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A country which can only be understood through the magnitude of its figures:
- 17,500 islands - more than 6.000 of them uninhabited....but who really knows ?
- Almost 2 million square kilometers
- Six seas covering more than 3 million square kilometers of deep blue and colourful reefs.
Between Southeast Asia and Australia, the largest archipelago in the world covers an area of 2,000 kilometers from North to South and more than 5,000 kilometers from East to
West.
Novels of Emily Salgary we read in our youth and the Great Sailors Romantic stories bring to our minds names of places like Bali, Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Makassar, Malukus....and so may more.
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I S L A M I N I N D O N E S I A
Different races and ethnic groups have coexisted here for centuries.
This is the world's largest Muslim country, a permissive islamism that lives well with matriarchal cultures and gives an important role to women in social
life.
There are also important populations of Christians and Hindus and animism is still widely practised, blended with all other religions.
It is this kaleidoscope of beliefs, customs and life-styles that make this country a real gem to visit.
V O L C A N
O E S More than 100, many of them still active, including the infamous Krakatau in the Sunda Straits........Yes, that is why Indonesia is also called "The Ring of
Fire"
P A N C A S I L A
Although some corrupted politicians have blurred the well known Indonesian smiles and hospitality, it is the Pancasila the principle that has carved the spirit of this country during the last decades
The Map
The Five Principles,
The basic philosophy of a government that became the core of the Indonesian
society.
- Belief in one God,
- Just and civilized humanity,
- Unity of Indonesia,
- Democracy led by the wisdom of deliberations among representatives, and
- Social Justice for all Indonesian citizens.
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