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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Indonesia is an archipelagic country in the world with a lot of unique culture and very interesting for the study because of the many island territories with customs, art and different cultures different from Indonesia very interesting to visit as a cultural tourism destination
Indonesian culture is a culture that can interpret the cultural unity of the whole region in Indonesia. Fostering a sense of love for Indonesia in order to Restore the Nation Identity in Indonesia needs to stimulate it back because now Indonesia is experiencing a shift in values of the local culture that is indigenous Indonesian culture to the start of a love of foreign culture. Restoring the need for this national identity with loves culture in Indonesia seems to have planted back to the individual of Indonesian citizens.
With the advance of information technology in which anything can go in our society also helped influence the cultural values tergesernya of Indonesia. Especially the young generation of this nation. Many of us look around us how young Indonesian couple of most preferred foreign culture than the culture of Indonesia itself. In Indonesia only worry about the culture as a complement in specific events such as the commemoration of the independence of Indonesia. It is undeniable that the culture of Indonesia was formed because the influence of foreign culture, but it was during the royal era.
Indonesian culture though varied, but basically formed and influenced by other great cultures such as China hoa culture, Indian culture and Arab culture. Indian culture, especially in the spread of Hindu and Buddhist religions in the country long before Indonesia Indonesia was formed. Kingdoms bernafaskan Hindus and Buddhists had dominated the archipelago in the 5th century AD marked the founding of the oldest kingdoms in the archipelago, Kuai, until the end of the 15th century AD.
Tionghoa culture and influenced the culture in Indonesia because of the intensive commercial interaction between traders Tionghoa and Nusantara (Sriwijaya). In addition, many nomads who entered with Sino-nomads coming from the southern regions of China and settled in the archipelago. They settled and married local residents to produce a combination of local culture and Tionghoa unique. It is this culture which later became one of the roots of modern local culture than in Indonesia such as Java and the Betawi culture.
Arab culture in common with the spreading of Islam by Arab traders who stopped at the archipelago on their way to China.
The arrival of European explorers since the 16th century to the archipelago, and the colonization that took place next, with various forms of Western culture and form of modern Indonesian culture as can be found now. Technological, organizational and political systems, social systems, various cultural elements such as the economy, and so on, many adopted the Western culture gradually integrated in society.
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