WHEW. Sheesh 38 provinces. That's quite a lot! Thanks to all the Indonesian geograpeeps that helped / are featured in this video! Also...... Hehe, "Fakfak" ....ENJOY!

@augustinensamuel_321

4 ай бұрын

The Village of papua island .

@kxy2013

4 ай бұрын

I just came back from Indonesia to Malaysia on the 17th i went to Bali

@user-nl7gt4zx5p

4 ай бұрын

Indonesian: Aku Di Sumon Oleh Kamu Geography Now Gara2 Aku Orang Indo English:I Am Sommend By You Geography Now Cuz I Am Indonesia

@augustinensamuel_321

4 ай бұрын

@@user-nl7gt4zx5p aku juga orang Indonesia juga bang

@lastaccount5536

4 ай бұрын

Too many provinces actually and it's still growing.

Even just still in one country, Indonesians always experience culture shock when visiting different cities because each cities has their own unique culture, dialect, food ect 😅

@PROVOCATEURSK

4 ай бұрын

But they all want to end an apostate.

@wahyuukrs9851

4 ай бұрын

​​​​​​​​@@PROVOCATEURSKIndonesia is unique nation, an unitary republic country with federation style, according in our constitution we adhere the principles of centralization & decentralization, every provinces have own regional autonomy system (otonomi daerah) which is every provinces have own authority to govern their self and still receive the state funds from the central government (Jakarta) for development. Certain provinces such as Aceh, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and all provinces in Papua are given special/privilege autonomous status (otonomi khusus/istimewa) so they have their own authority, constitution and government more flexible than another provinces and receive more funds than others to boost the development, to preserve the culture, etc, if you have been in Indonesia you will know this fact

@richarddawkins4607

4 ай бұрын

@@wahyuukrs9851 they are the same, mosly arabswannabe

@hauzan3456

4 ай бұрын

As a Malang native who neighbors Madura-dominant cities (Surabaya, Probolinggo, Situbondo), the stark contrast of urban Malang lifestyle and agricultural & traditional Madurese diaspora lifestyle in East Java still has me in awe.

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

@@richarddawkins4607 bootleg muslims😂

Thank you for making this and clarifying "there's no one type of Indonesian". As a multi-ethnic Indonesian born and raised in Bandung, with a Sundanese dad from Tasik and a half Malay & Chinese mom from Palembang, the struggle I faced when foreigners asked what Indonesia's culture is like is real. Growing up in multiple cultures, languages & even cuisines, it's like which one am I supposed to tell them. Or when they ask me something about a certain region in Indonesia and I tell them I don't know, the amount of "Aren't you Indonesian" or "Shouldn't you know since you're Indonesian from Indonesia" and I just died a little inside. It's almost like having an identity crisis of "am I a fake Indonesian because I don't know every single detail of our hundreds of different cultures?". Anyways, I love my diverse country and people and will forever be proud to call myself Indonesian :')

@kunderemp

4 ай бұрын

At least you were born in multi ethnic family. I was born in Javanese family but I hardly have Javanese characteristic since I grew up in Jakarta, the multi-ethnic city. When I studied in Yogyakarta, I found how non-Java I was.

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

They are not even that different cultures both Sundanese and Malays culturally influenced by Javanese like most of the western Indonesia ethnic groups.

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

@@kunderemp Jayakarta was established by Javanese goverment in the time of Banten sultanate which the sole purpose to imitate a most famouse western Java port by the name of Sunda kelapa. This Jakarta place should have been a Javanesised city.

@kunderemp

4 ай бұрын

@@davidivory3234 Amazing. There are so many things wrong in your last sentence. It just prove that you have no idea about Sunda, Jakarta, Betawi, Javanese, or Melayu. And before you defend yourself, I grew up in Jakarta, spent my holidays in Bandung (Sunda), studied in Yogya after my high school, spent times in the border of Java and Sunda during college holiday.

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

@@kunderemp Betawi are actually Javanese speaking people in origin some places in Betawi society is a merged community of foreign origins such as Chinese, India, Arab and local Sunda. The reason they speak Malay because the Dutch implied Malay Johor as the Batavia official language and throughout Dutch East Indie and British East Indie this is the time when Malay language becomes wide spread. Sundayana (Pajajaran) lost battle to Demak and Demak vassalage states of Cirebon and Banten hence the nothern coastal West Java are mostly Javanese speaking people in their old dialect form.

fun facts: several Indonesian kingdoms once received status as special regions because of their services in helping Indonesian independence, such as Kutai, Surakarta Hadiningrat, etc. Unfortunately, only Yogyakarta remains as a special region, the only region in Indonesia that adheres to a monarchy system,and before becoming a unitary state, Indonesia had the status of a federal state.

@ah5904

2 ай бұрын

You need to check our history well. Indonesia independence was on 17th August 1945, NOT 1949. From the first declaration of Indonesia. *INDONESIA ADOPT UNITARY STATE* . It even STATED in our UUD/Constitution 1945. The federation state was MADE by DUTCH to dividing and pitting the Indonesian. Thankfully, this is not last long bcs many federation states leaders and the people don't really want *FEDERAL STATUS* so on 17th August 1950. They declared *REUNIFICATION* of The Unitary of Republic of Indonesia. Exactly in time with Indonesia Independence ceremonial!

@Ardianto25

Ай бұрын

​@@ah59041949. 1945 Independence only propaganda so Indonesia doesn't look their independence as a gift, but de facto and de jure.. 1949.

I like how Indonesia is a transition zone between Australia/Melanesia and Southeast Asia. Can be seen in the wildlife, plants, and people as well.

@peachnaise5221

4 ай бұрын

yes Australia is actually the same as the Melanesian race, when people from Europe came there and took over and called the native Australians animals,And the fact is that the first people to come to Australia were Indonesians from Makassar. They first interacted with indigenous Australians

@abcddef2112

4 ай бұрын

@@peachnaise5221Recently they figured out not only makassar but they identified the boat type to be moluccan as well. Thats understandable basically people from around the area were visiting australia.

@WizardToby

4 ай бұрын

That makes sense as the pacific islanders migrated to Australia and the other islands from asia.@@peachnaise5221

@OkhyBonk

4 ай бұрын

it’s called Wallace Line

@WizardToby

4 ай бұрын

Yup goes right through the middle of Indonesia @@OkhyBonk

Minangkabau have a tradition of "Rantau" which when a young adult Minangkabau man who didn`t get any land inheritence (because it goes to the daughter, traditionally) sets out to any other provinces to find prosperity and stay there. that`s why they were everywhere (you can find any padang restaurant in every province), popularice rendang, and one of the setting for most of their popular story: Malin kundang. I am one of those men trying to find a chance in Bogor, hope i can finally get a job. wish me luck~

@KyotoGaijin

4 ай бұрын

best of luck with everything you do Uda.

@fadhil2831

4 ай бұрын

Wait so that the reason you guys are everywhere😂

@Tulus95

4 ай бұрын

oh so that's the reason you are in all provinces of Indonesia😂 Interesting!

@julianapadlan9996

4 ай бұрын

Sebagai Wargi Bogor Mugia , anjeuna bisa mendapatkan Peluang Pekerjaan(padamelan) Di negeri Kami Parahyangan

@richarddawkins4607

4 ай бұрын

java was pretty much like bali, colourful and rich local culture. but now more like a rabs than southeast asians. too many megaphone and closeminded ppl.

When Indonesia said the motto is "unity in diversity", they aint kidding! People, languages, cuisines, clothes, houses, cultures, traditions, musical instruments, flora, fauna, etc. So many differences and scattered over 18,000 islands, yet united as one! Truly incredible! Long live Indonesia! ❤️🤍

@anthoniusbudkay8538

2 ай бұрын

Nope

@brevorik6649

2 ай бұрын

​@@anthoniusbudkay8538wdym "nope"?

@ah5904

2 ай бұрын

@@brevorik6649 he meant that he's jealous with Indonesia bcs his country can't even stand united even tho his country have similar races 🤣

@imanuelc143

25 күн бұрын

​@@ah5904sounds like Balkan

@ah5904

20 күн бұрын

@@imanuelc143 do you mean Balkans are split bcs they can't stand united?

