Read Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation Online
Authors: Elizabeth Pisani
‘ethical policy’, 20–1
justice system, 308–9
New Guinea, 2, 143, 345
Nias, 260
nickel, 123, 131, 178, 196
see also
Weda Bay Nickel Company
Nobel Prizes, 97
non-aligned movement, 32
noodle-making, 291–2
North Maluku, 173, 182–3, 189, 251
North Sulawesi, 208
North Sumatra, 3
Nuraheni, Enny, 42–3, 291, 356–7
nutmeg, 11, 14, 16–7, 167–8, 178, 199
Nyepi (Day of Silence), 89
obyek wisata
(tourism), 94
Ohoiwait, 144–58, 166, 299, 316
oil, 18, 123
oil palms, 270, 272–3, 275–6, 278, 302–3
ojek
(motorcycle taxi), 95
Olympic Games, 97
Ona, Mama, 146–7, 151–2
orang-utans, 3–4, 103
Owensby, Craig (Abdurrohim), 318
Padang restaurants, 99–100
Palembang, 251
palm oil, 178, 199, 301
see also
oil palms
Pancasila (Five Principles), 24–6, 35, 52, 314
Pancasila Eagle motif, 34
Pancasila Youth, 329–31
Papua
campaign posters, 227
and co-option, 229–30
and decentralization, 123
geography and population, 2–3
illegal logging, 153n
and independence, 21, 25–6n, 228, 378n
poverty in, 127n
rebellion and civil war, 5, 52, 227–8
staple food, 177–8
Partai Aceh, 221, 232, 235, 237–41
pasola
jousting, 72, 79–81
patent medicines, 11–12
PDIP party, 366
Pelipus, Pak, 69–73, 79–80
Pelni ferries, 93, 102–6, 135, 149, 166, 170, 345–6
pendatang
, 198
pepper, 11–12, 14, 178, 224, 288
perinitis
boats, 135–41
pesticides, 45–6
Petrus, Pak, 87–8
Philippines, 203, 211–12
Piter, Pak, 183–4, 189, 191
PKI (Partai Komunis Indonesia), 27–8, 290, 259–62
PKS (Prosperous Justice Party), 328, 331–2, 341
police, 166n, 307, 309–10
Polo, Marco, 11, 224
pomali
(taboo), 148
Pontianak, 283–5, 297, 305, 321, 345, 367
Popisi, 160, 162
Portuguese colonization, of Indonesia, 14–15
post offices, 65
poverty cards, 65–6
pre-colonial empires, 24
preman
(gangsters), 329–31
provokator
, 299
proyek
(‘project’), 134, 136, 151, 165
Pulau Banyak, 259
Purwosaputo, Brigadier General Nurhadi, 4–5, 49, 222, 225
Raffles, Stamford, 101
Rambubera, 78–9
rato
(priests), 64, 67, 70
reform and decentralization, 48–9, 122–3, 135, 189, 213, 230
creation of new districts, 123–4, 131–2, 135, 140–1
pemekaran
(‘blossoming’), 124
religions, 13, 33–4, 52, 314–21
see also
Islam
religious police, 232–3, 332–3
rendang
(beef stew), 99–100, 113
Riady, John, 3
Riau, 227, 369
rice, 39, 45–6, 164, 178
Rimba people, 265–80, 300
Rismaharini, Tri, 375
rubber, 18, 113, 178, 199, 276–9, 301, 303
rupiah, value of, 47, 104n, 213n
Rusli, Marah,
Sitti Nurbaya
, 69
Sabang, 34
sago, 177–8
salak
, 253
Salakan, 160
salt-fish traders, 114–15, 198
salt production, 129–31
sambal
, 161
Sambas, 296–7
sandalwood, 12, 55
Sangihe, 203–12, 216, 219, 251
Sanskrit, 13
Saparua, 299
Sasak tribe, 100, 102, 339
sasi
(taboo), 148–9
Satrini, Maya, 286
Saudi Arabia, 97
Saumlaki, 136, 141
Savu, 36, 89, 93, 126–35
Schulze, Kirsten, 241n
sea-slugs, 12, 148, 259
Seba, 127–8, 132
Semarang, 227, 345–51
Setara Institute, 314
sharia law, 233, 308, 325, 332–3
Sidomulio, 37
Sidomuncul factory, 351
Sigli, 253–4
