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A mentoring session in pesantren.Kitab kuning is often employed and translated during such activities. In Indonesian Islamic education, Kitab kuning (lit. ' yellow book ') refers to the traditional set of the Islamic texts used by the educational curriculum of the Islamic seminary in Indonesia, especially within the madrasahs and pesantrens.
Dukun is an Indonesian term for shaman. [1] Their societal role is that of a traditional healer, spirit medium, custom and tradition experts and on occasion sorcerers and masters of black magic. In common usage the dukun is often confused with another type of shaman, the pawang. It is often mistranslated into English as "witch doctor" or ...
Keong Emas (Javanese and Indonesian for Golden Snail) is a popular Javanese folklore about a princess magically transformed and contained in a golden snail shell. The folklore is a part of the popular Javanese Panji cycle, which tells stories about the prince Panji Asmoro Bangun (also known as Raden Inu Kertapati) and his consort, princess Dewi Sekartaji (also known as Dewi Chandra Kirana).
Bahasa Indonesia is sometimes improperly reduced to Bahasa, which refers to the Indonesian subject (Bahasa Indonesia) taught in schools, on the assumption that this is the name of the language. But the word bahasa (a loanword from Sanskrit Bhāṣā ) only means "language."
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is the official national motto of Indonesia. It is inscribed in the national emblem of Indonesia, the Garuda Pancasila, written on the scroll gripped by the Garuda's claws. The phrase comes from Old Javanese, meaning "Unity in Diversity," and is enshrined in article 36A of the Constitution of Indonesia. The motto refers to ...
Merah Putih is an Indonesian term for "red (and) white", it may refer to: Flag of Indonesia , known in native Indonesian as Sang Saka Merah-Putih, Bendera Merah-Putih or Merah-Putih Merah Putih Bridge , a bridge spanned over Ambon Bay in Ambon City, Ambon Island, Maluku Province, Indonesia
Set against a historically authentic backdrop of Indonesia's struggle for independence in 1945-1949, during the Van Mook offensive into the heart of republican territory in Central Java in 1947, Merah Putih is a story about young Indonesian cadets who bond together despite their differences in religion, ethnicity, class and culture, to become guerrilla fighters for Indonesia's independence.
Kembang Kuning War Cemetery, also Dutch Field of Honor Kembang Kuning (Dutch: Nederlands Ereveld Kembang Kuning, Indonesian: Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Kembang Kuning), is a war cemetery in Surabaya, East Java in Indonesia. More than five thousand victims of the Pacific War and the Indonesian War of Independence are buried in the cemetery. [1]