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Counterpoint: Dutch Colonialism Versus Legacy Divisive British in South Asia -

as an American Indian now living in Indonesia, I was surprised to read recent article Mr. Rooseboom comparing colonial experiences of Indonesia and India and showing the British in a better light than the Dutch. Indonesian Unfortunately, in my time here, I have often heard lament that it would have been better if they had not been colonized by the Dutch, even to hear that from the mouth of former President BJ Indonesia, Habibie at a recent conference. The reality, of course, is much more complex, and here, I hope to provide a different angle than Mr. Rooseboom.

India and Indonesia have been, by the people, the two greatest colonial possessions in the world in the 18th and 19th century, and both were highly desired by European powers. After failing in their quest to colonize and exploit the precious resources of the East Indies, the British East India Company decided to try his luck further west, India. While the Dutch may use repressive tactics to subjugate local populations - the invasion of Bali and the murder of the royal family is an example - the British were much more sinister, using a policy of divide and rule, which the effects are still felt today

both countries were heavily exploited for their resources -. with almost all the profits go to Europe. The British, however, took a step further, turning vast areas of agricultural land formally self-sufficient in Bengal in vast opium planting, fixing monopsony famine prices for poppies, turning the precious opium, and shipping project for East Asia and the benefits in England. In China, opium addict million and hastened the ruin of the once magnificent economy that countries in a European client state. Is it really surprising that even today China is taking Western advice with healthy skepticism? Or that the Indian farmer is still fighting today to overcome the burdens of the past?

M .. Rooseboom points to the infrastructure of the left in Colombia, including the railways, and few educational efforts, it must be said, never included women or members of lower castes. What must be realized is that India, like Indonesia, had an Aboriginal education system which was devastated by the colonial policies. After independence, India had a similar rate of literacy than that of Indonesia, perhaps the most symbolic peoples highly educated. Today, the literacy rate in Indonesia is higher than India. And trains? They were built to exploit the resources first and exercise second British control, not empower Indians who had no say in their construction or use.

The Dutch inflicted similar damage economically, but nothing can compare Indonesia with British rational division of social policy. In an effort to manage the people, the British drew the borders drawn by religion. The 105 partition of Bengal divided Bengali Hindus and Bengali Muslims, who speak the same language, wear the same dress, and are not as clearly divided (large minorities lived in peace in a mixed environment). Later, Punjabi Punjabi Sikhs and Muslims were divided between Pakistan and India, a score that was imposed on the population and led to millions of deaths.

Can you imagine if the Dutch had done the same thing here? Creation of a separate state for Muslims and Javanese Javanese Christians? European ideas of race, religion and ethnicity were not consistent with pluralistic societies like India and Indonesia. Nor does the system of nation-state, but that's another story.

Indonesia should give thanks that the Dutch do not divide society so well. India is recovering, but the Pakistan border remains tense, and even today, Hindus fleeing Bangladesh, whose population Hindu minority has decreased by 25% after independence only 10% today. I am often amazed at how easily Indonesians from different religious backgrounds and ethnic mix. In India, which is too rare, except in cases of interest, as the hometown of my mother from Hyderabad, who rarely sees ommunal violence. Hyderabad was also never under direct British control, so never went through the same types of destructive policies that divide much of the rest of South Asia.

The truth is that there is no such thing as good and bad Colonialism Colonialism. Pre-colonial India and Indonesia had vast empires, incredible accomplishments in the arts, literature and culture. Malay Archipelago sailors connected through complex networks of trade, while the spices flowed from the Malabar Coast of southern India in the world. The British and Dutch stunted growth in both countries, and subjected them to horrible, destabilizing the operation. The wealth we see today in the old buildings decorated with Amsterdam and London is directly connected with poverty still visible in Jakarta and New Delhi.

Comparing the Dutch and British in India and Indonesia are similar to try to judge different shades of injustice. The truth is, there is just an injustice when people exercise control over the other and exploit them for gain, no matter how altruistic rhetoric. In time, I believe that India and Indonesia will be able to recover damages caused by Europe, but it will be a long and difficult process, and we should always remember that it does not have to be that way.

Have you tried The Missionary -

Cannibalism has long been linked with the islands that now make up Indonesia. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus proto identified a tribe who eat their own family members rather than allowing them to age.

