Blora Regency
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Blora is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in the northeastern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is Blora.
A mystical religious sect, Saminism, rose from Blora, and gained prominence in the early 20th century. Headed by a Javanese peasant, Surantika Samin, it followed the teachings of the Islamic prophet Adam, but owed little to the religion. Stressing the village structure, mysticism, and sexuality, it became an early protest movement, and was opposed to the local rulers as much as it was against the Dutch East Indies colonial administration, refusing to pay the new Dutch head tax. The movements survived until the 1960s.[1]
The famous Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born in Blora, in 1925.
[edit] References
- ^ Turner, Peter (1997). Java (1st edition). Melbourne: Lonely Planet, page 315. ISBN 0-86442-314-4.
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