KEBAYA
Kebaya is a traditional blouse-dress combination worn by women in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,
Burma, Singapore, southern Thailand. It is sometimes made from sheer material and usually worn with
asarongor batikkain panjang, or other traditional woven garment such as ikat, songket with a colorful motif.
The kebaya is the national costume of Indonesia, although it is more accurately endemic to Javanese, Sudanese
and Balinese people.Kebaya is inspired from Arab region clothing the Arabic word abaya means clothing. There are two
main varieties. The blouse, known as baju kebaya may be of two main form: the semi-transparent straighter cut blouse
of the Java, Bali and the more tightly tailored Sunda kebaya and the more Islamic compatible, plainer baju kurung is a
loose-fitting, knee-length long-sleeved blouse worn in the more adherent Muslim areas- including former Kingdom of
Johor-Riau (now Malaysia), Sumatra and parts of coastal Java. – Rika Rachmita Sujatma
TAMAN BUNGA NUSANTRA
Taman Bunga Nusantara is a flower
garden that located near Mount
Gede Pangrango and Tea Garden.Along the road to the
park we can see plants sellers on the roadside.Taman
Bunga Nusantara inaugurated by President
Suharto on 10 September 1995.The park has a
total area of 23 hectares which consists of a
wide variety of plants and flowers from all over the
world. –Kezia Bella
KELUD VOLCANO
Indonesia has many volcanoes that include Pacific Ring
Of Fire. Such as Merapi, Kratatoa, Kelud, Semeru,
Mahameru, and many more. Kelud is a volcano that
located on East Java, Indonesia. Like others volcanoes,
Kelud has large explosive eruption. Yesterday, especially
on Thursday 13rd February 2014, Kelud erupt again. The
eruption happen at 10:30 pm according to some source.
The volcanic ash covered Yogyakarta, also Malang,
Boyolali at Central Java. Last information, there are 3
victims died in Malang caused by their roofs are not able
to hold the volcanic ash. #PrayForKelud – Madiha
Shaliha
Creative animes by Ilmi Adhi
FACT FILE~
Indonesia is actually an archipelago of 18,000 islands. Out
of these 18,000 islands, more than 6000 islands of the
Grand Indonesian Archipelago are inhabited.
PAGE 13