" Another tribe of Indians called Padaei who live east of the Indians marshes are nomads and eat raw meat. They are said to have the following customs . If any of their compatriots - man or woman - is ill, his closest male friends (assuming there is a man who is ill) kill it on the grounds that he was dying in the illness of his flesh will become spoiled. He denies he is ill, but they take no notice, kill and have a party. Exactly the same procedure is followed by the closest friends of a woman when she is a woman who is ill. they sacrifice and eat anyone who reaches old age, but it is unusual for anyone to do, because they kill everyone who falls ill before reaching old age . "

early researchers such as John Leyden Stamford Raffles and the Padaei supposed to be done or Batay Batta (or Batak) based on their interpretation of Pali, "the letter b p is almost always pronounced" Leyden said.

But they were not alone in assuming the cannibal spirit located in the eastern islands. When the Portuguese arrived in the Straits of Melaka in the early 16th century, their taking notes D'Alberquerque resident noticed how some of the ruling families in many states of the city on either side of the strategic part of the water, cannibals used as executioners were criminals "roasted" or "gruel" to eat. The Portuguese noted that many cannibals came from a "country called Aru (Sumatra), from which the King bought them food criminals.

A hundred years later, Edmund Scott had been filed in Banten (Banten Lama today but at the time the largest trading port in the region), and as he did not have enough problems coping with colleagues drink, fight and die, he had hunters local heads giving him sleepless nights "There were a few Javan women who cut the head of their husband during the night," he said, adding. "They dwell much on our house, "and was convinced that they would become victims had they not kept their guard.

You can almost feel the terror in his words as he wrote his candle light night after newspaper night, exhausted from negotiations and infighting that took hours of the day. the sinister jungle encircling him, and having no idea if a return ship would never take "what the stinking stew" as a beginning entrepreneur described he would end his days as so many others had.

Batak still appear as formidable cannibals in the writings of Dr. Felix Maynard and Alexandre Dumas in their work, the Whalers. They describe how being eaten alive was a way to justice those guilty of adultery, theft overnight or people who attack someone in their home.

In the case of adultery, the injured party has got to keep the offender's ears as the chief justice got to keep his head to himself. Interestingly, the party was not followed by the men as the authors noted, "Women use thousand subterfuges and employ all their enticements to" have a seat at the table with the men folk. Apparently soles cooked with rice and salt to make a "delicious dish" the most.

They also suggested the Batak used to eat their parents when they had outlived their usefulness. Apparently, when cédrats ripened old, they "should be seen voluntarily submit to death" as he died, the members of the remaining family hoot with songs of joy.

When the fruit is mature
must must fall

family finish their elderly parent before cutting the body, adding sambal and curry and enjoy the party.

course, how much truth there is in some of the most fantastic memories is questionable. Missionaries used to be very active in remote areas of the archipelago and adapted their story exposing the dangers they face, deal with these savages. Undoubtedly, they found wallets peoples would open much more quickly when they were faced with the unbridled savagery demanding to be rescued by the charismatic, heroic man of the cloth.

Even today there are rumored to be tribes living in the most remote areas of Papua who are not averse to the odd bit of human flesh. One such group is the Karowai. Thought to number about 4,000, and equally famous for living in complex tree houses, the Karowai have been "discovered" by the outside world in the late 1970s with little in the way of defenses Natural against diseases that can infest a tropical house, the Karowai came with their own way to explain the illness or death. All they can not explain is down to khakhua or witches.

The Smithsonian Magazine sent an intrepid reporter in the jungles of Papua to meet Karowai. It was explained that the khakhua would disguise himself as a friend or relative of the person they wanted to kill, and then began to eat the entrails of the victim while they slept, considerately replaced by fire ash so as not to disrupt the victim. Before the victim is breathing its last they tell her parents the name of khakhua, effectively signing his death warrant.

One of Karowai described what happened in one case. A cousin of his was dying and told them who was khakhua. They caught the "witch" and fired arrows in his body before cutting his head. They then cut the body up, carefully wrap the meat in banana leaves before putting them to other community members to eat.

This is the "witch" was one of their friends, but it n 't matter, saying it was a "justice system."

Of course, Korowai do not see themselves as man eaters "We do not eat humans," one said. "We only eat khakhua".

Enjoy!

