{"id":1392,"date":"2023-09-10T17:47:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obserf.id\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:40:08","slug":"the-cosmopolitan-heritage-of-jakarta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obserf.id\/index.php\/2023\/09\/10\/the-cosmopolitan-heritage-of-jakarta\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cosmopolitan Heritage of Jakarta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many people would associate Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, as a melting pot of different native ethnicities from across Indonesia. However, Jakarta is also a melting pot of various immigrant group that originated from outside Indonesia as we know today. Tamil Indian, Chinese from Taiwan\u2019s Kinmen Island, and culturally-Portuguese Indians had left their marks in Jakarta as shown here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Freepik<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiva Mandhir: Tamil Hindu temple in Jakarta. A cultural relic of ethnic Tamil descendants whose ancestors came from India as colonial-era labourers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Personal documentation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Gate Foundation: A social foundation for Chinese-Indonesians whose ancestors came from Kinmen Island \u91d1\u9580 (currently part of Taiwan). \u201cGolden Gate\u201d is the literal translation of Kinmen \u91d1\u9580.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Personal documentation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sion Church: 17th Century church built by slaves bought from Portuguese colonies in India and Indonesia\u2019s Molucca Islands. These \u201cBlack Portuguese\u201d created their Portuguese-based Creole identity known as \u201cMardijker\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Personal documentation<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people would associate Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, as a melting pot of different native ethnicities from across Indonesia. However, Jakarta is also a melting pot of various immigrant group that originated from outside Indonesia as we know today. Tamil Indian, Chinese from Taiwan\u2019s Kinmen Island, and culturally-Portuguese Indians had left their marks …<\/p>\n

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