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Index

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Aa Gym (Abdullah Gymnastiar), 318

Abubakar, Zoelbahry, 234

Aceh, 220–49

campaign posters, 226–7

and co-option, 229–31

and decentralization, 123

Dutch colonization, 20–1, 225

foreigners in, 261

gas plant accident, 233

geography and population, 2–3

election campaigns, 220–1, 231–41

independent trading state, 11, 224–5

and Islam, 2, 221, 224, 232–3, 251, 323, 326

modernization, 247–8

rebellion and civil war, 4–5, 52, 221–6, 228–9

recent history, 241–7

religious moderation, 314

religious police, 232–3, 332–3

and transmigration, 36–7

tsunami (2004), 228–9, 247–9

Aceh Singkil, 189

Act of Killing, The
, 329

adat
(meaning of), 61

Ade (locksmith), 214–16

adipatis, 355

Adonara, 106–15, 198, 220, 350

Ah Hui, 291–2

Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam, 338–9

Ahmadiyah community, 338–42

AMAN organization, 275

Ambon, 16, 141, 170, 177, 299

The ROCK church, 316–18

Anakalang, 78, 126

Antara news agency, 222

Anton, Pak, 303–4

Anton (
ojek
driver), 95–6, 98, 198

Arifin, Renjani, 219

army, Indonesian,

and Aceh, 223–5, 228, 244

anti-corruption campaign, 223

calibre of, 139

dwifungsi
(‘dual function’ doctrine), 35, 304–5

and East Timor, 48–9, 52, 331

and Islam, 27, 331

numbers, 166n

and porn industry, 331

and Suharto takeover, 27–8

and Suharto regime, 40

Asal Bapak Senang
(ABS), 258

ASEAN, 97

Asian financial crisis, 47

Askiman, Pak, 306–8, 355, 358

asphalt mining, 178–82

Aspinall, Ed, 189, 241n

atheism, 315

Bajo fishing communities, 160

Bali

Hinduism, 4, 13, 89

nightclub bombing, 52, 314, 321

resistance to Dutch, 20

and Suharto takeover, 28

and tourism, 89

and transmigration, 36–7, 179, 300

balsem
, 252

Banda islands, 16–17, 21–2, 166–70, 175, 299

Banda Aceh, 176, 247–9, 257

Banda Neira, 16–17

Bandungan, 354

Banggai islands, 160, 178

Bangko, 265, 319

Banyumas, 354–6

Bataks, 251, 300

batiks, 3, 113, 163, 322

and hierarchical culture, 356–7

Bau-Bau, 179, 358

Belitung, 281

belum dapat petunjuk
, 358–9

Benjamin, Jon, 32–3

‘Berkeley mafia’, 39

Betawis, 333–4

‘Big Men’, 151, 153–8, 186–9, 364

Bireuen, 254

Bissu priests, 50

Bobo, Mama, 60–5, 67–8, 72, 76–8, 82–6, 89, 290, 315

Bolderson, Claire, 223, 242, 245

Borneo, 7, 175, 283–4, 293, 345

Bowo, Fauzi, 333–7

Bram, Pak, 144–5

brick-making, 289

Buddhism, 13, 315

Buehler, Michael, 164, 333

buffalo, slaughter of, 34, 76, 83–8

Bugis, 50, 102, 326

Bukit Barisan mountains, 245

Bukit Duabelas National Park, 265

bupatis, 124n

and corruption, 152–3

and deputies, 297

bureaucracy, growth of, 159

bus travel, 251–3, 354

businesses, copy-cat, 215–16

Buton, 102, 114–15, 198, 220, 358

asphalt mining in, 178–82

cabaret shows, 50–1

cannibalism, 296–7

ceramics, 288–9

chickens, slaughter of, 64–5, 70–1, 77

chillies, 11, 178, 350

China, 10–11, 17, 27, 178–9, 182, 287–90

Chinese Indonesians, 58, 88, 281, 284–93, 300, 308

contribution to economy, 44, 290–1

and discrimination, 289–93

immigrant traders, 287–9

and marriage market, 286–7

rape of Chinese women, 47, 291

Christians and Christianity, 52, 57, 117, 190, 227, 251, 298–9, 301, 320, 326

and elections, 334, 336

civil servants, 35–6, 48, 159–66

patriarchal organization, 165

pay, 164–5

uniforms, 163–4

cloves, 11, 14–17, 43–4, 173, 178, 199, 215

coal, 131, 178

cocoa, 18, 178, 199

Coen, Jan Pieterszoon, 17

coffee, 18, 178, 346

condoms, distribution of, 320

Confucians, 315

Conrad, Joseph, 293–4

constitution, Indonesian, 27

copper, 123, 178, 229

Coromandel, 12

corruption

and legal system, 307–10

and patronage, 151–3, 158

under Suharto, 40–6

crocodiles, 1, 259–60, 262–5

curses, 73

Danaus (civil servant), 301, 305–6

dangdut
music, 174, 186, 252, 320

Dayaks, 28, 35, 284, 286, 292–7, 300–5

cuisine, 301–2

dancing, 305–6

longhouses, 302–3

decentralization,
see
reform and decentralization

deforestation, 274–9, 294

Delsi, and family, 74–6

democracy, 25, 125, 152, 158, 232

first presidential election, 52–3

‘guided’, 26

and religion, 333–7, 341–2

‘demographic dividend’, 199–200

Detusoko, 94–6

Dharma Wanita, 187

di Tiro, Hasan, 221–2, 224–5, 228, 237–9

disability, 255–9

dog’s hearts, 70–1, 74

Doldrums, 10

Drake, Sir Francis, 14–15, 178, 183

Drexler, Elizabeth, 241n

durian, 173–4

Dutch colonization of Indonesia, 15–21

dwarves, albino, 1, 357

East Java, 28, 367

East Kalimantan, 129, 370

East Timor, 5, 21, 48, 52, 123, 139, 227–8, 230, 331

education, 19–20, 159–63

see also
teachers

Efisiensi bus company, 354

Eijkman, Christiaan, 97n

electricity cuts, 212n

electricity prices, 213–14

English language, 367–71

environmental legislation, 275

equalization funds, 129

equator monument, 283–4

Eramet mining company, 190

es kelapa
(coconut water), 100–2

Es Teler, 349, 351

ethnic and religious conflict, 293–300

extra-judicial killings, 40, 222

eyelashes, false, 366

Facebook, 3, 75, 111, 113, 313, 327, 333

Fajar, Doctor, 55–6, 66–7

family planning, 38, 62, 87

Family Welfare Union, 34, 147, 187

Ferelech, kingdom of, 224

Financial Times
, 314

Flores, 93–7, 106, 128, 190, 198

food and drink, 99–102

eating habits, 109–10

on ferries, 103–4

Ford Foundation, 39

foreign press, 313–14

Fort Belgica, 16

FPI (Islamic Defenders Front), 328–30, 337–8, 342

Fuckwit Factor, the, 32–3, 192

fuel subsidies, 213–14

funerals, 77–8, 82–6, 251

GAM (
Gerakan Aceh Merdeka
), 221, 225–6, 244

Gama, Vasco da, 14

garbage
see
litter