Timestamp (Indonesian name of the provinces in parenthesess): ===Sumatra=== 1:47 Aceh 2:22 North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) 2:53 Riau 3:16 Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau) 3:57 West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) 4:35 Jambi 5:07 South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan) 5:43 Bangka Belitung Islands (Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) 6:19 Bengkulu 6:53 Lampung ===Java=== 7:47 Banten 8:20 SCR of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) 8:57 West Java (Jawa Barat) 10:01 Central Java (Jawa Tengah) 10:45 SR Yogyakarta (DI Yogyakarta) 11:24 East Java (Jawa Timur) ===Kalimantan=== 12:36 West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) 13:12 Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) 14:06 South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) 14:54 East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur) 15:24 North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara) ===Nusa Tenggara=== 16:17 Bali 17:13 West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat) 17:53 East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) ===Sulawesi=== 18:59 West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat) 19:31 South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan) 20:06 Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara) 20:39 Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah) 21:06 Gorontalo 21:41 North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) ===Maluku Islands=== 22:39 Maluku 23:28 North Maluku (Maluku Utara) ===Papua=== 25:09 Southwest Papua (Papua Barat Daya) 25:57 West Papua (Papua Barat) 26:38 Central Papua (Papua Tengah) 27:14 Papua 27:56 Highland Papua (Papua Pegunungan) 28:33 South Papua (Papua Selatan) PHEW... ALL SORTED AND DONE

@LoveDiveChannel

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@uzumakikarin2226

4 ай бұрын

😊

@LoveDiveChannel

3 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@SetiKt

2 ай бұрын

You forgot 26:30 Fakfak

@LoveDiveChannel

2 ай бұрын

@@SetiKt Fakfak is not a province, bro. It's a town 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Love Indonesia from New Zealand! 🇳🇿❤🇮🇩

@runbulletproof5920

4 ай бұрын

right back at you bro 🇮🇩❤️🇳🇿

@darellmawitjere

4 ай бұрын

Thx dude 😇. ❤️ from 🇮🇩 too

@indorailfans2532

4 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@mcbchannel7173

4 ай бұрын

i would love to visit your country for alpaca

@AllenI04

4 ай бұрын

Love New Zealand from Indonesia! 🇮🇩❤🇳🇿

2:27 Hi barb Im from medan, north sumatra. I want to correct the population for North Sumatra, medan’s population is about 2 million and the province’s population is about 15 million. North sumatra is actually the most populated province outside of java. Additionally, there are more ethnic groups in north sumatra like malay, javanese, chinese, indian (tamil), and others. I, myself am batak mandailing, malay, and acehnese. Medan is like a cultural melting pot of batak, malay, chinese, and others. Medan founded by a batak, was the capital of the malay kingdom of deli, have chinatown and little india. And yeah sadly Medan is known as gotham of indonesia cause of crime, corruption, etc :)

@mapk1516

4 ай бұрын

Yes, Medan is a fascinating place. I'm from Jakarta and everyone here equates Medan with Batak even though it's originally a Malay city where the largest ethnic group is actually the Javanese or Jawa Deli. Also, hope you don't mind me asking this, but what do you think of Mandailing people who don't consider themselves Batak?

@maurits7616

4 ай бұрын

@@mapk1516 if u count all the batak subgroup as one, batak is the largest ethnic group but if you differentiate the subgroup then javanese become the largest. The javanese in medan even have a their own name, “Pujakesuma” or putra jawa kelahiran sumatera which means sumatra born javanese

@symkray64

4 ай бұрын

For real, I'm not sure why it's like that but I think most people just assume that North Sumatra is mostly Batak people anyways. @@mapk1516

@ajs787

4 ай бұрын

How soon do you think it'll be before a rich guy in a bat suit starts fighting the crime and corruption in Medan?

@maurits7616

4 ай бұрын

@@ajs787 hopefully soon lol

Fun fact! Nusa Tenggara directly translates to "the southeastern islands" which pretty much sums up our love of naming places by their location.

As a Dutchie this was interesting. We have many streets named after the Indonesian islands and regions.

@ParalyzedTank

4 ай бұрын

Well I mean the Dutch colonized us from 1800s to 1942 and that's why they use Indonesian names

@erikthehalfabee6234

4 ай бұрын

@@ParalyzedTank Yes, and thus Dutch people are very familiar with names like Lombok, Atjeh, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra etcetera.

@17meisha

4 ай бұрын

​@@erikthehalfabee6234oh wow, never heard abt it before! So awesome! 😮

@YataTheFifteenth

4 ай бұрын

Quick, how do you make the polders? Maybe we can salvage Jakarta.

@erikthehalfabee6234

4 ай бұрын

@@YataTheFifteenth polders are made by converting Sweetwater. Jakarta would have to enpolder the open sea, we've only once done that with a bay

I’m from Greece and I love Indonesia 🇬🇷 ❤️ 🇮🇩 . I went to Bali 2 moths ago and it was incredible! I definitely want to travel through the rest of Indonesia. Also a friend of mine was in Palangkaraya for the city mountain biking world championships and he had a lot of fun!

@halkerens

4 ай бұрын

We call your your country as "YUNANI" instead of Greece, so different isn't it? 😅

@runbulletproof5920

4 ай бұрын

Love Greece and its culture back 🇮🇩❤️🇬🇷

@ronzac55

4 ай бұрын

Great! Palangkaraya is actually considered the boring place, because of the nothingness there, but of course, natural and cultural aspects of it is exciting. fact, Palangkaraya was destined to be the new capital of Indonesia in the 60s due to its central location. It is one of the newly designed cities of Indonesia.

@bgsash242

4 ай бұрын

​@@halkerensthey actually not call themselves as greece. I think the endonym, or how they call themselves is "Hellas"

@kykale

4 ай бұрын

Which came from the ‘Ionians’ through Arabic

I remember when we had 27 provinces and taught at school that each province has their distinct traditional costume, musical instrument, and dance. Growing up, the provinces split every now and then just like you said, I always forget how many there are and what is the capital of each provinces. Thank you for forcing yourself to wrap this huge amount of information around your head. Even for Indonesians, Indonesia is too big, but they rarely conprohend it.

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

It’s crazy too because it seems like you guys keep splitting up every eight or so years into new stuff. Like come on, how many will you end up with? 😂

@andriwahyudani1302

4 ай бұрын

​@@GeographyNowhahaha😂 every year our population grow bro. So many people need government assistance, so Jakarta as the central power gave more power to subdivisions provinces who no longer had the power to accomodate it's people needs 😊 that's why it keep split up every year

@bimokresno

4 ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow the most likely to split next maybe madura island from east java because the province is too big and madura people is different ethnic than the javanese. but not soon because the now government already put on hold every 'movement' on splitting the province.

@crazydawn22

4 ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow ~ fingers crossed we won't add another province in a couple of years 🤞unless the new capital is finished and would be granted special capital region status

@rosyidharyadi7871

4 ай бұрын

When people talking about provinces, what comes first to my mind is "27". Elementary school topic that weirdly sticks on my brain eventhough it's not relevant anymore.

As a person who has an extreme interest in Indonesia for what seems like no reason, this further drives my interest in Indonesia! Love from Los Estados Unidos!

@SerGio-mw9pc

4 ай бұрын

Love to you too my American brother

@derpedfox

2 ай бұрын

Fun fact: There's a very short period where we are a Federal Parlementary state called United States of Indonesia

@Nabila_kam

12 күн бұрын

You are a sincere person and thanks for being interested in this beautiful country😊

@panadocoughsyrup

3 күн бұрын

Me too! Love from Sudafrica (?) I think that’s what it would be in Spanish haha

As someone who’s Egyptian and extremely loves Indonesia I see this as a huge win 😌thanks barb for explaining geography in general in a funny and good way.😭

@tadanarilee6003

4 ай бұрын

I wanna visit Egypt too

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

No thank you.

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

Sbntar lagi bkn hanya agama mereka yg datang mengahancurkan jatidiri kita merekapun jg akan merubah wajah kita sprti mereka arab bnyk berdtngn ke sini. Ini jelas penjajahan melalui agama dan migrasi.

@OfficiallyMars.

4 ай бұрын

@@davidivory3234 i don’t speak Indonesian ☠️

@peachnaise5221

4 ай бұрын

​@@davidivory3234klu orang Kristen gmn bang?

Yoo calling Medan the Indonesian "Gotham City" is wild😂

@naturallokal

4 ай бұрын

Tahun ini medan lagi viral dengan kesempatan dalam kesempitanyyya

@oktaviandr

4 ай бұрын

Wild but he wasn't wrong 😮‍💨

@TheKidWhoCallingShane

4 ай бұрын

Ya begal, penjarahan, bullying sudah lumrah disana. Wkwk

@abcddef2112

4 ай бұрын

Fact

@WOLF2JAK

4 ай бұрын

Habibi come to Medan 😁😁🤣 please bolt down your fences tight

Indonesia never fails to amaze me. One small fact: we share one ethnicity with Indonesia and that is the Sangir people in North Sulawesi. Another one: Ternate island in North Maluku and Ternate City in Cavite province have a historical relationship during the Spanish colonial period. Love and interests from the Philippines 🇵🇭🤜🤛🇲🇨

@gdottothegamer1001

4 ай бұрын

Also the Sama-Bajau people. They can be found in Indonesia, The Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei

@wenderis

4 ай бұрын

Ternateno migrated to Cavite around 1660s to help Spanish and Luzons from the threat of Koxinga of Taiwan. They brought with them their language, a beautiful mix (creole) of three different languages: Portuguese, Malay and Ternate.