Sexy Rio Sidik Jazz Quartet -

Rio Sidik is the most famous jazz and fusion musician and singer from Indonesia, also well known on the international music scene. He played in a few big halls and was the star attraction, too. jazz club Ronnie Scott Fullon as London to international jazz festivals throughout Europe, Russia and Southeast Asia -. He will be there again for the third time this year

Rio goes to these international meetings on his own, but he and his Quartet distinguished played in the biggest sites in the region, Singapore, Malaysia and many course Indonesia. As Jakarta or Bali, Ubud or Java Jazz Festivals, it is at home on a stage with a trumpet in his hand with his exceptional eclectic fusion band supporting him all the way.

To hear his distinctive sound, a mixture of soulful singing interspersed with performances virtuoso solo trumpet, come see live in different places around Bali. He has several albums of his own material published, some under Saharadja, some too with his Quartet. His signature song is a special interpretation of Santana "Make Somebody Happy" has the distinctive chorus line "People need people need people. Make someone happy... It'll make you stronger!"

He started playing the trumpet at age six and had his first concert alongside his grandfather, Dariono, a great big group of trumpeter and teacher, and his brothers and sisters players at the age of 11. He moved at the age of 19. Bali last year, this grandmaster came to Bali to see him play and gave him his biggest compliment. "He said he was really proud to hear me play he taught thousand young people. He was always strict, never said anything like this meant the world to me.".

This helps explain why Rio belts, to "make someone happy ... it will make you stronger!"

An aid worker Bali Expat on Frontline Syria -

John Bunnell, a resident of Bali for nine years, was ravaged by war in Syria as a logistician for two and a half months working in a Doctors Without Borders hospital infiltration field (Doctors Without Borders). Here, he shares his experiences of the first line.

Our field hospitals in Syria were "infiltration". First, we ran a hospital in a cave, then he was moved to a farm operation not a better place and we could adapt it to reduce the risk of shell or mortar shrapnel. When I arrived, the field hospital was already operational, although a rough manner. There were still things that needed improvement and a constant threat throughout the hospital could be moved to another location within a short time. The look of the inside hospital is quite normal, but it was obvious it had to be made operational quickly. The same old inflatable operating theater of the cave was used for sanitary and privacy issues. It also has emergency rooms, inpatient and outpatient, a busy maternity service, which we expanded and even a component of mental health.

Helicopter drums and bombings were quite continues in the "free" area in which we were working. That said, the hospital has never been targeted, but you could hear the explosions at any time of day or night; some being worse than others. MSF has been very adamant that every future field agent to the project completely understood the situation they were getting into. It was a mission in a war context in its purest form. We had war wounded coming in quite regularly, and some big massive losses just before I arrived. That was our main goal to be prepared for.

I went as LAF (Log / Administration / End). I find the administrative part of the job to be cumbersome for the rest of my work. There were major changes in human resources (HR) had to be done that required a lot of attention. The decision was made to hire an HR expert to give me some relief; making it possible for me to focus on the pure logistics. Before the war, Syria was a developed country, and many of our national staff were trained to some degree. I was fortunate to have the help of an excellent national staff in my department towards the end of my mission.

The actual compound of the hospital is not very big, so it was easy to move. We also had two rental houses in the valley, an outpatient clinic, three mobile clinics and a first aid station that the necessary attention. My duties have led all aspects of the logistics of MSF regular, but was told to focus on communication as a priority when I arrived. Communication was very difficult and too much time was spent in pursuit of it. I think it was well treated while I was there.

Food, surprisingly enough, has worked quite well, relatively speaking. We could get very simple things of the community nails, cement, gravel, drums, and basic food products. The majority of medicines and other medical supplies were legitimately brought by legal border crossings; other more normal articles were regularly moved through the border to a variety of content using a variety of means. All the lots required good contacts and networks to ensure that we received the medicines and supplies quickly to the medical team to do their job. All these movements, including the passage of the staff were among the most amazing I've seen in my life. The movements and passages modified by day and sometimes by the minute. I am amazed at how our staff removed these situations on a regular basis!

In Syria, security was also on the top of the priority list. We had some unfortunate incidents where people came with weapons. No one was injured, but it is disturbing to say the least. This made us quickly look at how it should be corrected immediately. It is a basic rule of thumb for MSF projects around the world that we will treat anyone who needs medical assistance, including soldiers or rebels, but all weapons must be left outside the center MSF.

