Indonesian Culture

Indonesian culture is part of Indonesian art. Indonesian culture is the whole national culture, local culture, and the culture of foreign origin that has existed in Indonesia before Indonesia's independence in 1945. Based on TAP MPR number II 1998: national culture based on Pancasila is the embodiment of creativity, work and initiative of Indonesia and is an overall effort to develop Indonesian human dignity as a nation, as well as directed to provide insight and meaning to the national development in all areas of national life.

Indonesia music culture is like keroncong that use ukulele as main instruments. There is sasando from East Nusa Tenggara and angklung from West Java, and many more.

Talk about Indonesian dance culture, over the last few years, Saman from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam has become more popular and is often portrayed on TV. Reog Ponorogo is also a dance that originated from Ponorogo district, East Java, which is a visualization of the story Wengker legendary kingdom and the kingdom of Kediri. A popular line dance called Poco-poco from Indonesia and also popular in Malaysia, but in early April 2011 Malaysian Muslim clerics ban poco-poco dance for Muslims because they believe it is a Christian and that traditional dance steps that make a mark cross.

About Indonesian sculpture, Indonesia has a long history of stone, bronze and iron age art. Megalithic statues can be found in various archaeological sites in Sumatra, Java to Sulawesi. Indonesian native tribes have their own distinct style of tribal sculpture, usually made ​​to describe the ancestors, gods and animals.

Padang House

For centuries, the Indonesian vernacular architecture has shaped settlements in Indonesia roomates commonly took the form of timber structures built on stilts dominated by large roof. The most dominant foreign Influences on Indonesian architecture were Indian, although European Influences have been particularly strong since the 19th century and modern architecture in Indonesia is international in scope..