Traditions of Jakarta
7 traditions tied to Jakarta.
🇮🇩 Bali, Indonesia and 3 morePencak silat
Indonesia's many schools of full-body fighting, with strikes, locks, throws and bladesGame
🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia and 2 moreMudik
Indonesians head home to family before Lebaran, in the year's biggest journeyHome
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreLebaranHari Raya Lebaran
Indonesia's festive season of homecoming, seeking forgiveness and shared feastsFestival · Breakfast
🇮🇩 Jakarta, Indonesia and 3 moreRijsttafel
Many small dishes around rice: a colonial-era banquet still served in the NetherlandsTable custom · Feasts and festival meals
🇮🇩 Bali, IndonesiaTumpengꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦥꦼꦁ (Javanese); ᬢᬸᬫ᭄ᬧᭂᬂ (Balinese)
A tall cone of rice ringed with side dishes, central to Javanese ceremonies and partiesTable custom · Feasts and festival meals
🇮🇩 Jakarta, IndonesiaIndonesian Independence DayHari Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia
Indonesia's national day, marking the 1945 proclamation of independenceCeremony
🇮🇩 Bali, IndonesiaNational costume of IndonesiaPakaian Nasional Indonesia
The formal attire worn by Indonesians to represent the nation's diverse cultural heritage.Dress
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pencak silat: Agus Triyanto, CC0, source
- Lebaran: Nurudin Jauhari, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mudik: Arie Basuki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- National costume of Indonesia: President of Indonesia, Public domain, source
- Rijsttafel: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tumpeng: brother-harahap, CC BY 2.0, source
- Indonesian Independence Day: Betari Ratih, CC BY-SA 2.0, source