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‘ethical policy’, 20–1

justice system, 308–9

New Guinea, 2, 143, 345

Nias, 260

nickel, 123, 131, 178, 196

see also
Weda Bay Nickel Company

Nobel Prizes, 97

non-aligned movement, 32

noodle-making, 291–2

North Maluku, 173, 182–3, 189, 251

North Sulawesi, 208

North Sumatra, 3

Nuraheni, Enny, 42–3, 291, 356–7

nutmeg, 11, 14, 16–7, 167–8, 178, 199

Nyepi (Day of Silence), 89

obyek wisata
(tourism), 94

Ohoiwait, 144–58, 166, 299, 316

oil, 18, 123

oil palms, 270, 272–3, 275–6, 278, 302–3

ojek
(motorcycle taxi), 95

Olympic Games, 97

Ona, Mama, 146–7, 151–2

orang-utans, 3–4, 103

Owensby, Craig (Abdurrohim), 318

Padang restaurants, 99–100

Palembang, 251

palm oil, 178, 199, 301

see also
oil palms

Pancasila (Five Principles), 24–6, 35, 52, 314

Pancasila Eagle motif, 34

Pancasila Youth, 329–31

Papua

campaign posters, 227

and co-option, 229–30

and decentralization, 123

geography and population, 2–3

illegal logging, 153n

and independence, 21, 25–6n, 228, 378n

poverty in, 127n

rebellion and civil war, 5, 52, 227–8

staple food, 177–8

Partai Aceh, 221, 232, 235, 237–41

pasola
jousting, 72, 79–81

patent medicines, 11–12

PDIP party, 366

Pelipus, Pak, 69–73, 79–80

Pelni ferries, 93, 102–6, 135, 149, 166, 170, 345–6

pendatang
, 198

pepper, 11–12, 14, 178, 224, 288

perinitis
boats, 135–41

pesticides, 45–6

Petrus, Pak, 87–8

Philippines, 203, 211–12

Piter, Pak, 183–4, 189, 191

PKI (Partai Komunis Indonesia), 27–8, 290, 259–62

PKS (Prosperous Justice Party), 328, 331–2, 341

police, 166n, 307, 309–10

Polo, Marco, 11, 224

pomali
(taboo), 148

Pontianak, 283–5, 297, 305, 321, 345, 367

Popisi, 160, 162

Portuguese colonization, of Indonesia, 14–15

post offices, 65

poverty cards, 65–6

pre-colonial empires, 24

preman
(gangsters), 329–31

provokator
, 299

proyek
(‘project’), 134, 136, 151, 165

Pulau Banyak, 259

Purwosaputo, Brigadier General Nurhadi, 4–5, 49, 222, 225

Raffles, Stamford, 101

Rambubera, 78–9

rato
(priests), 64, 67, 70

reform and decentralization, 48–9, 122–3, 135, 189, 213, 230

creation of new districts, 123–4, 131–2, 135, 140–1

pemekaran
(‘blossoming’), 124

religions, 13, 33–4, 52, 314–21

see also
Islam

religious police, 232–3, 332–3

rendang
(beef stew), 99–100, 113

Riady, John, 3

Riau, 227, 369

rice, 39, 45–6, 164, 178

Rimba people, 265–80, 300

Rismaharini, Tri, 375

rubber, 18, 113, 178, 199, 276–9, 301, 303

rupiah, value of, 47, 104n, 213n

Rusli, Marah,
Sitti Nurbaya
, 69

Sabang, 34

sago, 177–8

salak
, 253

Salakan, 160

salt-fish traders, 114–15, 198

salt production, 129–31

sambal
, 161

Sambas, 296–7

sandalwood, 12, 55

Sangihe, 203–12, 216, 219, 251

Sanskrit, 13

Saparua, 299

Sasak tribe, 100, 102, 339

sasi
(taboo), 148–9

Satrini, Maya, 286

Saudi Arabia, 97

Saumlaki, 136, 141

Savu, 36, 89, 93, 126–35

Schulze, Kirsten, 241n

sea-slugs, 12, 148, 259

Seba, 127–8, 132

Semarang, 227, 345–51

Setara Institute, 314

sharia law, 233, 308, 325, 332–3

Sidomulio, 37

Sidomuncul factory, 351

Sigli, 253–4

Singapore, 33, 176, 280, 285, 372, 375

