SOCIAL CULTURE
The islands of Cipir, Kelor and Bidadari in the Bay of Jakarta – a pleasant visit away from the hustle and bustle of the...
IO - Two weeks ago the Independent Observer published an article about the island of Onrust. Its name translates as ‘Without Rest’ now however, it is a tranquil place simply reminiscent of a time...
Remembrance of the Holocaust, seventy-seven years later
IO - Seventy-seven years have passed since the Holocaust but it is still being remembered and it still has influence on events happening now and how we perceive and react to them, both individually...
A visit to the peaceful and scenic island of Onrust, once the busiest VOC Shipyard
IO - The island of Onrust is located exactly, at 106o 144’ 6” East Longitude and 6o 02’ 5” making it 14 kilometers north of Jakarta in the Untung Jawa area of Pulau Seribu...
Indonesian women in the arts Part I: How Cemara 6 Galeri Museum has supported Indonesian women in becoming artists
IO - Indonesian women are as talented as men in art yet there are far fewer Indonesian women artists let alone well-known women artists. Why is that? It is in fact a global phenomenon...
400th anniversary of the Banda Massacre Part IV: The healing and survival of a society and culture after the Massacre
IO - As explained previously in Part II, although a war dance, the cakalele has been associated with trance dancing and spirit possession as well as with ancestor worship. So, the women of Banda...
400th anniversary of the Banda Massacre Part III: The cakalele, becomes a dance of healing
IO - After Governor General Jan Pieterszoon Coen quartered and beheaded the 44 orang kaya or chieftains of the Banda Islands, the VOC burnt and demolished villages and pursued the fleeing inhabitants on most...
400th anniversary of the Banda Massacre Part II: The role of Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the VOC
IO - Many Indonesians are not aware that the Dutch were colonized once too. They were ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714. However, after the Spanish executed the...
400th anniversary of the Banda Massacre Part I: The Bandanese and meaning of nutmeg for Europe
IO - “The poetry of earth is never dead!” are the jubilant lines that always come to mind upon visiting the Banda Islands. The poet Keats was referring to the sound of birds and...
60 years later revisiting Michael Rockefeller’s disappearance in Papua Part III: A twin’s grief and whether Savage Harvest proved Michael’s disappearance
IO – It was on the 17th of November 1961 that Michael Rockefeller disappeared in Papua. Yesterday, that would have been exactly 60 years ago. Both his parents have died during the interim. The...
60 years later revisiting Michael Rockefeller’s disappearance in Papua Part II: The Rockefeller’s role in the acceptance of primitive art as fine art
IO - When we look at the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in Papua in 1961, we cannot separate it from the subject of primitive art, a topic very close to the heart of Michael’s...
60 years later revisiting Michael Rockefeller’s disappearance in Papua Part I: In defence of Max Lapre
IO - It is 60 years ago that Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the region of what was then still called Netherlands New Guinea but is now part of Indonesian Papua. He was with a...
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