About Indonesia
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GENERALY
Indonesia is one of the largest island in asia, consisting of more than 17,000 islands, the vast Indonesian archipelago spans 5,120 km across the equator, positioned between the Asian and Australian continents from Sabang to Merauke. Besides that, the many ethnic groups that live in Indonesia have made Indonesia very rich with cultures – cultures which are varied, distinctive and highly interesting. All these blessing are fountains of knowledge and insight, and they are also assests for improving the welfare of the people of Indonesia. So that Indonesian can fully taste and appreciate this abundance of God’s gifts, and in order that Indonesian can make use of this richness optimally, it is highly important that the people know what they have with the result that they will be even prouder to be Indonesian.

ART AND CULTURES
Types of arts in Indonesia are heavily influenced by different cultures. The famous Javanese and Balinese dances, for examples, show aspects from the popular Hindu cultures and mythologies. The world-famous leather puppet show also tells stories from such mythologies, and several areas in Indonesia are famous for their batik cloth. Indonesian cultures, varied may they be, are basically formed and influenced by major cultures, such as those of Chinese, Indian and Arab.

PEOPLE
Indonesian people can roughly be classified into two groups. To the west, the majority is from the Malay tribes, and to the east from Papua, with the root from the Melanesian isles. Most Indonesian claimed to be of the more specific tribes, classified based on the language spoken and region where they originate, such as Javanese, Sundanese or Bataknese. Many Indonesian converse with those of the same ethnic group using their mother tongue, yet the official language in Indonesia is Indonesian language (Bahasa Indonesia). It is taught in all schools in the country and is spoken by almost all Indonesian. Islam is the religion professed by the majority of the people (88.2%), and this makes Indonesia the country with most moslem in the world. Other Indonesian practice Protestantism (5.9%), Catholic (3%), Hindu (1.8%), Buddhism (0.8%), and others (0.3%).

CLIMATE
Indonesia lies on the equator and is affected by climates in Pacific Ocean. Indonesia has only two seasons, dry and rainy season. In some parts, rainy season comes from December through march, while dry season is between May and October. The transition period is characterized by sudden changes of winds and weathers from March – May and September – November.

FAUNA
Indonesia archipelago has the most diverse fauna spreading in the world. Orang utan can only be found in Sumatera and Kalimantan. Komodo found in the islands of Komodo, Padar and Rinca, eastern part of Java island, exactly in west coast of Flores islands. Babyroussa, anoa, and pygmy bull are some of the interesting Sulawesi endemy, other than great muskrat, tertiary species group, and sulawesi macaw. The exotic birds of Sulawesi are two species of megapode birds, maleo poultry, and sulawesi shrubhen. Papua and Maluku are also very famous for exotic birds, like casuarius, and species of birds from families of paradiseidae dan ptilinorhynhidae, and some beo birds. Other unique animals are enggang bird, elephants, sumatra tiger, java tiger, macaquel and mentawai monkeys, and one-horned rhinoceros. There are also bull, tree kangaroo, fresh water dolphin, proboscis monkey, variety of birds such as stork, pekakak, eagle, etc; thousand species of insects, land turtles, various lizards and snakes, and many exotic species of fish, prawns, clams and other water animals.

FLORA
Indonesia has the biggest contribution in the richness of melanesia floral vegetation, having almost 40,000 species of plants, or 10-12% from all of the expected plant species in the world. Indonesia has some unique tropical plants, such as rafflesia arnoldi, the biggest flower in the world. It can only be found in some places on Sumatra. Sumatra has also amorphoplalus titanium, a gigantic plant. There is also a carnivorous plant of nepenthea spp, which devours insects. There are also myriad of orchids, such as tiger orchids, grammatophyllum speciosum, taeniophyllum, etc. The lands are rich of water, so that many kinds of fungus grow well, such as grow lux horsehair blight, luminescent species, jelanga mould, and black mushrooms. There also abundance of wood species like meranti, tengkawang or illipe nuts, ramin, sandalwood, ebony, ulin, palembang wood, teakwood, etc.

Travel Destination
Indonesia as one of the largest country,offer alot of holidays spots. such as : Bali,Lombok,Komodo Island,Rinca island,Flores,Kelimutu Lake,Sumba,Timor,Sulawesi,Toraja,Sumatra,Lake Toba,Irian jaya,Baliem Valley,asmat,orangutan tour,kalimantan, jogjakarta,borobudur, prambanan,Bromo,Ijen, Malang, and so much more, including jakarta metro city and krakatau.