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Batak Architecture Batak Toba houses are found in groups of ten or less, constituting small villages. The Toba villages are the most traditional of all Batak villages. The Batak Toba are one of six Batak tribes that inhabit northern and central Sumatra. www.waumans.nl /indonesia/batak/house/batakhouses.htm   (685 words)

U.S. Embassy Jakarta Official website In an August 8 press release, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta announced the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and ConocoPhillips Indonesia have entered into a public-private alliance to rebuild five villages along the western coast of Indonesia's Aceh province. According to the press release, ConocoPhillips Indonesia is providing $1.2 million to directly support recovery and reconstruction efforts in the villages of Saney, U Tamong, Teumareum, Kuala and Bahagia. The funds will be used exclusively for grants for cash-for-work programs, small-scale infrastructure and other community development activities in the five villages. www.usembassyjakarta.org   (685 words)

multi0page.txt Robinson came to microfinance with a rich academic and profession- al background as an anthropologist, having spent many years in villages in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Indonesia's approach to mi- crofinance-making it profitable, and so widely available-helped the country revolution reduce the incidence of poverty from about 40 percent of the population in the mid-1970s to about 11 percent in 1996. Indonesia's average annual inflation for 1998 was 57.6 percent-a sharp contrast to the 1980s, when annual inflation had stayed below 10 percent.,GDP, which had grown by more than 7 percent a year xxviii The Microfinance Revolution: Lessons from Indonesia for over a decade, grewjust 4.9 percent in 1997 and fell 13.7 percent in 1998. www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/08/27/000094946_0208030401020/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (13482 words)

Pontianak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A pontianak or kuntilanak (as known in Indonesia, sometimes shortened to just kunti) is a type of vampire in Malay folklore. The pontianak is usually a woman who died during childbirth and becomes undead, seeking revenge and terrorizing villages. Pontianak is also a city in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pontianak   (266 words)

Music of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Reading Assignments Most of the Toba Batak and Karo Batak villages are permanent settlements made possible by the intensive cultivation of irrigated rice fields or fertile vegetable gardens, whereas the settlements of the Angkola, Mandailing and Pakpak are designed to be less lasting. All the Batak peoples regard their village as the navel of the world, and as far as the masses of the population are concerned the larger political units described in the previous section are of only secondary significance. In the Batak social system there are precisely regulated relationships of dependence between the "wife-givers" and "wife-takers", and the rights and duties of the two kinship groups towards each other are clearly defined, so that even a raja has obligations to his bow (his wife-takers) laid down in the unwritten law, or adat. aris.ss.uci.edu /rgarfias/courses/philindo/batak01.html   (7062 words)

Meadow View Church of Christ Papua Indonesia To establish strong, mature churches in Papua, Indonesia, both in the cities, villages and remote tribal groups. Papua is a province of Indonesia, covering most of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby smaller islands. It is the prayer and desire of the Shepherds of Meadow View that we reach out to the souls in Papua Indonesia. www.meadowview.org /papua.html   (582 words)

HKBP Indonesia The major ELCA participation in health care in Indonesia has been through the Community Health Development program of the Bethesda Hospital, an institution and program of the Simalungun Christian Protestant Church. They translated the Bible into Batak, and led whole villages and tribes to become Christian, instead of making individual conversions. The singing of many choirs in Batak worship are a vibrant expression of spiritual life and an invitation to the common praise of God. www.elca.org /countrypackets/indonesia/hkbp.html   (528 words)

Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Six Christians Killed in Indonesia Violence The latest attacks on mostly Christian villages near Poso have raised fears of a resurgence of religious violence in the region where some 2,000 people have died in clashes since 1999. Wayan Miscaya, a nurse in the emergency department, said he was told by villagers that a total of eight people had been killed in the attacks. www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2003/10/12/six_christians_killed_in_indonesia_violence?mode=PF   (528 words)

