Most of the islands are mountainous, some with active volcanoes, and enjoy a wet climate. The vegetation of the small and narrow islands, encompassed by the sea, is very luxuriant; including rainforests, sago, rice, and the famous spices–nutmeg, cloves and mace, among others. Though originally Melanesian, many island populations, especially in the Banda Islands, were killed in the 17th century. A second influx of Austronesian immigrants began in the early twentieth century under the Dutch and continued in the Indonesian era.

Politically, the Maluku Islands formed a single province from 1950 until 1999. In 1999 the North Maluku (Maluku Utara) and Halmahera Tengah (Central Halmahera) regency were split off as a separate province, so the islands are now divided between two provinces, Maluku and North Maluku. Between 1999 and 2002 they were known for religious conflicts between Muslims and Christians but have been peaceful in the past years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maluku_Islands

1. Tari Gantar
Dance depicting people movement  rice plant. Stick depict pounder wood while bamboo and also bulk in it depict rice seed and place of him.

This dance famous enough and is often presented in expectation of guest and other events. This dance don’t only recognized by tribe Dayak Tunjung but is also recognized by tribe Dayak Benuaq. This dance divisible in three version that is dance Gantar Rayatn, Gantar Busai and Gantar Senak/Gantar Kusak.

2. Tari Kancet Papatai / Tari Perang (Dance Fight)
This dance narrate concerning a warrior Dayak Kenyah bear arms against his enemy. this Dance movement is very nimble, mobile, zestful and is sometime followed by scream the dancer.

In dance Kancet Pepatay, dancer utilize the clothes tradisionil tribe Dayak Kenyah provided with the armament be like mandau, war clothes and shield. This dance is accompanied with song Sak Paku and only using the castanets Sampe.

3. Tari Kancet Ledo / Tari Gong
If dance Kancet Pepatay depict manliness and strong and heroic of man Dayak Kenyah, on the contrary dance Kancet Ledo depict gentle a girl as one the rice straw soft blown by wind.

This dance is brought by a woman by wearing the clothes tradisionil tribe Dayak Kenyah and at both his arms hold the plume network go with the tide the hornbill.

4. Tari Kancet Lasan
Depict everyday life of hornbill, the bird glorified by tribe Dayak Kenyah because considered to be by theX the warrior and supremacy sign. Dance Kancet Lasan is single dance of tribe woman Dayak Kenyah the is sameness move and his position be like Dance Kancet Ledo, but the dancer don’t utilize the hornbill plume and gong as well as the dancer utilizing many low position and cringe or sit with knee touch the floor. This dance is more emphasized at is hornbill motions when flying to float and alight on to perch in tree bough.

Tarian Kacet Lasan

5.Tari Kacet Leleng
This dance narrate a so called girl Utan Along to be married forcibly by his parent with the young man do not be loved by theX it. Utan Along finally run away kedalam forest. Girl tribe dance Dayak Kenyah this danced with accompanied by theX the song hymn Leleng.

6. Tari Hudoq
This dance is done by using the wood mask look like the beast and also use the banana leaf or coconut leaf as cover/conclusion of dancer body. This dance sliver his relation/link with religious ceremony of tribe group Dayak Bahau and Modang. Dance Hudoq meant to obtain;get strength in overcoming the pest trouble pest of crop and expect to be given by theX fertility with the crop result many

7. Tari Hudoq Kita’
Dance of tribe Dayak Kenyah this in principle is equal to Dance Hudoq from tribe Dayak Bahau and Modang, namely for ceremony to greet the year plant and to submit to feel the thank at deity which have given the good crop result. The difference strike anatara Tari Hudoq Kita’ and Tari Hudoq is on costume, mask, his dance movement and his music accompaniment. Dancer costume Hudoq Kita’ use the long arm clothes of ordinary cloth and wear the sarong, is while his mask in form of ordinary human face which dotted with many typical engraving Dayak Kenyah. There is two mask type in dance Hudoq Kita’, namely made which of wood and the in the form of made veil of bead with ornamen Dayak Kenyah.

