Edition 89: Jan-Mar 2007 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Hindu-Balinese identity is enforced through pork meatballs and praying competitions.

Chinese Confucianism is recognised again as an official religion.

Veiling has become a highly politicised practice in Indonesia. Eve Warburton

Missionaries and the military co-operate in converting the Asmat to Christianity.

Would the real Indonesian Islam please stand up?

May 25, 2023 - PETER WALTERS, IMAM ARDHIANTO, SONIA ROITMAN & RUSLI CAHYADI

Indigenous residents of the new capital city complain about the ‘land mafia’

Apr 26, 2023 - BEN GLEESON

Apr 03, 2023 - ILSA NELWAN

Now published in both English and Indonesian translation, the annotated collection will provide a better understanding of this Indonesian heroine

Mar 22, 2023 - JENNY MUNRO

Truth and irrational violence in West Papua

Mar 15, 2023 - MARK WOODWARD

In the month before the fasting period, Javanese Muslims perform a diversity of sacred rituals

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