@IErfanCN

4 ай бұрын

...

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

🇵🇭🇹🇭🇻🇳🇲🇾🔥💪 🇮🇩🤢🤢🤢

@satorisan6773

4 ай бұрын

Minahasan here! Historically and linguistically our tribes shares origin with ancient Philippines tribes. There was even a saying in our community that "our ancestors came from the far north land" which noted as the land beyond the Sangirese region. Though Sangirese might have more connection towards the Philippines due to its location and the fact that they had a whole kingdom, while our tribes remained as independent states before the arrival of Portuguese and Spanish. However, I noticed much of similarities in our culture and traditional clothing with the Ifugao people in the Northern Philippines. There are also many similarities with the current day Philippines such as celebration of Christmas (We are majorly Christian and we celebrated Christmas by September and usually ended in early February) though the modern culture might have just been similarities that we have as Asean countries

Hi, Indonesian living in Germany with Balinese heritage here! Thank you Barbs for covering the province of my parents, and to address the current problem they are facing - yes, Bali is currently really overwhelmed with tourists and no one does anything to cope with it. Unfortunately, while you are correct about there are other places in my home country worth visiting, it is not always easy to reach those places and tourism in Indonesia is HUGELY trend-based! This means people will go where people are also going. I recall last decade people flocked to Karimun Jawa in Central Java, then suddenly the trend shifted to Bangka-Belitung, then nowadays people are going to Labuan Bajo (East Nusa Tenggara) and Bali because the celebrities are going there. I hope this changes soon! As an Indonesian myself I highly encourage fellow Indonesians to not just flock at one place, our country is rich in landscape and there are more to visit than just Bali 😅 Greetings from Germany!

@newbabies923

4 ай бұрын

No one does anything about it cause Bali's economy depends on tourism

@prapanji9976

4 ай бұрын

@@newbabies923 he just dislike how over crowded the place is, not abolishing tourism.

@kaisar5450

4 ай бұрын

@@newbabies923 We just can't deny that the multiethnic Indonesians do share this one bad habit, lazyness. Udah keenakan dengan ekonomi pariwisata jadi ga ada niat buat nge-diversifikasi ekonomi lain di Bali. Padahal potensi Bali tuh gede banget.

@newbabies923

4 ай бұрын

@@kaisar5450 udh susah, karna semakin kesini semakin banyak lahan agricultural yg diubah menjadi tempat resort pariwisata, jdi mau tdk mau ya ekonomi utamanya dari tourism

@briantarigan7685

4 ай бұрын

cringe, there are 280 million people in Indonesia, do you ACTUALLY thinking that no one goes to Lake Toba, or any other touristy places in Indonesia?

Hi Barb, Tari Pendet is from Bali not Lampung, in Lampung they have Tari Sembah, Tari Sekura and the most popular Tari siger panguten 7:23

@lalutfiya3005

4 ай бұрын

And not to forget Tari Bedana.

@areumdawo

4 ай бұрын

scrolling comment section just to find this comment because im a confused indonesian lol

@yafiyanuarekasatria6181

4 ай бұрын

i think Lampung have Bali Immigrant. Could some Lampung people explain this?

@Raryrary

4 ай бұрын

​@@yafiyanuarekasatria6181 lampungnese here, there have been a lot of javanese and balinese transmigrants since the colonial era, but there are no sources that claim tari pendet was created in lampung. Idk why they say pendet is famous in lampung, surely those transmigrants can bring and perform their dances here but tari pendet is culturally very balinese (they are the minorities here, so there's zero bali cultural fest or something like that), and I have never seen any tari pendet performed near me, but I do see a lot of tari sembah and bedana dancers on daily basis though (I did bedana a lot when I was in high school, and my besties are traditional dancers until now) which makes sense, since that is the actual lampungnese dances.

@ladyyybugggitsme999

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment, I am a Balinese and suddenly I am confused ...

As a geology student, I would like to talk about the finding of diamond in South Kalimantan. So apparently, the diamonds that are found in that province is a placer deposit which means that the main source of the diamonds are located somewhere else. Until now, many geologists are still debating the exact location of the main source of diamonds found in South Kalimantan because the geological features where diamonds are formed (Kimberlite pipes) cannot be found on the island of Kalimantan. Some even say that the main source are probably located in Indochina region, especially Vietnam.

@StickyKeys187

4 ай бұрын

makes sense since they were a single landmass called Sundaland thousands of years ago.

@afl6786

4 ай бұрын

Meteor maybe

@waadalsafi2103

4 ай бұрын

wait omg this is so intersting!!! can you please explain more ? like why do they think its all the way in vietnam

@hagnier14

4 ай бұрын

@@waadalsafi2103 I haven't found any reliable refference about that but one of my professor did mention about the probability of Vietnam being the location of the diamonds primary source

@hagnier14

4 ай бұрын

@@afl6786 I think there's a very small chance of the diamonds are from meteorite impact since meteorites are usually made of metal element like iron, nickel, etc. and not carbon. Also, as far as I know, the only natural way that diamonds can be formed are the carbon molecules has to be under very high pressure and temperature, and also the formation of diamonds are located >160 km below earth's surface. It needs a lot of energy to make a volcanic eruption powerful enough to push all of the magma and diamonds from far below to the earth surface.

Fun fact, La Galigo, which is considered the longest literary work in the world, comes from the province of South Sulawesi. The most complete original manuscript of La Galigo is stored in the Leiden University Library, Netherlands. and also La Galigo is recognized as a Memory of the World by UNESCO.

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

Because La Galigo written in the 18 century an era where paper easy to acquire and cheap.

@fathirrabbany

4 ай бұрын

​@@davidivory3234The story existed long before that, over time it began to be recorded in writing, but because paper doesn't last long, it was often re-copied.

@davidivory3234

4 ай бұрын

@@fathirrabbany La Galigo is a sastra vernacular based and is not even from a real story but merely a legend something similar to the story of Hang Tuah in Peninsular and Panji in Java, and there is no evidence re-written and such. There is no evidence of writting cultures in whole Sulawesi prior to 16 CE.

@IDMarketer

4 ай бұрын

​@@davidivory3234from something that cheap (paper) became something special ❤ La Galigo recognized as memory of the world by unesco is special enough

@InformativeSolar

4 ай бұрын

Awesome

Fyi, Provinces in Indonesia (38) are the same level as states in the US (50) or provinces in China (23) or Region in Philipines (17) which is level 1 regions, different from term provinces in the Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam, in Indonesia they are equivalent to level 2 regions named Kabupaten, the number of Kabupaten in Indonesia is 416.

@NoreenAquino

2 ай бұрын

Ohhhh thanks for the answer that's been on my mind hahaha

@divinedragon17

19 күн бұрын

pin this!!

As Indonesia is the one and only SEA country with 3 different time zone in one country , Thats why time is rather chaotic here

@ar-rys6330

4 ай бұрын

It used to have 4 :(

@paduka23

4 ай бұрын

Yeah and we tends to ignore the time

@dadarmwn

4 ай бұрын

@@ar-rys6330 I think 4 is more suitable. Banyuwangi and Aceh is almost 1 hour apart.

@rps215

4 ай бұрын

There was a preposition to clean up the mess and make everything UST+8 but it was scrapped.

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

And also an unknown country

Even Indonesian itself don't know if we've already have 38 provinces... Many older generation stuck in 27 provinces knowledge back in soeharto era when the 27th province east timor joining the country And some 30ish y.o ppl still only knowing that we have 34 provinces just like the text book tell us

Papuan Geography lover here. Your tribal customary Map is almost close to perfection. Animha and Meepago region within Indonesian maps tend to overlap, however your map shows a better picture of that. Regards. 😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾

@abcddef2112

4 ай бұрын

He got most info on Papua provinces wrong though, except maybe South Papua.

a lot of Love to Indonesia from Bangladesh... I wish to visit Indonesia one day.

3:57 Fun fact: there’s a regency in West Sumatra called Mentawai Island. The people on those islands (the Mentawais) have a very distinct culture from the Minangkabau (those on the mainland of West Sumatra). The Mentawais have cool tattoo artwork and other interesting stuffs. You should definitely look that up! Also, Mentawai is a popular spot among surfers!

@ekamaulana5948

4 ай бұрын

Mentawai islands : Siberut island, sipora, north Pagai, and south pagai, and a lot of small islands

@agilmchadi

4 ай бұрын

@@ekamaulana5948 and lot of them are quake-prone, unfortunately.. 🥲

@SerGio-mw9pc

4 ай бұрын

Ah yes, Mentawai.. The Bali of Sumatra 😊

Wuuuiiiihhhh ............. thank you for that! I am German and have been living in Indonesia since 2001, and "even I" still learned a lot from your video. One minor correction, maybe: Krakatoa (1883) was not the largest ever recorded volcano eruption; this title goes to Tambora on the island of Sumbawa (eruption 1815). And another "smart-aleck" thing :) ...... the Ministry of Home Affairs occasionally publishes a new count of islands ...... so, currently -status 2022- they say it is 17,001 islands (not more than 18,000 as you say). But again, many thanks for this informative and entertaining video!!! Really appreciate it!