8. Tari Serumpai
Tribe dance Dayak Benuaq this done to refuse the disease epidemic and cure the nipped by theX people of madness dog. Referred by the the dance Serumpai because dance accompanied by the the castanets Serumpai ( of a kind bamboo flute).

9. Tari Belian Bawo
Ceremony Belian Bawo aim to to refuse the disease, cure the pain people, pay for vow and others. After turned into by the the dance, this dance is often presented at receptionist events and other artistry event. This dance is tribe dance Dayak Benuaq.
 

10. Tari Kuyang
A dance Belian from tribe Dayak Benuaq to dissipate the spectres take care of the high and big trees in order not to bother the human or the people cut away the the tree.

11. Tari Pecuk Kina
This dance depict transfer of tribe Dayak Kenyah the migratoryness of area Apo Kayan (regency. Bulungan) to area Long Segar (regency. West Kutai) eating the time through years.

12. Tari Datun
This dance is dance with tribe girl Dayak Kenyah with amount do not surely, may 10 so/till 20 people. According to his history, dance is is herewith created by a tribe head Dayak Kenyah in Apo Kayan the so calledness Nyik Selung, as sign thank goodness and gladness;joy of birth a his grandchild. Then dance this expand to whole tribe area Dayak Kenyah.

13. Tari Ngerangkau

Dance Ngerangkau is custom dance in the case of death of tribe Dayak Tunjung and Benuaq. This dance utilize the appliances pounder of the race plant which collides in a regularly manner in position level off causing selected rhythm.

14. Tari Baraga’ Bagantar
Ainitially Baraga’ Bagantar is ceremony belian to take care of the baby imploringly aid from Nayun Gantar. Now this ceremony have been composed become a dance by tribe Dayak Benuaq.

www.kutaikartanegara.com/senibudaya/tari.html

The Dayak were animist in belief, however many converted to Christianity, and some to Islam more recently.4 Estimates for the Dayak population range from 2 to 4 million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayak_people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimantan

Reog is one of the]artistry of culture coming from East Java part of and barat-laut of Ponorogo considered to be [by] town of Reog which in fact. Town spandrel of Ponorogo decorated by figure of Warok and of Gemblak, two figure which follow came up at the time of Reog demonstrated . Reog is one of the]cultural evidence of area in Indonesia which still very with things smelling strong spiritualism and mystique.

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reog_%28Ponorogo%29

Kuda Lumping/Lemping (Trance Dance Horses)

Among the traditional dances of Java are a number of trance dances. Kuda Lemping (or Lémpéng but often misspelled Lumping so non-Indonesians will know how to pronounce it) is one of these trance dances, in which masks for spirit characters and flat woven bamboo horses are the main props. The dance is about the battle of good and evil, with the horse riding characters going into a trance where they behave like horses. The name Kuda Lemping literally means “flat horses.”

http://peacemaking.com/indonesia/images/kuda.html

Ketoprak

Ketoprak ( Javanese of kethoprak) is of a kind stage art coming Javanese. In a bag of ketoprak, sandiwara interspersed with Java songs, accompanied with gamelan presented. Story theme in a show of ketoprak all kinds of. Is usually taken away from [by] legend story or Java history. There are]also many taken [by] stories from abroad. But story theme have never been taken away from by epic story repertoar ( wiracarita): Ramayana and of Mahabharata. Cause wait to demonstrate [is] not ketoprak again but become puppetplays of people.

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketoprak

Wayang Kulit (Shadow play)

Shadow play is Indonesia folk art, most off all expand in]Java and in eastside peninsula of Malaysia as in Kelantan and of Terengganu. Shadow play played by a puppeteer (dalang) which also become narator dialogued by puppets figures, accompanied by music of gamelan played a group of Javanese song and nayaga warbled by all pesinden. Puppeteer play shadow play at the opposite of kelir, that is made [screen/sail] of white cloth, whereas rear him flashed by electric light or oil lamp ( blencong), so that all audiences residing in beside the differ from screen/sail can see puppets shadow which fall to kelir. To be able to comprehend story of wayang(lakon), audience have to have knowledge of puppets figure will which the was shadow of coming up in screen/sail].

