Exotic Nusantara, Uniquely Indonesia

Indonesian Archipelago, South East Asia, consists of thousands islands. Of course, it has various arts and cultures.
Not only in Bali (An island in Indonesia), each area in Indonesia has its uniqueness.

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- Javanese Wooden Batik
- Spirtuality in Javanese Fable Story
- Tumpeng: Nusantarian Expression of Gratitude
- Folktales from Indonesia
- Astabrata Leadership
- Mimi and Mintuno: Javanese Symbol of Harmonious Marriage

Cat in Java

Cats are the animals which can survive and live with human beings. Since Ancient Egypt, they have became our friends. In many cultures, people respect cats. In Japanese tradition, cat ( manekineko) is symbol of luck.

In Java, even if there are many cats without masters or many people do not care about cats, people respect cat because the saints love cats and people will get bad karma if they kill the cats.

If someone's vehicle hits a cat, he will bury the cat or in the village tradition, they will conduct circle prayer for the cat's death.

I love the cat, not because of magical power or luck charm. I love cat because they are warm, friendly, funny.

I have fable story about : A Deaf Cat with Blue eyes

It is not traditional story but it can be inspirational.

An Exotic Blades Story: Flash Fiction

Keris is exotic blade from Indonesia. People not only use it as weapon but also as amulet. Keris is used in traditional ceremony. Some people belief that it has magical power.

Some Javanese believe that if single man has a dream of finding keris's sheath and insert the keris blade to the sheath, they will meet their soul mate soon.

This picture is taken from http://sundakiwari.wordpress.com

Kujang is Sundanese traditional weapon from West Java, Indonesia. People believe that it has magical power.


















This picture of Kujang is taken from budayaindonesia.org

Read short fable story/ fable flash fiction in which the blades become the characters. Kujang, Keris, Katana, Rapier become the character in this story.

Read Blade Story: Blade Looking for Sheath