Indonesia Hotel - Novotel Soechi Medan Sumatra Indonesia Other memorable areas to visit include the largest lake in Southeast Asia, Lake Toba, the volcanic highlands, hot springs and traditional villages around Brastagi, and the resort peninsula of Prapat. Best of all, Novotal Soechi Medan's courteous people are delighted to welcome you and ready to guarantee that your stay will be an unforgettable one. Ideally located within a modern shopping center in the core of medan's business district and minutes away from the airport. www.seastour.com /asia/indonesia/novotelsoechi   (364 words)

West Nusa Tenggara / Indonesia : Lombok Package Tour The friendly people of Lombok include Sasak villagers, some still living in traditional villages with mud and thatch huts, still virtually untouched by western influences, while the cities of Mataram and the Dutch-influenced Ampenan are bustling little towns. Though relatively new to tourism Lombok is fast emerging as one on Indonesia’s best kept secrets. West Nusa Tenggara / Indonesia : Lombok Package Tour www.nelltours.com /lombok.html   (364 words)

Indonesia By the mid-Seventies Indonesia's demographics had changed immensely and a middle class appeared, the nation in awe of its President and his offspring of emerging gatherers as the First Family's increasing power and wealth stunned even the most casual observers. Resistance continued throughout the Dutch colonial rule and when Indonesia became a unitary state in 1950, demands for separation from Indonesia resulted in armed resistance (supported by the US CIA) until 1976 when Hasan di Tiro, a descendant of the old sultans returned from exile in the US and declared Aceh an independent state. Although 90 percent of Indonesians follow Islam, most have long prided themselves for their religious tolerance. www.koteka.net /dfasp.htm   (3534 words)

Atlas - Indonesia Map Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, faces severe economic problems, stemming from secessionist movements and the low level of security in the regions, the lack of reliable legal recourse in contract disputes, corruption, weaknesses in the banking system, and strained relations with the IMF. Indonesia’s estimated population in 2001 was 228,437,870, giving it an average population density of 120 persons per sq km (311 per sq mi). The Republic of Indonesia was proclaimed in 1945. atlas.freegk.com /world/asia/indonesia/indonesia.php   (1972 words)

An Overview of Indonesia Indonesia is divided into 30 provinces, which include 2 special regions and 1 special capital city district which are further sub-divided into smaller entities of districts, sub-districts, villages and neighborhoods. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world after China, India and the United States. Indonesia is a republic with political power organized around the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. www.expat.or.id /info/overview.html   (1538 words)

Gamelan Sinar Surya in Santa Barbara - traditional Gamelan music of Indonesia and Malaysia The director of Gamelan Sinar Surya, Richard North, has been studying, teaching and performing Gamelan music since 1972, from the villages of Sunda to the royal palaces of Cirebon. Gamelan Sinar Surya in Santa Barbara - traditional Gamelan music of Indonesia and Malaysia A reminder of the warm tropical land in which Gamelan music was born, it seems right at home with the delightful sunny climate of Santa Barbara. www.gamelansb.com   (400 words)

Indonesia: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns Indonesia: On the fourth anniversary of the Abepura raids, impunity remains entrenched in Papua Indonesia: A briefing for EU and ASEAN countries concerning the deployment of the Aceh Monitoring Mission to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province Indonesia’s retreating military and militias terrorized, killed, and drove people from their villages. www.amnestyusa.org /countries/indonesia/index.do   (382 words)

Managing Basic Education Project (Indonesia) - News from Sukapura He said it would have been better to have built three buildings in three separate villages, each consisting of three classrooms, two of them to act as branch schools of the main school, so that the teachers could move around to meet the students, instead of the students having long journeys to school. Many teachers think that children in grade 1 are not capable of writing in their own words. The children are going to keep this savings box in operation until they finish primary school and any money left will be given to back to them to help them in secondary school. mbeproject.net /newse.html   (382 words)