In general puppets take story of copy of Mahabharata and of Ramayana, but do not limit only with pakem ( standard), puppeteer ki can also play act of carangan ( composition). Some stories taken away from by Pennon story.

 Puppetplays of husk have confessed by UNESCO on 7 November 2003, as marvellous culture masterpiece in the field of story of narasi valuable and beautiful heritage and ( Of Oral Intangible Heritage Humanity of and Masterpiece ). More popular Shadow play in middle Java shares and east, while a more regular marionette played by in West Java.  edit]See also

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayang_kulit

Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 13th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in Indonesia. A chain of volcanic mountains forms an east-west spine along the island. It has three main languages, and most residents are bilingual, with Indonesian as their second language. While the majority of Javanese are Muslim, Java has a diverse mixture of religious beliefs and cultures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java

http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/irian/cities/jayapura/museum.htm

http://www.papua.go.id/ddppariwisata/ODTW/kab%20jpr/tugu%20mac%20arthur.htm

Cyclops Mountains Nature Reserve

Geographical Location Lies on the north-eastern coast of Irian Jaya in the Jayapura district, close to the international border with Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital, Jayapura, abuts the reserve to the east, while the village of Depapre lies 38km due west. Lake Sentani borders the mountains to the south. The proposed boundary circumvents the Cyclops massif, following contours, river valleys and a section of coastline in the north. Access from Depapre and Jayapura is by boat in the north and by road in the south. The highest point, Gunung Rafeni is located at 2°31′S, 145°30′E

Physical Features The Cyclops Mountains form an isolated east-west trending range, located on the contact zone of the Pacific and Australian continental plates. The reserve is characterised by a generally steep and incised topography, with prominent spurs extending as far as the coast in the north. This raised topography gives way in the extreme south-east to a more rounded terrain and eventually to a rolling plateau. The main massif is composed of acid metamorphic rocks, such as schist, gneiss and amphibolites surrounded by basic and ultrabasic rocks such as gabbros and basalts. Tertiary limestone outcrops occur in the south-east. Lateritic and brown forest soils are characteristic of lower elevations with thin lithosols and regosols predominating on the steeper upper slopes. Drainage is radial, elongated and generally subsurface, particuarly at elevations above 500m (Ratcliffe, 1984).

http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/pa/0880v.htm

http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/irian/cities/jayapura/sentani.htm

http://www.papua.go.id/ddppariwisata/ODTW/kota%20jpr/monument%20yos%20sudarso.htm

http://www.papua.go.id/ddppariwisata/ODTW/kota%20jpr/p.%20base-g.htm

http://www.geocities.com/biaknumfor/interest2.htm

Top of Cartenz with endless ice in the top of is the single natural beauty which in South-East Asia.

http://www.unisosdem.org/otonomi/oto-irian070401.htm

http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/east-papua/amungme.html

The Asmat Wowipit (wood carver) has a truly spiritual approach to carving and each piece made is imbued with the spirit energy of their ancestors. An Asmat carving can therefore be regarded as a bridge between the material and spirit worlds. The Asmat believe that their creator – FUMERAPITJS – carved their ancestors from trees and gave them the blessing of life, so from the very beginning the relationship of carver to wood is totally sacred.

Asmat territory is remote, not always easily accessible. A maze of rivers runs through the lowland swamp forests and the only way to travel is by motorised dug-out between the small villages that fringe the rivers. Accommodation is provided in traditional wooden longhouses.

Aside from local disputes the Asmat are now by and large a peaceful artistic people. They subsist on a diet of sago palm supplemented by fish, prawns and some fowl. They have a particularly strong relationship and regard for the human skull, hence the history of head-hunting, and particularly the skull of a revered ancestor. Skulls are used as pillows or hung as a pendant forming a potent contact point with the spirit world.

