Culture of Indonesia

Hello my fellow readers!

Culture is defined as "the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour that characterize and inform society as a whole or any social group within it". Like I have said in my previous post, Indonesia is rich in culture as it is being influenced by those early settlers from middle east and Europe due to the importance of its geographical location which served as an important trading route. Due to this it has resulted in many culture fusion like for example in Singapore's context would be the Eurasians. As for Indonesia it is the Abangan, Kaharingan and the Bodha. Their culture is most influenced by the framework of Hinduism.

Being a Muslim country, Indonesia culture is more conservative as the people are bounded by their religion which is Islam. A mix of culture Indonesia has due to the wide spectrum of ethnic groups. However because it is a Muslim country, there are some restrictions or things that should be respected like drinking and gambling which is forbidden in the religion. Drinking alcoholic beverage is not forbidden there but should be consumed not in front of a local.

Personally I have been there myself as my grandfather's relative are still there and to me the culture of Indonesia is that anyone despite race or religion are welcomed with open arms by the locals. Indonesians love to interact with foreigners as many of them are poor and not able to travel abroad. Therefore, the closest they could get is through the visitors.

The culture spread in Indonesia is all over the country like for example Bali where their culture is more influenced by the Buddhist culture. Therefore I personally feel that he culture of Indonesia is very diversified and the country is rich in culture.