In the context of war, there were inevitable incidents that could compromise the safety of our staff and patients. Physical changes were made to the hospital at the end of my mission to help address these important issues. I am mainly involved in the practical side of security -Training watchmen, do physical systems from input to screen people who come to the hospital and into a weapons-free zone. We set up entrance where staff and patients alike are examined before they enter the vicinity of the hospital. There are "layers of barriers" or various stops before getting inside it is a mass for the victim, for the registration of patients and for staff.

daily safety meetings were a key part of our day. The field coordinator and I, as well as medical and focal point security adviser, held daily meetings in the morning followed by another that involved the whole team. On ordinary days, we met twice a day. On bad days we had a lot more! I've never experienced such complete security meetings in any other mission.

The safety meetings are not just for the safety of personnel, but also to prepare for what will happen next when we expect an influx of patients, what kind of injuries we wait, that might work and management of cases of patients, what is necessary, we have enough supplies, are there going to be massive losses or just a handful of people injured.

It was a very difficult task because we were in a war. Although she was one of my best mission ever, it was a very sad and horrible situation for Syria. I would go back if I was asked, however.

Nyoman organic lawyer -

It is one thing to start a warung from scratch, but it is very different from attempting to open an organic warung. Abe-do Organic Warung, located 2 kilometers from Ubud, Banjar Kaja Kutuh, was created a year ago with only three spoons, three knives, three forks and five glasses. It was difficult for Nyoman Sukarsa, former artist and gardener, coming up with the cost of starting Rp.2 million. There was not much spare change for utensils and extra supplies.

Nyoman was motivated to go organic when his wife, Sri, was very sick and he started the source of a healthy and natural way for her to return to good health. With the help of herbs, jamu (traditional medicine) and the transition to organic whole foods, Sri is now healthy, full of energy and works full time at the warung. The food they serve is fresh, organic if possible prepared on site from scratch. Nothing is pre-prepared or jars, cans or bottles. He is a true labor of love.

The organic farmer, Mr Hartono, is located only 2 km away and provides fruits and vegetables of the season, and gives the restaurant every day. Nyoman explained, "My warung is only 70% organic, because I can not give certified organic chicken and meat. The cost of meat four times the regular price and I simply can not afford to charge such prices. "

Nyoman told me how he feels blessed by customers visiting the warung. "an American man helped me and put Abe-do on Trip Advisor, and another person helped me make a Facebook page. Now people come from afar to try my organic food and organic Bali coffee. I am so happy and business is doing very well. "

Nyoman Sri and now have twenty twenty cups and glasses and things are better. The cool tunes playing in the warung is a small IPod docking station that was recently given by a Canadian sponsor. Nyoman told me how he feels blessed by all these acts of kindness at random and "angels" who fall into its warung. a great story of success which started with courage and conviction on a limited budget and an example of how small things, big things grow .

Georgius Rumphius Everhardus: From Hobby to Fame -

On his young daughter triggers the well made boat. While still in the Gulf of Ambon, a ray jumped out of the water on the starboard side, which according Ambonese adat , and ensure safe travel without problems. I do not see it, but the second did, and the word spread quickly among the crew, put smiles on their faces.

She was named Rumphius in honor and memory of the first naturalistic Ambon. Her hull was painted in yellow and white superstructure. He was the project boat, a floating office say, and our means of transport. She welcomed six passengers and carried a crew of seven all Ambon, except the cook native to the mountain Tana Toraja. Built at the court in Ambon by shipwrights of Asilulu they had also selected and felled trees needed for its construction and Pulau Pulau Hatala Ela.

The other Rumphius (Georg Eberhard Rumph) was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1627, in the midst of the war years (1618-1648) Thirty who left an indelible mark on those who survived, including Rumphius. The devastation of the country and the indiscriminate killing of his people had shown the irrelevance of the "sides" and started a horror of religious fanaticism and aristocracy who had used the war to improve their own position. Rumphius fled the chaos of a country that had been raped, pillaged and murdered in exhaustion. He escaped from fraudulent authority, hypocritical religion and social inequality. He had a fair and incorruptible spirit and does not suffer fools. It was also modest and civil, and was able to adapt to the mood of the Ambonese.

In 1653, at age 26, Rumphius arrived in Batavia (now Jakarta). His many talents must have been noted and warmly accepted, with a bureaucratic and commercial Calvinist veneer. Besides the obligatory ability to speak Dutch Reformed Church members and he could write and speak German, Portuguese and Latin. He also had military experience and had undergone training engineering, particularly in the construction redoubts.

He was soon assigned as engineer ( fabryck ) VOC forces in Ambon (Ambon today), where he arrived in 1654. Although quickly promoted vaandrig - the lowest ranking officer in the militia VOC - he traded his military mission in 1657 to a civilian one and was placed as junior Merchant ( onderkoopman ) in Larike on the west coast the island of Ambon.