@v-alfred

4 ай бұрын

Wkwkwkwkw, the "wuiih"..😂 As Indonesian, you got stamp of approval sir!

@kaisar5450

4 ай бұрын

@@v-alfred no need to call them "sir"

1:05 Wait I thought there were 1,340 ethnic groups in Indonesia, alongside with 700 languages that scattered across the vast 18,000 islands. Also a fun fact Indonesia have the world's largest numbers of both Austronesians and Melanesians in the world (makes sense considering Indonesia's population of 280 million the 4th largest in the world). Another fun fact about Indonesia is that the Indonesian language is a madeup language created by Indonesian nationalist in 1928. It's mainly based on Riau Malay but got a lot of mixture of Dutch, Malay, Javanese, Portuguese, Banjarese, Arabic, Minangkabau, etc. The purpose of the language is genius because it means to unite the very diverse people of Indonesia under one language that's not in favour of only one ethnic group.

@dediisafiahlaksana

4 ай бұрын

austronesia, polinesia, melanisia

@Cx_Damopolii

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow! Excellent. A non-patronising rundown of a complex non-western country.

@abcddef2112

4 ай бұрын

It is still a bit...most info on papuan provinces are wrong except South Papua, which are generally correct.

The last time I learned this at school Indonesia had like 32 provinces

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

YOU GUYS KEEP DIVIDING!!! 🤣🤣

@PlatinumNath

4 ай бұрын

​@@GeographyNowwe do a little mitosis every now and then

@johnmaulana7027

4 ай бұрын

​@@GeographyNow Don't worry it will increase later on lol 😂

@abyandzulikramzainal7339

4 ай бұрын

Last time I learned it was 33, then several yeard later it's 34. THEN in 2022, 4 more were formed

@abyandzulikramzainal7339

4 ай бұрын

​@@GeographyNowthere will be more, maybe after IKN

Thank you Barb for making this video. I realized that Indonesia doesn't really get enough spotlight in the global stage. I mean we are the 4th largest country (population) in the world + country with the most Muslim in the world. I admit that we don't have a lot of diaspora worldwide. Maybe only in Netherlands, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia that have more than 500k Indonesian diaspora. I wish with this video, people around the world can know more about my country. Terima Kasih Geografi Sekarang

@teguhrinaldiputra6743

4 ай бұрын

love the Geografi Sekarang

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

Cause your country has no worldwide achievements that's why it's still unknown

@ed_cmntonly

4 ай бұрын

Geografi Sekarang 😭 no fricking way

@Lazuardhi

4 ай бұрын

It's probably be better for us to be still unknown tbh, since we still didn't create anything usefull yet for the world rn 😅 Invisibility = less intervention Plus we still recovering from the damage that has been done by the "new order" government

@hasinabegum1038

4 ай бұрын

Indonesian diaspora is small Compared to other countries with large population.Specially in The Western countries.

I am from PNG, but I learn alot about Indonesia from this video. Thank you very much.

This was such an interesting episode, I’m going to have to watch it a few times! Much love to Indonesia!

8:17 The magic is known as Debus. Some bandits are known to practice it so they're immune to sharp weapons when fighting

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining

@tumao_kaliwat_napulo

4 ай бұрын

This is what I love about Southeast Asia... We may have different religions and influenced by many cultures yet we still held similar animist beliefs... (Talismans, spirit houses, big trees home to elementals) conforming with the standards of our religions is only a current trend and some practice it to the extreme, is eroding our Southeast Asianized version of worship that respects our local culture...

Barbs may not be pregnant, but he never fails to deliver amazing contents for us to watch ❤🔥🇮🇩

@P121N6

4 ай бұрын

I like the way you worded it. It sounds as if there is a chance that he might be pregnant.

@osheridan

4 ай бұрын

Barbs is pregnant and he never fails to deliver amazing content 🙌❤

@quarterexploding

4 ай бұрын

I thought i only found this kind of comments on flamingo/albert videos, i was wrong

@huairen-mq9ld

4 ай бұрын

What pregnancy have to do with that?😂😂

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

Oh my damn this comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sending love from Tangerang! Thank you for making this episode!

You did such an awesome job informing us about Indonesia! Wow! Impressive work.

7:12 While Krakatoa has its own deadly eruption, in the island of Sumbawa, there's Mount Tambora, which produced the largest eruption in the world back in 1815 and made 1816 the year without a summer Regardless, good video ❤

I wanna add and correct something: 1. North Sumatra: Even Batak is the biggest ethnics group in north Sumatra. But in Medan it is not a case. Because Medan is Melting pot from various ethnics group such as Malay, Javanese, Batak, Chinese, Minangese, Aceh and etc. And also the original people of Medan is Malay, they even has a sultanate which call Deli Sultanate until Indonesia Independence. But right now Malay not much as before, because many Batakese come to Medan forom highland north Sumatra near Toba and Javanese come from Java when Dutch colonial era, mostly to work in oil palm field. And also because Java island is so populate. So right now Javanese and batakese become the biggest ethnic group in Medan. 2. South Sumatra: Palembang itself also sub ethnic of Malay. But become is different from Malay in Malaysia and Riau. Palembang language has influence from Java because Srivijaya founder is from Syailendra dynasty from Mataram kingdom in Java, that escape because civil war with Sanjaya dynasty. And from the appearance, people in Palembang and Lampung has some kind of Chinese/east Asian appearance, mainly because Srivijaya has good relationship with many chinese dynasties from Tang to Song. So many Chinese come to Palembang. Even most well known Palembang street food which is pempek, it's has influence from Chinese food. 3. Lampung: Javanese people in Lampung had come to Lampung long time before independence. Mostly come there in early 20th century, in Dutch colonial era. Mostly for farming. And also to improve the javanese people economy, because Java is so populated so hard to farming. Tari pendet is from Bali, not from Lampung. 4. Banten: Bantenese ethnic actually is Sundanese. Thie clasification to make Bantenese its own ethnics come from their history and proud of Banten Sultanate. But yeah Banten people still use Sundanese language, but different accent from mainly Sundanese language in near Bandung. 53% of Banten Province lives in greater Tangerang which still in Jakarta Metropolitan Area. 5. Jakarta has its own people that call Betawinese. Actually Betawinese at first is sundanese, but because Jakarta (Batavia at that time) is has become the melting pot. So many ethnics from all across Nusantara(Indonesia) comes there and mix their languange and culture. And then become Betawi language and culture as we know today. Right now mainly Betawi lives in the suburbs of Jakarta. Because their sold their land in Jakarta to migrants, because Jakarta has become so crowded and many people come to Jakarta. Eventhough right now Javanese is the largest ethnics group, but Betawi accent still mainly use in Jakarta Metropolitan area. And mostly the 2nd and so on generation of Java in jakarta, cant talk Javanese language fluently. Jakarta Metropolitan area itself has more than 33 million Poeple, thats make Jakarta Metropolitan Area become the 2nd biggest metropolitan in the world after Tokyo. 6. West Java: 14 million from 50 million of West Java population live in suburbs of Jakarta (BoDeBek), which include 3 cities (Bekasi, Bogor and Depok city) and 2 regencies (Bekasi and Bogor). Bekasi city which is the largest city in west java also located just next to Jakarta in Jakarta Metropolitan area. 7. East Java: Battle of Surabaya isn't between Indonesia and Dutch. But between Indonesia and ally force, mainly British force which include India muslim and hindu, and gurkha force. Some indian Muslim force defected to Indonesian force. Once they found out that their enemy was Muslim too. This battle was so brutal, and even killed General AWS Mallaby. 8. West Kalimantan: Eventhough West Kalimantan the largest ethnics is Dayak. But the most influence ethnics is Malay, they even had many Malay kingdom such as Pontianak and Sambas sultanate. Until now the decendant of pontianak sultanate still live in Pontianak. 9. Cental Kalimantan: Kaharingan religion is incorporating into Hinduism, in 2nd president era. Because at that time Indonesia goverment only recognized 5 religion (Islam, protestant, catholic, hinduism, budhism). So many of traditional religion and chinese religion had to fit into one of the 5 recognized religion. 10. South Kalimantan: Even Banjarmasin is not the biggest cities in Kalimantan. It has the only metropolitan area in Kalimantan, which called Banjar Bakula. Which also include the biggest city of Banjarmasin, the new capital city of Banjarbaru and town of Martapura (known for diamond town). The airport of south Kalimantan located in Banjarbaru. The distance between Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru is just 30 Kilometer, which so ideal to make metropolitan area. 11. South Sulawesi: Bugis is well known as good sailor. They even sail to Australia before european go there, and also until Madagascar also. Many politician in Malaysia also descendant of Bugis people, such as current prime minister Muhyiddin Yasin and former deputy prime minister Ismail Abdul Rahman. 12. North Sulawesi: Biggest Jewish Menorah statue also located in North Sulawesi

@rezaalan3991

4 ай бұрын

Also for number 1: Batak people known as Lawyers or Musician (especially Singer).

