In the bottom of this post, I attached an article titled “Japanese Minority Policy; The Eurasians on Java and the dilemma of ethnic loyalty” , written by E. Touwen-Bouwsma. This is another good resource to learn how our ancestors lived during japanese occupation, which as we know, one of the most terrible period in Dutch [...]
Is appearance only the most important matter of being eurasian? Does it necessary to have “exotic” look to call yourself eurasian? Eurasian has stereotype as people who have amazingly beautiful look, until the point one might say “you are ugly, how can you call yourself eurasian?”. There is one good article here from time, about [...]
original link. This is a very good article about current condition of dutch-indonesians situation in world-wide. (By Boot, Brederode and Krancher, 2006) Before starting this essay, the writers stipulate that they wish to use the term “Dutch-Indonesian” – herein Indo – since this is the most commonly used and accepted form in the United States. The [...]
Everytime I heard “Tong Tong” it reminds me to Pedagang Kaki Lima, the food peddlers selling their food in the street using gerobak. The term tong-tong is most likely an onomatopoeia, because they tend to make sound “Tong Tong”, using wood to notify their customer. Anyway, Tong Tong festival is one of biggest eurasian event [...]
Darah Ketiga means third blood. it’s probably refers to third generations of Indische who celebrating and reviving their Indo culture. This is the description of their site: Darah Ketiga is opgericht op 30 maart 2001, en wederopgericht met nieuwe bestuursleden op 1 januari 2009. Darah Ketiga is door de jaren heen een noemswaardige vereniging bestuurt door derde generatie Indische Nederlanders. Wij [...]
Last month, I read a journal titled “The Eurasian Minority in Indonesia”, written by Justus M. van Der Kroef, first published in American Sociological Review. It’s a 10 page academic journal, would probably bore most of people, but a hidden gem for sociology and eurasian enthusiast. The article was well written and described the life [...]
This is the community that started it all, months after I joined facebook, I saw this interesting group at facebook, a group dedicated to dutch-indonesians. Being descendant of Indische who has been living in chinese culture, I was introduced to a whole new world, the people who share heritage with me. Indische does not die, [...]