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Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesia’s capital reflects a world of contrasts: opulent and needy, modern and ancient, charming and hideous. Gamelan music and shadow puppets continue to spiritedly entertain, and monuments personify the people’s hope for a prosperous future. |
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Archaeological findings trace the history of modern-day Jakarta back to the fifth century. The ancient monument at Tanjung Priok Port (close to Cilincing Coastline) disclosed that by the 16th century, it became a thriving port city known as Sunda... [ more ] |
| Jakarta is a world-class culinary hybrid where ethnic Indonesian and global influences come together to produce diversity and a spectrum of intercontinental fusion foods with a local twist. As the capital of a developing, predominantly Muslim... [ more ] |
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