Towards a harmonious development between nature and culture on Walisanga religious site, Indonesia – learning from the best practices in Japan

Revisiting a Hypothesis: Tracing Early Buddhist Heritage in Central-Eastern Europe

“…The gopura gate represents the most outer structure of the sacred area around a temple (Hari Rao, 1967). The Cambodian Angkor Thom Gates (Clark, 2007) or the classical 'candi bentar' gateways of Java (Suprapti, 2017) and Bali are also very clear indications of entering a sacred area, most often belonging to a temple of the often-intertwined Hindu-Buddhist heritage of these places. Reichle (2007) argues that esoteric Buddhism and Hinduism is so conjoined sometimes that it can be very difficult to differentiate not only in Indonesia but India as well.…”

Tourism on the Island of Buton in Eastern Indonesia

“…Those efforts continue today, even among student organizations who are working to preserve heritage sites (MENA, 2017). Other countries, such as Australia and Japan, Map of Buton Island and surrounding islands in Southeast Sulawesi (Source: Ameliabd.com) are even involved in capturing data and sites surrounding the heritage of ancient kingdoms within Indonesia, such as that of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra (Premium, 2017, Puspamawarni, 2012Suprapti, 2017). Even as these efforts at heritage preservation continue by NGOs, there are still concerns about whether the government of Indonesia is placing a high enough priority on the preservation of Heritage sites within the country (Dachlan, 2015).…”