Indonesia is not only Southeast Asia’s most populated country, but also one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. But many people, especially outside of major cities, still lack access to basic financial services like bank accounts. Payfazz is one of several tech startups focused on solving that problem by finding innovative ways to give more Indonesians […]
Seven passionate record collectors are helping to preserve long-forgotten Indonesian music of the 20th century with their archival project Irama Nusantara, Indonesian for “rhythm of the archipelago”.So far they have digitised more than 4,000 recordings, which are being streamed for free on their website for a new generation of fans.The project’s seven founde […]
Jangat Pico, a member of the Orang Rimba indigenous people who live on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, was reluctant to say the name of the new coronavirus when he heard it for the first time.“In Orang Rimba custom, the name of a disease cannot be said aloud,” Pico, 24, said in a video call. “If we say (it), then that disease will come to us.”Superstitions aroun […]
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