@hashfiputraza9850

4 ай бұрын

@rezaalan3991 It's not the case with Mandailing people. They known to serve in miltary or politics. If u consider mandailing as batak people

@rezaalan3991

4 ай бұрын

@@hashfiputraza9850 ah yes, many notable people from Mandailing take charge in government and military position.

@edwin77kviews3daysago3

4 ай бұрын

Wrong on the North sumatra, the largest ethnic group is malay, batak is the sub ethnicity of malay. Batak is NOT an independent ethnic, let's put that right

@hashfiputraza9850

4 ай бұрын

bruh batak isn't malay. malay mostly muslim, but batak not. and the culture also different. malay mostly live in coast, but batak is in highland. in batak itself has 6 sub ethnics of batak which is toba, mandailing, karo, simalungun, pakpak and angkola.

Thank you for all the information! Its crazy how diverse this country is!

Thank you Barb, Thank you, Geography Now team... this is a great video, I always enjoying your contents

On the island of Sulawesi there are thousands of megalithic sites from BC as well as hundreds of ancient paintings, the most famous of which is a pig deer painting that is more than 40,000 years old, making it the oldest ancient painting in the world

@abcddef2112

4 ай бұрын

There are plenty too in coastal Southwest Papua and West Papua can be seen using boats, though sadly no study yet on the age, its less well studied. Consists of hand paint and reptile-man hybrid.

Great video! If you wanna visit again, Yogyakarta, Labuan Bajo or Medan are great starting choices. I mean it's difficult to choose really. Because even for me, an Indonesian, i only visited a total of 12 provinces, and about 20 cities. Even for locals, our country is too dang big to explore. Cheers!!

@NFC792

4 ай бұрын

how about 10.000 tourist attractive, and non tourist attractive, should we give them the list from sabang to merauke? 😆😆😆

@kidlikecrow7426

4 ай бұрын

And Bandung

@ahmadfauzanbagaskoro7642

3 ай бұрын

We even have TV shows dedicated to explore many previously unknown places in Indonesia, catered to Indonesian audiences.

well I highly appreciated, and thanks for high quality content about my country. hope you guys all the best.

Hi Barb, thanks for this video, a great one for featuring my country again. Obviously, it must be hard one to be featured, but really appreciate for it. Thank you again so much. I am from Toraja, and I wanna talk about it a little bit. Actually, it is fun when some people know my place and commonly say that it is where people "partying", but for the dead (well it's not a party like usual thing, rather a ritual ceremony called Rambu Solo. It is actually a complicated event often occur in Toraja, so when people visit there, they will see it directly as part of the live of its people. Well that may the reason why this event become the tourist affection). Obviously there are other things that worth to be see in there, but this one is hard to miss. Place recommendation if you want to visit this country again: overall every places in Indonesia are recommended (sorry can't be specific because it is hard to chose as every places have their own uniqueness and worth to be visited)

I have been a long subscriber of you Barbs, since your A's countries. Btw, i am from Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi. Fun facts, North Sulawesi is a home for the cool endemic black macaques called Macaca Nigra (or local calls Yaki) and also the smallest primate of the world, Tarsier that is unique to this area. (Philippines have their own Tarsier, but if i'm not mistaken, ours is smaller. issa cutie!) and most famously, the living fossil of Coelacanth fish was found here! Also, Manado is well known for our tourism industry, mainly for divers. Our region is peaceful and offer high tolerant to diversity, it is one of the most tolerant region of Indonesia, after Bali ofc. Bunaken Marine Park hosts high marine biology diversity in the world with easy access and definitely worth a visit, we got frequent direct flight From Singapore that is served by Low Cost carrier Scoot. The entire area of the north Sulawesi peninsula tip is so full of beautiful diving/snorkling spots and islands, each with their own unique sea creatures and of course natural beauties. The Minahasan never formed a kingdom, it is the kingdomless part of Indonesia, and there's a saying that the our head is our own king. It is one of the most democratic place in Indonesia pre-colonial and ofc the first region in Indonesia that has our own representatives in colonial government called Minahasaraad in ealry 1900s! Besides that, our most well known hero is Dr. Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi, aka Sam Ratulangi, he's one of the first Indonesians that was awarded with a Doctoral Degree in Europe in 1919. He was the first governor of Sulawesi Island. Yes another fun fact! the whole Sulawesi Island and its attached small islands used to be one province when Indonesia Proclamated our Independence in 1945.

@rifqiabdillah_

4 ай бұрын

Dont forget to mention that N.Sulawesi is the only place in Indonesia that got their own synagouge and jews population that can pratice their faith “openly”, also the giant menorah monument and the christ statue on top of the hill just like what they have in rio de janeiro

@briantarigan7685

4 ай бұрын

I love north Sulawesi, one if my relative is a manadonese chef and BOI, the food he made is just too good I like Manado City as well, Megamas region and others is just superb, Manado City is hand down one of the best waterfront city in Indonesia

@ronzac55

4 ай бұрын

@@rifqiabdillah_ yeah it's full of roller coaster fun facts

@ronzac55

4 ай бұрын

@@briantarigan7685 food is so ingrained in every indonesian XD i think this is the reason why all the perantaus always miss home! What food did you like the most of his cooking? The only thing i love about the waterfront thingy is the blue sky and sea and the mountain island view. never taking it for granted

Finally, thanks Barbs for ur video abt the provinces of Indonesia. I hope u make a filler week abt the states and federal territories of Malaysia. Love Indonesia from Malaysia. 🇲🇾❤️🇮🇩

@advanceringnewholder

4 ай бұрын

Hello neighbor, and also sibling

@qhairunhaziq6402

4 ай бұрын

@@advanceringnewholder Hi to u too my Indonesian brother

@dadarmwn

4 ай бұрын

yassss do Malaysia next!! 😍 let the Indonesian know that Malaysia is also a very diverse country. even Malay is quite different to each other, like, loghat Johor and loghat Utara sounds like different langage lol

@runbulletproof5920

4 ай бұрын

Hello brother 🇮🇩❤️🇲🇾

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

Real brothers🇵🇭🇹🇭🇻🇳🇲🇾🔥💪 🇮🇩🤢🤢🤢

Your description of all provinces of Indonesia is spot-on. With assists from Indonesian Geograpeeps and some sneaky bit of inside-joke. However, many details I think is missed, so may I add it. 1.The largest ethnic group in North Sumatra and West Kalimantan is Malay, I think. 2. You forgot to mention Nias people who inhabited Nias island in NS. They're famous for their warrior armors, their architecture(even used as Duval's inspiration of "One Piece"), and the maturity ceremony by leaping a rock(hombo batu) 3. I have to add some obscure ethnic groups from Sumatra. Chiefly Mentawai(WS), Anak Dalam(Jambi), and Enggano(Bengkulu). Mentawai are famous for their tattoo pattern, Anak Dalam are the one who living in the forest and threatened by deforestation, and Enggano have the one of most unique language in Austronesian family. 4. There are Osing people also, in East Java. Yet another subgroup among Javanese people, mostly living in Banyuwangi peninsula. And that's it. Once again, thank you for the video you made.

@feisalthamkim

4 ай бұрын

Don't forget to mention Betawi, i'm half Betawi and it makes me sad 🥲 however, i can get that, and Pendet Dance is not from Lampung.

@LoversParadiseX

22 күн бұрын

No, The largest ethnic group in West kalimantan is Dayak

We are so grateful that you have created & uploaded such an interesting topics of Indonesia's provinces. This is gonna mind blowing all people around the world...!

As someone from East Kalimantan. I feel very happy to see another video featuring Indonesia again since the last one ❤🤍

Look, Thailand has 76 provinces and the Philippines has 82, and they’re so much smaller than Indonesia even if you combine the two. If you think about it, 38 provinces is not a lot when you consider Indonesia has an area that covers roughly the same distance between London to Tehran. BTW there’s so many factual errors, including by your Indonesian sources themselves, but thank you anyways for this video! Cheers!🍻 🇮🇩

@paranoya733

4 ай бұрын

When u keep the government structure smaller.. it would be easier and effective to managed so stay positive. NCR Metro Manila has 16 cities lead by 16 different majors, while DKI jakarta leads by 1 governor. To integrate transport system would be easier for jakarta than metro manila, why? because u only need jakarta government to do the job, while metro manila will require central government to do the job. Smaller structure may decrease the level of corruptions and save national budgets, no need to spend more money for government workers

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

Still Filipinos, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysians are related and brothers Indonesians are genetically closer to Melanesians, Papuans, Solomon Islands, etc

@kilanspeaks

4 ай бұрын

@@paranoya733 I can understand the logic behind your argument, I really do, but in reality we in Indonesia know that the creation of more administrative divisions is the way to create more opportunities for corruption.

