I did not say that. But the Arab Indonesian still withold with their tradition the same way Indonesia Chinese still practicing their tradition. Some of the Arab tradition such as clothing, spices, music etc. have been absorbed into local tradition.
All of the above. But if you want to define them with the things above, I think I am is an Indonesian Arab too, with the exception I don't live in an Arab village and I don't have Arab genes lolll....
Festival?? Why do they need a festival to show off your loyalty to background when you have villages in every city (big and medium) exclusively inhabited by them. You mau want to Google search "kampung Arab" which mean little Arab or village of Arab. There hundred of them here in Indonesia
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Actually the relationship between Arab world and Indonesia is far beyond the diaspora. The relationship is deeply embedded in the religion, culture linguistik etc. The diasporas are just part of it.
KSA gave US$ 150 million to Indonesia's Acehnese when tsunami struck that region (this is not to mixed up with donation from Saudi people) yet not many people knows this even to the saudis. While I am appreciating your effort to conceal your good deeds, I think publishing (not boasting) it is...
Exactly, I prefer safety over taste. And certainly the comfort of people should be prioritized over the so called "historic buildings". For God sake there are hundreds of thousands of elderly men and women travelling thousands of miles away, Some of them are accompanied by medical problems...
Among all muslim countries, only the "evil wahhabite" can do this. Thank you KSA. I will never forget the help we (Indonesians) had during the Aceh's tsunami., US $100 million hard cash sent without or minimum media coverage.
Very well said bro. Hope the next generations will be the better ones. I absolutely want to help the nation through a social movement. Politic is a big no for me for the time being. It is too treacherous.
Nice to hear comment from ministry of energy and mineral resources today that express his...