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Indonesia has more than 300 ethnic groups and languages. However, most Indonesians converse in Bahasa Indonesia.
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Even though Bali is almost identical to arts and artists, Balinese language has no word for art and artist.
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Even though national income per capita per annum is US $ 1140 (World Bank, 2004), an average wedding in big cities approximately costs about US $5000.
It's usual to send out 1000 invitations and more.
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For the Javanese, beautiful hand-painted batiks are not merely pieces of clothes but carry much more significance that symbolises life itself. Different
regions have their own unique style; Pekalongan with its Chinese influence design and pastel color; Batik made in Solo and Yogya are traditionally coloured
blue-symbolizing earth-, brown "symbolizing fire- and white "symbolizing water and air-.
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The oldest kingdom in Indonesia was the Kutai Kingdom, located in what is known as Tenggarong, 39 km from Samarinda, the provincial capital of East Kalimantan.
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The largest Buddhist temple in the world is Indonesias Borobudur. It even inspired the building of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
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Indonesia is the native home of the largest lizard in the world, komodo dragon.
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The largest flower in the world, Rafflesia Arnoldi, is native to Indonesia. The flower was named from Sir Stamford Raffles. Even though it is huge, it doesn't
smell nice like roses or jasmine flowers, for Rafflesia is an insect-eating flower.
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Indonesia consists of more than 13,000 islands, making it the largest archipelago in the world. However, most of the islands are uninhabited.
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Balinese have four basic names for their children, namely, Putu/Wayan, Made, Nyoman and Ketut. If a Balinese has the fifth child, it will be named Putu/Wayan.
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Indonesia has more volcanoes than any other country in the world - there are 167 of the 850 active volcanoes known in the world.
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