Earth Explorer In the years since, he has hacked through jungles, paddled across a boiling lake, camped out for days on the sweltering floor of an active crater, unearthed artifacts, discovered long-lost villages, ridden in submarines to the bottom of the sea, and studied traces of titanic eruptions etched in polar ice. He recently bought a small summer house in Stykkisholmur, the small fishing village where he grew up; the desk of his office faces a giant map of Iceland that covers one wall; and every day, in front of his house in Rhode Island, he displays the Icelandic flag. He is continuing to study Icelandic volcanoes as well as the debris left when a meteor the size of Manhattan slammed into the Gulf of Mexico and caused a global catastrophe that may have wiped out the dinosaurs. www.tomgidwitz.com /main/explorer.htm   (382 words)

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Home Page In Indonesia, Professionals International is supporting the reconstruction of more than 2,000 homes in 14 villages in Banda Aceh and helping meet medical needs such as infectious disease control, follow-up care of traumatic injuries, pre and post-natal care and treatment of respiratory distress that resulted from airborn silt. The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), on behalf of its member institutions, has donated the net proceeds of its winter championship meets and tournaments to a church working with an international agency on tsunami relief in Indonesia. Commissioner Dave Neilson announced that $4,337 has been donated to the New Hope Church in Chapel Hill, N.C. to support their volunteer efforts through Professionals International, an international faith-based organization. www.miaa.org   (382 words)

Operation Blessing: Providing Emergency Aid to Tsunami Survivors While the ocean-born ferry Batavia carries on direct shoreline assistance to remote villages, OBI teams have also employed a barge to ship thousands of bags of cement to use in rebuilding coastal communities in Indonesia. Since the massive earthquake and tsunamis of December 2004, volunteers and staff have utilized air, water and land to transport emergency relief provisions and supplies to survivors in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India. Boat repair and construction projects are active throughout the region, and OBI training centers integrate job training with mentoring and counseling services. www.ob.org /programs/disaster_relief/projects/tsunami_relief.asp   (382 words)

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Youths 'massacred' in Aceh village However, he adds that in recent days there have been many confirmed cases of Indonesian troops storming into villages, dragging people out of their homes and brutalising them. Major-General Endang Suwarya, the commander overseeing Indonesia's campaign in the strife-torn province, has insisted: "Absolutely no civilians were killed. However, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda admitted that rebels no longer wear military uniform, and therefore are difficult to distinguish from the local population. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2931096.stm   (632 words)

Coffee Kids How You Can Help Disaster Relief Indonesia occupies a strategic position in Southeast Asia, and its political and economic conditions are important to the stability of the region. Some of the efforts that the fund is preparing to support include the reconstruction of a Madrasa (Islamic girls boarding school) that was badly damaged by the earthquakes in Bener Meriah and the repair of four mosques in the villages of Bener Kalifah, Wih Tenang, Pante Raya, and Pondok Sayur. ForesTrade's local offices in Indonesia and the US are currently monitoring the use of donated funds and documenting the results of your support. www.coffeekids.org /help/emergency.htm   (4213 words)

InterAction.org Disaster Response IOCC also is working with His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia to extend the network of church-based humanitarian relief in the region. IOCC is developing a regional response to the crisis, focusing initially on hardest-hit areas in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, and elsewhere. Learn more about international adoption: Visit the State Department website, which has information on adoption procedures for all of the affected countries. www.interaction.org /sasia   (4213 words)

FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association After the end of the group phase of the FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005, world football's governing body FIFA and SOS Children's Villages... Know the rules of the world's favourite game We tell the tale of Palestine's football team www.fifa.com /en/fairplay/index.html   (4213 words)

ICA - INTERNATIONAL CIVIC ARMS coats of arms of countries, states, provinces, towns, villages etc. The site is not restricted to any country. Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment (except for the historical provincial arms in Austria-Hungary). Although as much information on the arms as possible will be included, like pictures, meaning, history, most often there is just a picture, not a description of the arms, nor a history. www.ngw.nl   (372 words)