@paranoya733

4 ай бұрын

@@kilanspeaks I never said it didn't 😁

@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057

4 ай бұрын

@@user-zd9cv6wc8hMalays and Indonesians are close to eachother and Filipinos as well, what you said is completely wrong

Ohhhh I waited and looked for this explanation. Thank you.😊

Very cool video - and I learned a few things. Thanks for posting.

THANK'S BRO, FOR PROVIDING YOUR REVIEW ABOUT 38 PROVINCES... GREETINGS FROM ACEH INDONESIA !🇮🇩

Damn, thankyou for your dedication to made this video. Indonesia is HUGE and you explained it well

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

It was so much information, lol I tried my best

@KLBjordan7

4 ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow another fun fact forgot to be mentioned. We are the 2nd largest country in terms of languages. While this is fascinating for me, I was surprised that the number 1 country with the most languages is actually our neighbour, Papua New Guinea. Lesser population more languages🙃

That's a lot of work man! But a really really nice video! Keep up the good work!

Hi Barb thank you for this video! as an Indonesian I learnt something new from this if you should come back to Indonesia, I suggest you to go to the Moluccas, especially the Banda Neira... gosh the nature is so beautiful there. other islands in the Moluccas also have beautiful beaches which are not known among foreigners once again thank you for this video have a great day

6:38 Actually Bengkulu / Bencoolen was swapped with Melaka / Malacca, not Singapore in the Anglo-Dutch treaty of 1834.

@riangiar1448

4 ай бұрын

i read that Bengkulu and Belitung were swapped with both Melaka and Singapore. but dunno which one is right

@fgtpmr1

4 ай бұрын

Yes also as part of the agreement, the British would stop any protests on the Dutch occupying Belitung while the Dutch would stop protesting British presence in Sg. @@riangiar1448

@kaisar5450

4 ай бұрын

it's both Melaka and Singapore (was called Temasik at that time)

@mnasrul

4 ай бұрын

yes. Bengkulu swap with Malacca. The British withdrew its opposition to the occupation of the island of Billiton by the Netherlands. The Netherlands withdrew its opposition to the occupation of the island of Singapore by the British.

I have been waiting for you to finally do the provinces of Indonesia and here it is about time

I just wanna say respect salute n terima kasih-thx for made n share explain content video every province in Indo sending ❤ n good spirit to you n all of you from jkrta

Seeing this video from Bali loved the reaction... Also eager to see the Venezuela episode ❤

Hi! I’m Minangnese that born in Palembang. So I want to clarify some of the misconception here as well as some more fun facts. 1. Provinces in Sumatera long time ago is more simplified. So a lot of culture is mixed. For example Jambi culture is close to South Sumatera but got mixed with Malay. Bengkulu culture is a mixed between South Sumatera and West Sumatera. And Lampung culture is mixed as well. Things like pempek (fish cake from South Sumatera) and Songket is shared with other provinces but with a little differences. 2. West Sumatera is known for FOOD! You can never come across bad restaurant in West Sumatera, otherwise they will be in bankrupt in a few months. And because of our Matrilineal culture, a lot of men merantau (exploring outside the provinces) and later opening “Padang” Restaurant. So our food is spread across nation and beloved by many. But still eating in West Sumatera will be much tastier. 3. Music scene in Sumatera is bang-on! Most Bataknese people gifted with beautiful voices. A lot of our singers is Bataknese. And karaoke culture is spread across the island, especially during wedding. Our aunties aren’t shy to sing a song or two. Minangnese-pop also well known in the community. South Sumatera also has folk songs thats sometimes displayed in our local tv channel. 4. South Sumatera nicknamed as Venice city of Indonesia. Because our city is packed with small rivers with Sungai Musi (second longest river in Indonesia) as main river. But because of some nasty dark past, those river is blocked off. But still there’s so many rivers here. And the main transportation used to be a boat (ketek; in Indonesian can means armpit but it’s just the boat machine sounds like). 5. There’s a unique wedding customs from a part of Minangnese people. The bride is the one giving money to “buy” the groom. This is only apply if both of them is from Pariaman. 6. In western we see brides and groom cutting a wedding cake. But in South Sumatera we “tear” a whole chicken. Whichever got the bigger side is the one dominating in their relationship. 😂 7. West Sumatera have well known dances. The one that the performers shatter plates and step on those shattered plates. We call it tari piring (plates dance). 8. Almost forgot about Minangnese flag in 4:29 😂. Indonesian on social media always jokes whenever they see those flags they acted like they arrived in Germany. But it’s actually Minangnese flag (marawa) that have meanings to it. 9. Sriwijaya Empire monarch is actually Javanese monarch descendants. Hence why old Palembangnese language is closer to Javanese. And 5:07 adapt to Javanese names. 10. This place 5:38 is like a hotspot during Chinese holidays. I heard they’re matchmaking here during festivals. And linked to famous legends about love story of Chinese man and Palembangnese woman. 11. Some unique matrilineal customs in West Sumatera. Every girls get their own bedroom but boys sleep in the living room. Once they old enough 4:27 they used to get educated in local mosque and sleep in there. 12. Minangkabau traditional houses can be recognized by how many windows + 1 main door in the house. For example the house got 2 windows and 1 door we call it 3 ruang. It’s always 3 or 5 for common house, 7 is like rare and 9 is for the royal palace. My dad side family has 7 ruang house so the house is preserved by local goverment.

@mapk1516

4 ай бұрын

I have a question about Palembang Malays. Do you have to live in Palembang to be considered Palembang Malay? Or can you live in the outlying regions of South Sumatera and still consider yourself Palembang Malay? I ask because I met someone here in Jakarta who is from the Dempo region but he considers himself Palembang Malay.

@rambutketiak

4 ай бұрын

@@mapk1516because it’s just too complicated to explain 😂. And the people who heard it just received it by it is. When they explained where they actually come from, most Jakartans won’t know where exactly the place is. It’s like when you introduce yourself as Indonesian to foreigners but they don’t know where Indonesia is. But once you mentioned Bali, they instantly knows.

@excelvalentino6972

4 ай бұрын

​@@mapk1516 id say yes bcus my dad is palembangese but live outside of palembang

@reigenlucilfer6154

4 ай бұрын

batak people also stereotypically known to have loud voices and very argumentative, hence being stereotyped as lawyers.

@hashfiputraza9850

4 ай бұрын

Lampung descendant here. I wanna correct or add something. Lampung culture and ethnics is different from Palembang People. Lampungese has its own culture and tradition. They even had its own kingdom whose name is Kepaksian Sekala Brak. Lampung ethnics even has 2 sub etnics, which is Lampung Seibatin and Lampung Pepadun. Lampung people and Palembang can't understand each other, when they use their own language. And must remember that Lampung had been conquered by Banten Sultanate, so they have its own culture and language that influence from Bantenese/sundanese banten people. That not the case with Palembang. So that is why I said Lampung it's different from Palembang/South Sumatra.

20:35 noo why didn't you talk about the hangul script used for the cia-cia/butonese language😭. but still thanks for making this video, you did a great job

Unpopular opinion but I think you can visit the current capital Jakarta to see the true face of our country. Not a very touristy place but lots of museums and monumens to understand our history and country better. But yeah it's got a lot of traffic problems and very crowded as it's the largest city in the whole Southeast Asia (the 2nd largest in the world after Tokyo by metropolitan population of 35,000,000 people). Fun fact about Jakarta, it's also the diplomatic capital of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) which is like the Southeast Asian version of European Union as it hosts the ASEAN headquarters building and embassies to ASEAN.

@afifalimnasution6000

4 ай бұрын

It is now the ASEAN headquarters, not a secretariat anymore

Hey Barbs thanks this coverage! I love this!

Visit every main land is a good start. u've done batam. probably get to Bandung, or Yogyakarta as java representative, balikpapan as kalimantan representative, Manado as Sulawesi representative, Ambon as maluku representative, and fakfak as papua representative.

