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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Hundreds of protesters, including Indigenous and coastal youth from Karossa, Pasangkayu and Kalukku, rallied on May 5 at the West Sulawesi governor ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: Sulawesi Is the Island That Keeps Earth’s Most Ancient Secrets Alive
Sulawesi, Indonesia, is a spectacular and singular place, blurring the boundaries between myth and ecology. This mountainous island is home to some of the most majestic and ancient sights on the ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise. It's left residents on edge
BUDONG-BUDONG – Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready to brave a reenactment.
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: Hand stencils in Indonesian cave are world’s oldest known artworks
Rock art found in Indonesia dates to at least 67,800 years ago, representing the earliest known cave art made by humans. These findings provide insights into the movement and cultural lives of ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi
When we think of the world’s oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the birthplace of symbolic human culture. But new ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: Growing demand for patchouli oil is driving the industry in Indonesia, but at what cost?
SIMBORO, Indonesia — Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried patchouli plants, stoking the boiler with firewood, ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: Wallacea is a living laboratory of Earth’s evolution – and its wildlife, forests and reefs will be devastated unless we all act
This article is part of a series of analyses presented by The Conversation Indonesia to celebrate the 2023 Wallacea Science Symposium at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » Culture: The world’s oldest rock art discovered in Indonesia
The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...