If you are of mystical, inquisitive nature, a visit to the Asmat and an experience of their lifestyle and beliefs will be very rewarding indeed. Signs and links to the spirit-world are everywhere. It should be stressed that the Asmat region is sometimes difficult and uncomfortable. There is a lot of mud and insects and any visitor should be prepared for that reality. However, if you have a real interest in probing and understanding Asmat culture then this would be the trip of a lifetime.

www.papua-adventures.com/asmat.html

tribe consists of a group of 1500 people living in the north-central part of the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya). The Bauzi area consists of much of the lower Mamberamo area in northern Papua. While the Bauzi people were historically a fierce animistic people group, they are now 65% Christian. For the most part, tribal warfare is no longer a large part of Bauzi culture and all Bauzi people speak the same language. In recent years, linguists have been studying the language and translating various literature, including the Bible, into the Bauzi language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauzi

The Dani people, also spelled ‘Ndani’, and sometimes conflated with the Lani group to the west, are a people from the central highlands of Papua. Linguists identify at least four sub-groupings of Dani: The Lower-Grand Valley Dani (20,000 speakers), Mid-Grand Valley Dani (50,000 speakers), Upper-Grand Valley Dani (20,000 speakers), and the Western Dani (180,000 speakers). They are one of the most populous tribes in the highlands, and are found spread out through the highlands. The Dani are one of the most well known ethnic groups in Papua, due to the relatively numerous tourists who visit the Baliem Valley area where they predominate.The pig features very strongly in their local culture, being the most important tool used in bartering, especially in dowries. Likewise pig feasts are extremely important to celebrate events communally, the success of a feast, and that of a village chief or organizer, is often gauged by the number of pigs slaughtered. The Dani have an unusual method of cooking pig, and other staple crops such as sweet potato, banana, and cassava. They heat some stones in a fire till they are extremely hot, they then wrap cuts of meat and pieces of sweet potato or banana inside banana leaves. The food package is then lowered into a pit which has been lined with some of the hot stones described above, the remaining hot stones are then placed on top, and the pit is covered in grass and a cover to keep steam in. After a couple of hours of broiling, the pile is opened and food is removed from the pile and eaten.

  The Dani language does not differentiate between any colors, except for the achromatic black and white. This trait makes it an interesting field of research for language psychologists, e.g. Eleanor Rosch, eager to know whether there is a link between way of thought and language.

Changes in the Dani way of life over the past century are tied to the encroachment of modernity and globalization, despite the tourists’ brochures describing trekking in the highlands with people from the ’stone age’. Observers have noted that pro-independence and anti-Indonesian sentiment tends to run higher in highland areas than for other areas of Papua. There are cases of abuses where Dani and other Papuans have been shot and/or imprisoned trying to raise the flag of West Papua, the Morning Star.

http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/east-papua/dani.html

The discovery of the Korowai tribe by the outside was even more recent than that of the Baliem Valley peoples, occurring as recently as 25 years ago. The Korowai populate the lowland rainforests of south-central Papua, a region that sits between 100 and 200 metres above sea-level.
 

Due to this very recent exposure to outside influences, the Korowai tribes are not as open and welcoming to tourists as the Yali, Dani and Lani for example. They remain on guard and suspicious of ways different to their own. This does of course make for an exciting and truly adventurous visit flying in by chartered Cessna from Jayapura to Yaniruma and trekking into Korowai country by foot and canoe.

The Korowai live in tree houses usually built between six and 25 metres above ground but they can be as high as 50 metres in times of tribal conflict. Stone and bone tools are the standard here – surely one of the last remaining cultures in the world which use these instruments as a matter of course. Any serious primitive art collector heavily prizes a Korowai stone-axe. These people also make heavy use of Flying Fox, Dog and Pig bones for body decoration.

They subsist by hunting and gathering in a similar fashion to The Asmat Tribe. Here are a people usually completely naked (maybe a leaf), fully immersed in nature and with no apparent interest in anything other than what they already are.

http://www.papua-adventures.com/korowai-kombai.html

Word of Irian is Following Republic Of Indonesia of Anti-Netherland.

Word of Papua alone come from Malay Ianguage meaning curl hair, a picture relating [at] appearance of original terms physical.

 In the year 2004, accompanied by various protest, Papua divided to become two provinsi by government of Indonesia; part of east remain to wear name ‘ Papua‘ while the west shares of becoming Irian Jaya Barat (Glorious Irian [of] West).