Ethnologue report for Indonesia (Maluku) Barakai Island, southeast Aru Islands; 4 villages on Barakai Island (Longgar, Apara, Bemun, and Mesiang) and one on Gomo-Gomo Island northeast of Barakai, south Maluku. West coast of Wokam Island, from Wokam village southwards, in 21 villages along both sides of Manombai Strait (Sungai) as far as Wakua, and in Benjina on Kobror Island, and Gardakau on Maikor Island at the western end of Barakai Strait, and small village of Kobamar on east coast of Wokam Island. Southeast Maluku, northern Tanimbar Islands of the Fordata, Larat, the Molu-Maru group, a few villages on the northwest part of Yamdena, and on Seira off the west coast of Yamdena. www.ethnologue.org /show_country.asp?name=Indonesia+%28Maluku%29   (372 words)

Asian Tsunami 2004: January 2005 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Signs have grown that towns and villages on the battered shores of the Indian Ocean are beginning to recover from the tsunami which all but swept them off the map. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Fresh dangers are stalking efforts to help millions of tsunami victims and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has voiced his shock at the devastation he saw touring the worst-hit areas in Indonesia. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - An army of aid workers is racing to deliver food and water to millions of tsunami victims and the U.N. warned a death toll of about 150,000 will climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks survivors. www.asian-tsunami2004.info /archive/2005_01_01_archive.htm   (372 words)

Rights Groups Protest Indonesia's War in Aceh Last December, the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) concluded a landmark accord on the Cessation of Hostilities (COHA), which was enthusiastically welcomed by the Acehnese people and led to a dramatic decrease in the number of casualties. On Monday C-130 Hercules transport planes dropped hundreds of TNI paratroopers into Aceh and counter-insurgency aircraft, OV-10 Broncos, were used to fire rockets into villages outside of the capital city of Banda Aceh. The Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN) is a U.S.-based grassroots organization working to educate and activate the American public and influence U.S. foreign policy and international economic interests to support democracy, demilitarization, and justice through accountability and rule of law in Indonesia. www.etan.org /news/2003a/05aceh.htm   (372 words)

The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 30 The deal with Bank Rakyat, Indonesia's largest bank by office network, will allow the 100,000 or so Indonesian workers there to remit funds more efficiently, even to rural villages, DBS said. DBS Bank announced yesterday a tie-up with Bank Rakyat Indonesia to provide what may be one of the cheapest and fastest bank remittance services in town for Indonesian workers in Singapore. Bank Rakyat's web of around 5,000 offices scattered throughout Indonesia allows DBS to extend its reach beyond what its existing tie-up with Bank Danamon Indonesia can offer, said DBS' Vice-president of Business Development for South and Southeast Asia, Ian Teo. www.thedailystar.net /2004/06/26/d40626051253.htm   (215 words)

Tsunami refugees on Thursday in Calang, Indonesia, one of the places that help was last to reach on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Calang is one of many villages on the western coast of Aceh Province wiped from the map of Indonesia, where suffering along the land closest to the earthquake's epicenter has been compounded by its remoteness. Tsunami refugees on Thursday in Calang, Indonesia, one of the places that help was last to reach. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Tsunami refugees on Thursday in Calang, Indonesia, one of the places that help was last to reach. www2.flickr.com /photos/joao/3350599   (215 words)

Ethnologue report for Indonesia (Maluku) Wetar Island, villages of Telemar, Karbubu, Klishatu, Ilmaumau, Erai (Eray), Nabar, and Esulit on the west end of Wetar, and Istutun village on Lirang Island off the southwest tip of Wetar, south Maluku. Wetar Island, north of Timor, south Maluku, Uhak, and Moning villages on the northeast coast. Asilulu, Ureng, Negeri Lima villages, northwest Ambon Island, and some families in villages on the south coast of the Hoamoal Peninsula in West Seram. www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Indonesia+(Maluku)   (215 words)

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