Njai
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The njai were women who were kept as housekeepers, companions, and concubines in the Dutch East Indies. In the Javanese language, the word nyai meant "sister", but the term later took a more specific
Poster for Njai Dasima (1929)
A Dutch man named Van der Velden with his Njai and their daughter.
Indo people
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The Indo people or Indos are Eurasian people living in or connected with Indonesia. In its narrowest sense, the term refers to people in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but
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…marriage between Dutchmen and indigenous women, who were thought to be less greedy and less likely to ask their husbands to leave the Indies. The Eurasian daughters of these marriages proved to be popular targets of affections, as marriage to one could help men improve their social position. Many men…
Indo public figure Ernst Jansz, Pamela Pattynama, and the Dutch writer Ruebsamen at a literary symposium at the Tong Tong Fair in 2011
Dance group Kurung Kurung from Leiden
Dutch Batavia built in what is now Jakarta, by Andries Beeckman c. 1656
Dutch church or 'Kruiskerk' in Batavia c. 1682