It was here that he began his study of flora and fauna, rocks, minerals and geology of Ambon and nearby islands. What began as a hobby eventually led to the Amboinsch Kruidboek (Herbarium amboinense) and Amboinsche Rariteitkamer (Amboina Curiosity Cabinet) , his two most important books.

The Herbarium amboinense is a huge job that goes to 1,661 folio pages in six volumes. It is a catalog of the plants of the island of Ambon, published posthumously in 1741. It covers 1,0 species, 930 species with specific names, and another 140 identified to genus level. The book is a basis for all the flora studies Maluku and is still called today. Unlike Amboina Curiosity Cabinet , the book unfortunately remains untranslated.

The Amboina Curiosity Cabinet was also published posthumously. The original edition appeared in 1705 in 340 folio pages, with 60 plates and vignettes five. An English version of the book is now available (Amazon and other bookstores) at a price of US $ 45. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, translated, edited and annotated by E. M. Beekman, who also wrote the introduction. Dr. Beckman capture style beautifully Rumphius and translation is lively and easy to read. Even the description of a mollusk becomes interesting, while local belief accounts are really absorbent and not just those who have a past in ethno-ichthyology.

The road to the publication of these books was long and winding and full of pitfalls. The complete manuscript of Herbarium amboinense was sent to Jakarta to convey in Amsterdam in 0. In Batavia, Governor General Johannes Camphuys had a copy made before sending. The ship carrying the manuscript was en route to the Netherlands when he was attacked and sunk by a French frigate.

Before these news reached Batavia and Ambon more than two years have passed, and an updated copy Camphuys finally arrived in Amsterdam in 1696. However, the Heeren XVII , the Council of VOC, in an effort to protect their monopoly, decided he should not be released. Knowledge of the natural resources of eastern Indonesia contained therein was not allowed to be made public, and certainly do not fall into the wrong hands; British, Portuguese or Spanish. It has become clear that, despite his blindness, Rumphius could continue work on his collection. The Herbarium was finally published in 1741, almost four decades after the death of Rumphius.

It is for the same reason that permission to publish Amboinsche Rariteitkamer was held for from many years.

But long before that, Rumphius had to fight against disasters. In 1662, he was promoted to merchant and head of the Hitu side, parked Hila. But when, in 1670, he contracted glaucoma and lost his sight, the first reaction of the governor of Ambon was to stop paying his salary and ask him to leave the house now. Governor General Joan Maatsuycker certainly an admirer and supporter of scientific work Rumphius, annulled that decision and transferred to Ambon Rumphius with retention of title and salary.

helped by assistants, he continued his work, but had to start writing from scratch as there was no one he could not dictate Latin - yes, he intended Herbarium to write in Latin. And then, in 1687, all illustrations were lost in the fire of Ambon. And yet, he continued, starting again, directing his assistants until finally in 0 the Herbarium was completed.

Other books by Rumphius are Amboinsche Historie and Amboinsche Lant-Beschrijvinge (a social geography). Not only is Rumphius known for his work as a botanist, but also for major contributions to plant systematics, its ethnographic talents, and his frequent defense of Ambon peoples against colonialism.

Rumphius is a perfect example of a gifted amateur naturalist study the flora and fauna of Ambon, which has become an authority. Despite the distance and the time of communication, he was elected to the scientific German company Academia Naturae Curiosorum , where he was known to his colleagues as Plinius Indicus (Pliny the Indies).

For Japan: Our Sister -

Members Community Tokusatsu Atsuki in Jogjakarta collecting donations for "Jogja Care for Japan" - Photo courtesy of Atsuki Community Tokusatsu

Back How Indonesia responded to Japan T Hoku Earthquake

March 2011: On the streets of Jogjakarta some unconventionally dressed young men and women in Indonesia, carry boxes marked "Jogja Care for Japan". There is a boy in a bright red jacket, blue shorts and a straw hat, and a Japanese girl wearing a school uniform. They are "cosplayers" (costume players), donations from collection to send to Japan.

On March 11, 2011, Japan was shaken. There was first the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck the region T? Hoku, followed by a devastating tsunami. The earthquake and tsunami were Japan's deadliest, with nearly sixteen thousand twelve perishing prefectures. More than two thousand five hundred people have not yet been found.

