complex with ecological concept arguably the maiden project of its time in Asia – quickly became one of the most celebrated culinary stops in town. Continue reading Kuntskring Paleis

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The end of creole in Southeast Asia

The Portuegese-based creole in Southeast Asia took its last breath as the last generation a small, local community of Portuegese descent down from 15th century Portuegese settlers in Indonesia called Mardijkers, were gone without passing the specific language ability to the surviving generation. Continue reading The end of creole in Southeast Asia

think archipelago29 October, 201520 March, 2019
Arts, Environment, History, Photography

The old port

Sunda Kelapa Port is still functioning as it had been since seven hundred years ago. It now accommodates only the wooden Phinisi ships, due to the relocation of the main harbor to Tanjung Priok, which was built in 19th century to keep up with the Suez Canal-induced maritime trade increase. Continue reading The old port

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Highlander’s palace of Central Java

While visiting Yogyakarta, a prominent cultural city in Indonesia, Candi Ratu Baka offers an alternative ancient site besides the already a global name Candi Prambanan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two kilometers apart. Continue reading Highlander’s palace of Central Java

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A tale of the past

With the total area of 60 square kilometers, Hoi An has plenty distinct Chinese architecture with low tile-roofed houses and narrow streets, some of the first built ones remained almost intact. Continue reading A tale of the past

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Statue at Peking Men Site
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Peking Man Site

For generations the locals named it Chicken Bone Hill or Dragon Bone Hill until Swedish archeologist Johann Gunnar Andersson discovered circa 1920s that the vast hilly terrains stored valuable evolutionary tracks dating back to Pleistocene era. Continue reading Peking Man Site

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The sugar workers

125 years ago, the Dutch Empire began shipping Javanese laborers from its East India colony to work in sugarcane plantations in Suriname, owned largely by British and Dutch businesses. Continue reading The sugar workers

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1814 Borobudur revisited

1814 was the year of rediscovery of Borobudur Temple amid volcanic ash and resurging jungle, ten centuries since its date of build. British governor for Java administration Thomas Stamford Raffles was largely credited for it with the publication of History of Java. Continue reading 1814 Borobudur revisited

think archipelago11 November, 201422 January, 2018Leave a comment
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The Golden Pavilion

Kinkaku Temple, or also called the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan, was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1994. Continue reading The Golden Pavilion

think archipelago11 February, 201411 July, 2021Leave a comment
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