Food Heritage
Regional Rice Traditions and Local Identity in Indonesia
Rice traditions across Indonesia reveal how food, water, ritual, and local memory help communities define who they are.
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- Weapons and Regalia
Regional Bladed Weapons of Indonesia and Their Social Meaning
This article examines how Indonesian regional blades carried social meaning through dress, diplomacy, inheritance, and ritual as well as through combat.
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Ritual Objects Used in Indonesian Healing Ceremonies
A closer look at the manuscripts, staffs, containers, and medicinal materials that structured healing ceremonies in parts of Indonesia, especially in Batak ritual practice.
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Ritual Dances of Eastern Indonesia and Their Sacred Functions
Across eastern Indonesia, ritual dances have long linked communities to ancestors, seasonal cycles, warfare memory, and sacred space. This article examines historically documented dance traditions from Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, and Papua, emphasizing their ceremonial functions and changing place in contemporary society.
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