Singapore, 33, 176, 280, 285, 372, 375
Singkawang, 285–6, 288–9, 291, 295–6
Sintang, 300–2, 304–5, 355
sirih pinang
, 66
Sjahrir, Sutan, 21, 23–4
smoking, 42–4, 179–80
Soenarko, General, 226
Solo (Surakarta), 321–3, 355–8, 368
SOS Medika, 195
South Sulawesi, 50, 102, 158n, 164, 227, 314, 323, 327
Southwest Maluku, 135, 140–1
spice trade, 11, 13–18
Sriwijaya, 13, 24
Straits of Malacca, 113
Strategic Reserve (Kostrad), 27
Sudwikatmono, 39
sugar, 18, 288, 346
see also gula aren
Suharto
campaign against
petunjuk
culture, 358–9
and Chinese Indonesians, 290–1, 293
downfall and resignation, 5, 47, 214, 291
and East Timor, 48–9, 228
and economy, 214, 208
and ethnic tensions, 294, 297–8
and extra-judicial killings, 40, 222
and
gotong royong
, 362
government and nation-building, 31–47, 227
and international arena, 97
and Pancasila, 24–5
paternalism, 105
and religion, 314–15, 326–7
rise to power, 27–8, 359–61
and television, 108–10
Suharto, Bambang, 39
Suharto, Tien, 32–3, 35, 50
Suharto, Tommy, 44
Suharto, Tutut, 39
Sukarno
and communism, 24, 27, 290, 326
and economy, 214
egalitarianism, 105
and
gotong royong
, 362
images of, 300, 366
and independence, 9, 22–7, 227
and international arena, 97
and Malaysia, 26, 89, 113–14
and religion, 326
style of government, 32–3, 36–8
and Suharto takeover, 27–8
and sultans, 356
Sukarnoputri, Megawati, 52, 228, 366
Sulawesi
Dutch colonization, 18
rebellion, 24, 227
volcanoes, 175
sultanates, 356–8
Sumatra
Chinese immigrant traders, 287–8
Dutch colonization, 18, 288
ethnic conflict in, 300
geography, 251
Hindu courts, 89
illegal logging, 153n
and kingdom of Ferelech, 224
Koran-reading contest, 318–19
and religion, 323, 327
and Suharto takeover, 28
volcanoes, 175
Sumba, 55–90
businesses, 214–16
cattle raids, 86
cultural capital, 88
Dutch colonization, 56–7, 68
funerals, 77–8, 82–6, 251
hilltop villages, 67
megalithic tombs, 56, 59, 67
ritual exchanges, 73–4, 78, 86–7
violence, 55–6, 67–8
warriors, 33
sun-bears, 273–4
Sundanese, 356
Surabaya, 96, 215, 338, 346, 371–6
Surabaya Stock Exchange, 158
Surakarta,
see
Solo
Suyanto, Djoko, 337
Sweden, 221–2, 228, 237
Sydney Morning Herald
, 314
Syudhyoyono, Susilo Bambang (SBY), 53
Tadié, Jerome, 79–82, 215
Tahuna, 203–7, 209
Taiwanese, 286–7
Takengon, 176, 238
Tangse, 245–6, 254–9
Tanimbar, 135, 190, 377
Tanjung Pandan, 281
Tarung, 58–64, 66, 72, 77–8, 83, 87
tea, 18, 178, 346
teachers, 160–3, 197–8
Tekindo mining company, 196
televangelism, 318–19
television, 37–9, 108–10
Tempo
magazine, 242
Ternate, 173–5, 183, 185, 192, 340
Portuguese colonization, 14–15
The ROCK church, 316–18
Timor, 21, 89, 117, 135, 148, 205
tin, 18, 178, 288
Tinggarjaya, 354
tobacco, 12, 18, 178, 288, 350
Tohari, Ahmad, 354–6, 358–61
Tokyo, 30, 205, 211–12
Tolak Angin
, 351
transmigration and transmigrants, 36–7, 179, 227, 266, 270, 276–7, 284, 300, 340
tsunami (2004), 176–7, 228–9, 247–9, 257–8
Tual, 144–5, 148–51, 158, 160, 166, 298–9
tuna fishing, 204–7, 209–12
United Nations, 25–6, 228, 294
UN peacekeepers, 97
unemployment, 200n
Unilever, 374
universities, 160