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The custom dates back at least to the late 17th or early 18th century. Gong-chime and drum ensembles, labeled tifa totobuang, were mentioned by François Valentijn, a Dutch army cleric who served in the Dutch army in Ambon, Maluku in two tours, 1686-1994 and 1703–1713. [4]
Bali, Indonesia: The World Peace Gong Park can be found on the island of Bali, Indonesia Desa Budayal Kertalangu Bali. It was the venue for the Miss World Contestants commitment to World Peace, in September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland; New Delhi, India [2] Penglai, Shandong, China; Vientiane, Laos; Paipa (Colombia) Ambon (Indonesia) [3] Maputo ...
A group of men after the institute of the M.P. in a church in Ambon, pre-1943. Ambon belonged to the so-called colonial ethnic group. [ 10 ] They were formed in the 16th to 18th century as a result of the mixing of the indigenous population of Ambon Island and West Seram Regency , the human trade of the Hitu people, and with the immigrants from ...
The Maluku sectarian conflict (Indonesian: Konflik Sektarian Kepulauan Maluku) was a period of ethno-political conflict along religious lines that occurred in the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, with particularly serious disturbances on the islands of Ambon and Halmahera.
The peak of Ternate's power came near the end of the 16th century, under Sultan Baabullah (1570–1583), when it had influence over most of the eastern part of Sulawesi, the Ambon and Seram area, Timor island, parts of southern Mindanao and Papuan Islands. It frequently engaged in fierce competition for control of its periphery with the nearby ...
Kulintang (Indonesian: kolintang, [13] Malay: kulintangan [14]) is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums.
Following the splitting off of the northern parts of the regency in 1999 to form the new North Maluku Province (Maluku Utara), the residual province of Maluku was composed of two regencies (Central Maluku and Southeast Maluku) and the City of Ambon, but on 4 October 1999 two new regencies were created with the separation of Buru Regency from ...
The main employers in Ambon Island are the Gubernatorial Office (PEMDA), the Mayoral Office (PEMKOT), Raiders 733 (Indonesian military unit). The whole economy of Ambon Island is starting to shift out of the "Old Towne" ("Kota Lama") toward Passo, which is the newly appointed central business district of the island region.