Portal:Indonesia/Did you know

... that the westernmost island of Indonesia, Weh Island, is the only known habitat of the threatened toad species, Bufo valhallae, according to IUCN list? The island is also known for its coral reef and the 21st finding of the rare and unusual megamouth shark (picture) in 2004.
... that one possible origin of the name of Krakatau is based on a linguistic misinterpretation of kaga' tau; meaning I don't know in Betawi language. Once, a captain ship asked a local inhabitant the island's name, and he replied "kaga' tau!".
... that there is a lake called Kelimutu Lake or Danau Tiga Warna (three colors lake) in East Nusa Tenggara? It has three colors and changes periodically every year.
... that Abangan literally means red in English, a term coined by Clifford Geertz to refer to Javanese Muslims who practice syncretism as a result of mixture between Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Animism traditions.
... that the Bugis, a sea-faring people of Southern Sulawesi, were trading with Aboriginal people of Northern Australia long before European colonists arrived in the area. The products of the forest and sea that they brought back were avidly sought after in the markets of Asia, where they were bartered for opium, silk, cotton, firearms and gunpowder.