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Common Characteristic of Nusantara Ornaments

16/07/10 4:24 am | Comments (0) | Posted By: admin

Before declaration of Independence,17-August 2010,  Indonesia named Nusantara.  Now, Nusantara is second name of Indonesia. Nusantara is mean archipelago. Indonesia have 17.500 island, big and small, and 62% area is sea. This geographic have influence to diversity of culture of nusantara.  Nusantara have 300 ethnic group, 410 ethnic language and every ethnic group have their [...]

Meaning of ornaments of tradisional house of Toraja

16/07/10 3:49 am | Comments (0) | Posted By: admin

Ornament in the building of Toraja (Sulawesi Indonesia), in the first time have four kind of motif. and every motif have a meaning that important for society values. Basic motif, Garonto Passura  is Pa Barre Allo, Pa manuk londong, Pa tedong and Pa sussuk. Pa Barre Allo is circle, represent object in the sky, sun. [...]