@ronzac55

4 ай бұрын

what to do in fak fak? XD

@DennyMon

4 ай бұрын

@@ronzac55 baku naik

Finally! I actually have a fun story with Indonesian people, being a Latino myself. 🇮🇩🇨🇱 Jadi, pertama kali, saya orang Chile, Amerika Selatan. Saya sudah bejalar bahasa Indonesia selama lebih dari empat tahun (iyah, lama bngt njir) jadi sudah bertemu dan bertemanan sama baaaanyak orang Indo di internet, TAPIIII lama-lama ini saya juga sering dipanggil "Bang Messi". Alasannya, setahu saya, itu karena saya penutur asli bahasa spanyol dan saya juga orang Amerika Latin, yang terkenal (baaanget) dengan sepak bolanya (dan, sayangnya, lagu "Despacito"). Jadi teman² yang cowok sering memanggil saya "Lapi ngapain, bang Messi?" dan "¿Qué mirás bobo?" (Yg si Messi bilang sama pemain timnas Belanda di Piala Dunia). Itu sering banget ke titik beberapa kali saya memperkenalkan diri sebagai "gw Messi". Indonesia itu dunia kecil dalam dunia kita, tidak ada "semacam" orang Indonesia aja, ada baaaaanyak budaya, bahasa, dan fakta yg menarik banget sama gw. Setelah belajar bhs indo, satu²nya yg gw bisa lakukan itu berterima kasih sama orang indo atas persahabatan dan kebaikannya. Gracias indos 🤍🇮🇩🇨🇱🤍 TL;DR = I get called Messi very often just because I speak Spanish

@wahyuukrs9851

4 ай бұрын

Wah bahasa Indonesia kamu bagus sekali hampir mendekati native Indonesia, salam hangat dari Lampung, Indonesia ❤

@randomofknowledge4785

4 ай бұрын

Njirr orang Chile udah pake bahasa lu gue aja 🤣

@wiandryadiwasistio2062

4 ай бұрын

i envy chileans ‘cause y’all have magellan penguins and _local_ _Gymnocalycium_ cacti. indonesia has no native cactus species

@mayarisma51

4 ай бұрын

Gila bahasa indonesia bagus sekali sudah berkata(lo,gue,banget) keren 👏👏

@leowea7611

4 ай бұрын

@@wahyuukrs9851 Makasi banget bang, salam hangat dari Valdivia, Chile Selatan! 🙌🏼🇨🇱🤍🇮🇩

I literally loved the video!! An amazing way to understand the depths and hidden yet interesting things of this big and complex country!! Thank you very much Paul !!! You’re still many years on, one of my Top 3 KZread channels !! It’s incredible how can you keep up with such quality still, with such competition nowadays in KZread!! 😁😁

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, I really appreciate it

I'm from north sulawesi and i'm a minahasan i would like to ad that we the minahasan are also devided in several tribes each with their own dialect but we still understand each other. Our ancestors united the tribes to become minahasa. As for the traditional dance beside kabasaran we also have katreli and maengket dance. In minahasa there is a phrase I YAYAT U SANTI wich is a call for war that comes with the kabasaran dance it means a call for all tribes to gear up and defend the minahasa land

Hi barb! I am your subscriber from Jambi city. But actually I am not a Jambi Malay. My mother is Javanese and my father is Lampungese, but I was born in Jambi speaking Jambi Malay everyday and doing Jambi traditions. It's so confusing! 😂 But this is what we love about our country. It's so diverse and vibrant!! Love from indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

thank you, Barbs! I appreciate this video so effin' much!! if you ever go to Indonesia, pretty sure that you will be landed in Jakarta. to simulate travel the Indonesian provinces, there is a place called "Taman Mini Indonesia Indah", translate to "Beautiful Indonesia's Mini Garden". as a jakartan, I can say it is the cheapest way to vibing Indonesia. and for culinary stuff you must visit "Mangga Besar" area and Sabang street

As a lampungnese I know for sure that tari pendet is NOT famous around here, cause that is a very specific balinese culture (so, quite a misinformation right there)... sure there are a lot of bali-javanese transmigrants here but tari cangget, bedana, melinting and sembah are far more popular (and more lampung-y) than pendet. Also no mention of kopi lampung, tons of beautiful beaches, krui international surfing event, aksara lampung/kaganga and massive siger crown?? That sucks! but thanks for mentioning the tempraments, as we are quite loud and easily angered. Love y'all❤

@dadarmwn

4 ай бұрын

he should talk about kopi lampung and gedung siger

@Raryrary

4 ай бұрын

​@@dadarmwndefinitely, barb didnt even mention any lampung culture at all. Just a mere history and nature, and a completely wrong traditional dance. If he portrays lampung as land of carjackers/begals and unfixable highways, then that would be more entertaining, relevant and factual.

@ahmadganteng7435

4 ай бұрын

Agree.. I dunno why Barb say tari pendet is from Lampung.. I know that many Balineese is migrated to Lampung, but I never heard that Lampung claimed to be the source of tari pendet

@Raryrary

4 ай бұрын

@@ahmadganteng7435 I have never seen any tari pendet performed near me, so how is that even part of lampung culture?? but I always see the REAL lampung dances like tari bedana, cangget and sembah on a daily basis. And for sure there is no sources about that online, so idk how they managed to conclude that it was from lampung... Thankfully I could ask my besties who are traditional dancers about this weird claim.

@kunderemp

4 ай бұрын

Take it easy. Mistake is bound to happen. Errare humanum est, to err is human.

My conclusion to this as an Indonesian is, our country is rich in history, stories, resources, cultural and heritage, geographical variations, it's hard to compile all into one video and Paul has done a great job sharing this with the world. I am proud of my country and may Indonesia prosper and grow well ❤

ngl this video made me wanna visit indonesia 🇮🇩 😗 seems like a lot of places to visit but 😂 it looks beautiful

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

My job is a success then!

@louwrenstheron2719

4 ай бұрын

​@@GeographyNow💯

Medan is Gotham. Yeah, that's because of how high of crimerates there. My HS friend is from Medan, and she said "the center of the city is quite safe, the rest? Pray you don't get a problem." she said that after she lost her phone, motorcycle, money, and underwear to 4 different person in a day. I'm more concerned about why someone stole underwear.

@taufiknurmahendra6640

4 ай бұрын

i just want to say, i suggest to you to not knowing about the last thing.

Very informative video from a Filipino "Indonesia" fan. Thank you so much for this one. Of all the provinces in Indonesia, I really love these provinces: North Sumatra, North Sulawesi and Yogyakarta

@runbulletproof5920

4 ай бұрын

🇮🇩❤️🇵🇭 brothers, always

@paduka23

4 ай бұрын

Hello from Yogyakartan

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

Filipinos🇵🇭real brothers in SEA are Thais🇹🇭Vietnamese🇻🇳and Malaysians🇲🇾 Indonesians are more closely related to Melanesians, Papuans, Solomon Islands, etc

@runbulletproof5920

4 ай бұрын

@@user-zd9cv6wc8h Agree to disagree. Indonesians and Filipinos are both mainly Austronesians. Western Indonesians have nothing to do with melanesians 🇧🇳🇹🇱🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭🇸🇬 Edit: However we do consider mainlanders as brothers in ASEAN despite some differences in cultures 🇮🇩🇵🇭❤️🇰🇭🇱🇦🇲🇲🇹🇭🇻🇳

@user-zd9cv6wc8h

4 ай бұрын

@@runbulletproof5920 western indonesians are part of Melanesian group dumbo just like how Palau(which is part of philippine islands back then) is part of Micronesian group

I’m really loving these recent filler videos- I’m honestly excited for everything after the epic country list!!

14:07 South Kalimantan used to be the capital city of one of the biggest kingdom in Kalimantan, Banjar Sultanate. Yes, the term "Banjar" is used as a nation until Banjar Sultanate fell completely on 1904 to the Dutch. Thats why Banjar Language become lingua franca, because Banjar Kingdom teritory(including vassal) at it peaks was almost the same size as Indonesian Borneo Island.

Actually, there is one thing that needs to be discussed when we discuss East Java. Namely Madurese people (they're 4th largest people in Indonesia). Maybe you saw Madura from the picture of Suramadu Bridge in the video. One of the things that people might forget about Madurese people is satay (yes, that's right, it's a famous food) and the interesting regional clothes and the language which is different from Javanese people. Mator Sakalangkong (Thank you in Madurese)

@addinsalam5132

4 ай бұрын

Klan M

@rizkyadiyanto7922

4 ай бұрын

maduranese is also often known for the "maduramart" / warung madura, small grocery stores that open 24 hours a day.

@dadarmwn

4 ай бұрын

East Java is where you can find soooo many good food in "Java" region! IMO, if you compare the foods in Jogja or Semarang with foods in Surabaya, Surabaya is the absolute winner!

@kleanovodust-bin69

4 ай бұрын

​@@dadarmwnmostly because Central Javanese prefer sweet foods while the rest of Indonesia prefer saltier foods.

