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1. ART IN INDONESIA
ULYSES O. TAFALLA
BSIE-CoEd
NINEVEH ACADEMY

3. BRIEF BACKGROUND
 Indonesia , officially the Republic
of Indonesia, is a country in
Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Indonesia is an archipelago
comprising approximately 17,508
islands.
 The nation's capital city is Jakarta.

4. BRIEF BACKGROUND
 The name Indonesia derives from the
Latin and Greek Indus, and the
Greek nèsos, meaning "island“.
 Indonesia lies between latitudes
11°S and 6°N, and longitudes
95°E and 141°E.

5. INTRODUCTION
 The Indonesians belong to the
Malay race but most of them are
Muslims.
 Although the Indonesians have
embraced the Islam religion,
they still pay tribute to the
Hindu Gods of the epics in the
Wayang Kulit.

6. WAYANG KULIT
 The Wayang is performed to mark
important occasions, such as birth, a
wedding, or circumcision.
 Shadow puppet performance.

9. WAYANG KULIT
 The Wayang Kulit stories are
mostly taken from a Hindu epic,
Ramayana.
 Tells the story of Rama whose wife
Sita is abducted by the king of Sri
Lanka, Ravana.
 Thematically, the Ramayana
explores human values and the
concept of dharma.

10. PLACES
 Bali is also in Indonesia but most
of the people there are Hindu.
 Ubod is a town known for having
the most number of painters.
 Rituals and feasts are important in
the life of the Balinese.
 They make flowers with high
artistic value that are used for the
decorations during fiestas.

11.  Batik is one of the
most enjoyable
artistic creations of
the Indonesians.
 It is made by
allowing wax to drift
on the cloth to
produce different
designs.

12.  Batik designs
make use of
horizontal and
vertical
geometric
patterns, leaf
and flower
motifs, and
birds and
animal motifs.

13.  Tie-dyeing is
another technique
in Indonesian
textiles.
 Borobudur is the
oldest Buddhist
monument in the
world; built in 778
A.D.

14. PEOPLE
 Yohannes Christian John is an
Indonesian professional boxer,
and the current WBA (Super)
featherweight champion.
 John is the third Indonesian to
win a boxing world title, following
Ellyas Pical and Nico Thomas.

15. References:
 www.wikipedia.org
 www.images.google.com
 The Dynamic Teeners of the 21st
Century II