Singkawang, 285–6, 288–9, 291, 295–6

Sintang, 300–2, 304–5, 355

sirih pinang
, 66

Sjahrir, Sutan, 21, 23–4

smoking, 42–4, 179–80

Soenarko, General, 226

Solo (Surakarta), 321–3, 355–8, 368

SOS Medika, 195

South Sulawesi, 50, 102, 158n, 164, 227, 314, 323, 327

Southwest Maluku, 135, 140–1

spice trade, 11, 13–18

Sriwijaya, 13, 24

Straits of Malacca, 113

Strategic Reserve (Kostrad), 27

Sudwikatmono, 39

sugar, 18, 288, 346

see also gula aren

Suharto

campaign against
petunjuk
culture, 358–9

and Chinese Indonesians, 290–1, 293

downfall and resignation, 5, 47, 214, 291

and East Timor, 48–9, 228

and economy, 214, 208

and ethnic tensions, 294, 297–8

and extra-judicial killings, 40, 222

and
gotong royong
, 362

government and nation-building, 31–47, 227

and international arena, 97

and Pancasila, 24–5

paternalism, 105

and religion, 314–15, 326–7

rise to power, 27–8, 359–61

and television, 108–10

Suharto, Bambang, 39

Suharto, Tien, 32–3, 35, 50

Suharto, Tommy, 44

Suharto, Tutut, 39

Sukarno

and communism, 24, 27, 290, 326

and economy, 214

egalitarianism, 105

and
gotong royong
, 362

images of, 300, 366

and independence, 9, 22–7, 227

and international arena, 97

and Malaysia, 26, 89, 113–14

and religion, 326

style of government, 32–3, 36–8

and Suharto takeover, 27–8

and sultans, 356

Sukarnoputri, Megawati, 52, 228, 366

Sulawesi

Dutch colonization, 18

rebellion, 24, 227

volcanoes, 175

sultanates, 356–8

Sumatra

Chinese immigrant traders, 287–8

Dutch colonization, 18, 288

ethnic conflict in, 300

geography, 251

Hindu courts, 89

illegal logging, 153n

and kingdom of Ferelech, 224

Koran-reading contest, 318–19

and religion, 323, 327

and Suharto takeover, 28

volcanoes, 175

Sumba, 55–90

businesses, 214–16

cattle raids, 86

cultural capital, 88

Dutch colonization, 56–7, 68

funerals, 77–8, 82–6, 251

hilltop villages, 67

megalithic tombs, 56, 59, 67

ritual exchanges, 73–4, 78, 86–7

violence, 55–6, 67–8

warriors, 33

sun-bears, 273–4

Sundanese, 356

Surabaya, 96, 215, 338, 346, 371–6

Surabaya Stock Exchange, 158

Surakarta,
see
Solo

Suyanto, Djoko, 337

Sweden, 221–2, 228, 237

Sydney Morning Herald
, 314

Syudhyoyono, Susilo Bambang (SBY), 53

Tadié, Jerome, 79–82, 215

Tahuna, 203–7, 209

Taiwanese, 286–7

Takengon, 176, 238

Tangse, 245–6, 254–9

Tanimbar, 135, 190, 377

Tanjung Pandan, 281

Tarung, 58–64, 66, 72, 77–8, 83, 87

tea, 18, 178, 346

teachers, 160–3, 197–8

Tekindo mining company, 196

televangelism, 318–19

television, 37–9, 108–10

Tempo
magazine, 242

Ternate, 173–5, 183, 185, 192, 340

Portuguese colonization, 14–15

The ROCK church, 316–18

Timor, 21, 89, 117, 135, 148, 205

tin, 18, 178, 288

Tinggarjaya, 354

tobacco, 12, 18, 178, 288, 350

Tohari, Ahmad, 354–6, 358–61

Tokyo, 30, 205, 211–12

Tolak Angin
, 351

transmigration and transmigrants, 36–7, 179, 227, 266, 270, 276–7, 284, 300, 340

tsunami (2004), 176–7, 228–9, 247–9, 257–8

Tual, 144–5, 148–51, 158, 160, 166, 298–9

tuna fishing, 204–7, 209–12

United Nations, 25–6, 228, 294

UN peacekeepers, 97

unemployment, 200n

Unilever, 374

universities, 160