@teguhrinaldiputra6743

4 ай бұрын

I believe Madura should be its own province

Hy Barbs, thank you so much for the video !!! It’s really great to see a foreigner explained the beauty of our 17,000 islands and 38 provinces, which many not only foreigners but also Indonesian don’t really know about what we have in our beautiful country, and I believe probably many Indonesian can not name every provinces. I actually sent you an email to offer to help you with video, but apparently you have too many emails in your inbox. I am Minangkabau person who grew up in Bekasi that you mentioned as the largest city in West Java and is actually a city with mix of culture from Betawi (Jakarta) and Sundanese (West Java). The only thing that would have been a nice addition for West Sumatera bit is the mention of Mentawai Islands, a part of West Sumatera but totally different culture, instead of Minangkabau they have local Mentawai tribe with distinct semi nomadic hunter gatherer lifestyle. Mentawai also known for the best surfing spot in the world.

You are great at being able to explain every province throughout Indonesia... great...

This is crazy. Thank you for doing this, Barb. I learned more about my own country in 30 minutes rather than in my whole geography class😅

Like you said Indonesia has a alot of Islands, even myself as an Indonesian sometimes wondering "how the hell are we still a one country?" Lmao. Anyways if you ever wanna visit Indonesia again Barbs, i suggest you go to Yogyakarta for traditional sites, Lombok for the beaches (if you're tired of Bali) and obviously Jakarta for its modernization and there's also some famous historical sites there too.

@mcbchannel7173

4 ай бұрын

i’m indonesian and i also think that indonesia is a miracle country, with 1.340 ethnicities, spans from asia to oceania, and 700+ languages we can stand still in a one country with one lingua franca, the bahasa indonesia. it’s crazy to think about.

@bamantioindrahidayat1165

4 ай бұрын

Easy because Dutch

@KeRush2

4 ай бұрын

and the Power of Indonesian Ideology : Pancasila. That's the only reason we are still united in one Country 😊

@abyandzulikramzainal7339

4 ай бұрын

And have like most largest islands in the world. Each Island could've made its own country, but choose not to (well except East Timor which then become Timor Leste)

@abyandzulikramzainal7339

4 ай бұрын

​@@KeRush2also the motto "Bhinekke Tunggal Ika" which means "Unity in Diversity"

yess another indonesian episode. greetings from indonesia( i was also one of the people that emailed you about provinces of sumatra)

GOLLY WILIKER GEE WHIZ! Such an amazing video about the provinces!!!

Thank you so much for introduction our tribe and province i'm so proud of you, i hope all the best for you my friend ❤

as someone from lampung i don't think we are temperamental, we just sounded like angry all the time 😂😂😂😂 btw Thank you for the video Barbs 🇮🇩❤️

@richarddawkins4607

4 ай бұрын

too many megaphone, arabwannabe and closeminded ppl.

@JoeKhan_cgtg

4 ай бұрын

Maaf Emang kenyataannya gitu tapi oknum 2nya aja sih soalnya ku pernah punya teman orng Lampung

@WhDnnt

4 ай бұрын

Soalnya kalo translate jadi "begal" susah dan malah tambah masalah 😂

@aryw8634

4 ай бұрын

Emang itu kenyataannya,Banyak orang Lampung yg tempramental.. apalagi yg gak pernah campur sama suku lain yg diem di kampung gak pernah kemana mana,sama pendatang khususnya org Jawa rasis bgt, memandang rendah bgt kayaknya..tapi cuma jago kandang doang kalau org Lampung,di luar melempem ..beda sama org Batak ..klo org Batak mirip org Jawa gak pilih2 kerjaan & gak gengsian ... pdhl klo diliat lebih keras org Batak klo dipikir tp msh bisa diajak kompromi klo org Batak (itu menurut pengalaman gw)

@JoeKhan_cgtg

4 ай бұрын

@@aryw8634 mental tempe itu bang hahahha jago di kandang doang

I love how you explain about south sulawesi, even though you explain it very briefly. Thank you, barb ❤

GeographyNow always delivers 🔥🔥 i love your vids and thank you for making my country :)

Man, I love you. The amount of research to be done making this video must be hard. I subscribe to your channel

Sometimes it's hard to identify Indonesians or Indonesians culture, Because we are so diverse, too diverse. "Bhineka Tunggal Ika" ✊🇮🇩

Thank you for this video! Even Indonesians like me struggle to get to know each province in our vast country.

The coats of arms of each state are all amazing, such a rich country, Thanks for sharing the vídeo

@GeographyNow

4 ай бұрын

Love them, each tells a cool story, like the Komodo dragon on E Nusa Tenggara

@wahyuukrs9851

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, besides of provinces, each regencies and cities have their coat of arms too which are pretty cool as well you can google it or check in Wikipedia, just for information we have 416 regencies and 98 cities, even me as Indonesian can't remember some stuffs of them 🥴🤯

@DeniIskandar-fk8nk

4 ай бұрын

Most of them contain the images of "Padi dan Kapas" (A stalk of rice and a stalk of cotton combined together) which is like the must-have symbol in Indonesia-template regional coat of arms

I feel like these province videos give us a good glimpse of what the country videos would have been like (in terms of length/depth/detail) if they had been made today rather than years ago.

6:40 correction: they swapped with Malacca, not Singapore Also love Indonesia from Malaysia!🇲🇾🇮🇩

@runbulletproof5920

4 ай бұрын

Sending love back to you brother 🇮🇩❤️🇲🇾

@rizal_ngetop

4 ай бұрын

Hi hi sok tau loe bro... Memang bengkulu di tukar dengan singapura....

@uraijutha4088

4 ай бұрын

​@@rizal_ngetopditukar dengan malacca bang... ngatain org sok tau tp salah😂

@rizal_ngetop

4 ай бұрын

@@uraijutha4088 yang ada belanda bilang di tukar dengan tumasik (singapura) gak ada tuh belanda bilang tukar dengan malaka

@user-qs5wy2vt9u

4 ай бұрын

​@@rizal_ngetopBengkulu ditukar dengan malaka dan tumasik.

Wow finally my country Indonesia 🇮🇩 As Indonesians, let me tell other facts that did not mentioned in the Video Aceh = The most affected area during 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and they have many tourism sites to commemorate Tsunami disaster there North Sumatra = Medan also have percentage of Indian-descent people. Many of North Sumatra is talking "too loud" by people in Java Island. So it make them looks "Angrier" West Sumatra = Minangkabau known by Rantau (wandering) culture, They go to other city and many of them opened "Padang" restaurant which provides Minangkabau food in cheap prices. Bukittinggi is also Capital of Indonesia during Dutch Invasion in 1945-1949 Riau Island = Home of "Gurindam" or Malay Poem, have sea dispute with China at Natuna Sea area and illegal fishing problem Jambi = Have highest point in Sumatra, Mount Kerinci South Sumatra = Home to 2018 Asian Games, co-cities with Jakarta. Known by Pempek Food which have unique Submarine shape Bangka Belitung = Known by Martabak Bangka, and Belitung Island is popular sites after it was place for the most popular novel story in Indonesia "Laskar Pelangi" Lampung = Also known controversially by "Begal" or Banditary problem. In one time I have heard oral news that a truck which parked outside the house can be lost in the middle of the day and no one knows who steal it. Although for this story is maybe not true but many of Indonesians hear this story once Banten = Black Magic, it is also called "Debus". While the people who have this magic is practically "unharmed" by sharp things such as Wood block and Knife Jakarta = Known by Betawi People. Also popular as where of "Indonesian slang language" come from. For example "Lo" to replace "Kamu" (You in english) and "Gue" to replace "Saya" (I in english) West Java = Popular by Tea plantation, Many of Jakartans go there for just chilling in weekend which caused traffic moved to Bandung in Saturday and Sunday Central Java = Tegal area in Central Java is known for similiar "Rantau" culture in West Sumatra. They also opened "Warung Tegal" in other cities which also provides traditional home made food with Cheap Price Yogyakarta = In one time Yogyakarta has replaced Jakarta as capital city during Dutch Invasion in 1945 until 1949, Sultan gave Indonesian government a save place to works and giving "all of Yogyakarta Sultanate" money for Indonesian Government during Dutch Invasion East Java = Home to Bromo Tengger National Park with picturesque Desert valley with Bromo and Semeru mountain West Nusa Tenggara = Lombok Island is the home of Mandalika Circuit which hosted 2023 MotoGP World Series Central Kalimantan = in the past, Soekarno hava a dream to make Palangkaraya as future capital of Indonesia. Which also influenced the decition to move Indonesian Capital to Kalimantan Island Southeast Sulawesi = They have Wakatobi Island which popular among divers. Southeast Sulawesi also have Cia-Cia ethnic group with Cia-Cia language which written in Korean Hangul Script because the pronounciation is more likely as Hangul pronounce rather than Latin or Arabic script South Sulawesi = Also known as location of Centre point of Indonesia. Have the second largest Jesus statue in the world, Buntu Burake Jesus Statue And All of Papua's Province have autonomy status, which gave them more "independent" governance and special allowance in National GDP to boost development there

@excelvalentino6972

4 ай бұрын

mount kerinci is also the tallest volcano in indonesia

Amazing video. A very welcome information overload 😂

Amazing.. thanks for making this video