The earthquake and tsunami was quickly followed by another calamity. regular cooling systems and emergency at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant were damaged, causing meltdowns that have had significant consequences for people and agriculture Fukushima Prefecture. In the wake of the "triple disaster", foreign governments have acted to provide support in various ways. Maldives, for example, sent 0,000 cans of tuna to Japan. Children all over the world sent postcards for Japanese children with moral messages of support. These postcards were a thousand children in Indonesia.

In the weeks after March 11, 2011, I observed in Malaysia, where I lived at the time, various groups of people who raise funds and looking to show their support for Japan. For many weeks near my local supermarket, I saw a booth where passersby could donate money and to fold origami cranes, which would be sent to Japan. With the support of the Sumitomo Foundation, I am able to gather stories across Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam on what different people have to support Japan at this time.

In Indonesia I worked with the filmmaker and photographer Tasha Mahatma Putra May to question Indonesians from a range of backgrounds and with some fascinating stories. Among them were members of the Community Tokusatsu Atsuki in Jogjakarta, which raised funds by taking "Cosplay on the road." Cosplay is a native of Japan activity, which involves dressing up as Japanese cartoon characters and tokusatsu (anime live action). Aryo Ari Saputra Muryadi Wahyoyo and were among the collection of donations in the streets of Jogjakarta. With the money they collected, and a thousand origami cranes, folded their community, they have sought to present Japan with "token of gratitude" for his cultural contributions. Muryadi noted, "If the cosplayers in Japan did not exist, there would not anime, tokusatsu or cosplay."

Muryadi of Aryo and efforts were part of a larger event initiated by Megarini Puspasari. Mega, as she calls herself, studied in Japan and co-founded the Hoshizora Foundation, which aims to give children of Indonesian streets more access to education. She talked about her fondness for Japan, where she has friends because of his years of study there. It also noted the gratitude that the Foundation has its many Japanese benefactors, including the Nippon Foundation, which helped with startup costs.

Mega described how after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, she developed the idea of ​​a charity concert, Jogja Care for Japan . The event came to involve a wide range of people and groups who wanted to express their support for Japan. In describing people's participation in the event, and how it had an impact on those, she said.

... it was amazing, the people who came to the concert. Although the preparation was only two weeks, there were so many people who attended and a representative of the Embassy of Japan came too. And we had a conference call with a friend in Japan to say we live how the situation was, how people were dealing with the situation. And it was not only for Japan, but for us it was also a lesson ... that although Japan was facing a catastrophe, they survived. They do not fight over food, they stood in line, did not loot and so on. It was a lesson for us. So there was a mutual benefit

Whereas some of the respondents had lived in Japan, there were other surprising connections. Ardini Suryati, school principal Al-Farisi in Bandung Salman told how the inspiration for his school came from the Japanese book Totto-chan, , which tells the story of how a young Japanese girl the school has to go to an unconventional school after being expelled from another school. Mr. Mohammad Ridwan this school described how their activities in the classroom with the support of Japan were designed to help children "awaken their empathy with others."

In addition to activities in Indonesia, there were those who provided direct assistance on the ground in Japan. At the time of the earthquake, the Muslim charity Dompet Dhuafa had an employee working in Japan to establish a branch. Mohammad Abdi Sabed Lawang Dompet Dhuafa described how the presence of the employee was a "blessing in disguise" as it was able to mobilize Indonesians in Japan to provide assistance in temporary shelters that housed displaced persons.

Rokhima Rostian was also there at the time, a lecturer at Gadjah Mada University. She was in Sendai and saw the magnitude of the earthquake. Well drained, she soon returned to help out with some other Indonesians. "In addition to helping people, we made Indonesian food every weekend and distributed in the camps." And in order to help Japanese children through this difficult period, "We played a lot of games with Indonesian them. "

We found the stories we've collected to be convincing and heart-warming, and they said a lot about the closeness that many Indonesians feel with Japan. While for some the link was the result of having lived and made friends there, others have shared an appreciation in the world for the Japanese culture. in addition, as Indonesia has experienced difficulties caused by natural disasters it is not surprising that one of the things that came through is a sense of solidarity with Japan in this regard. as noted Reni Ekifitriati of Hoshizora Foundation, "We need help. Especially when it there was the earthquake, because we have known that too. "

To see some of those described above tell their stories, including Muryadi Saputra who was questioned in full cosplay outfit, watch the short documentary on YouTube, For Japan. Our Sister