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Indonesia (1990s)

Boats return to the traditional whaling village of Lamalera on Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

Boats return to the traditional whaling village of Lamalera on Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

Boats with raised palm-leaf sails go whale hunting far off the coast of Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

Boats with raised palm-leaf sails go whale hunting far off the coast of Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

A whale hunter at Lamalera beach on Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

A boy sits on a whale bone at Lamalera beach on Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

Two harpooned manta rays and the arrival of hunting boats at Lamalera on Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

A manta ray is cut up and the villagers of Lamalera on Lembata Island receive equal shares. Indonesia, 1995.

A boy in the village of Lamalera on Lembata Island. Indonesia, 1995.

Traditional houses of the Toba Batak people on Samosir Island in Sumatra. Indonesia, 1990.

Toba Batak farmers cultivate their rice fields on Samosir Island in Sumatra. Indonesia, 1990.

A Toba Batak grave on Samosir Island in Sumatra. Indonesia, 1990.

Young Indonesians climb Mount Merapi in Java to watch the sunrise. Indonesia, 1990.

The crater rim of Mount Merapi in Java. Indonesia, 1990.

Irrigated rice terraces in Bali. Indonesia, 1993.

A Balinese funeral procession in Ubud, led by the winged lion in which the body is cremated. Indonesia, 1990.

The winged lion Patulangan is cremated along with the body at a site in Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1990.

A gamelan musician plays a traditional xylophone during a ceremony in Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1990.

A kecak dance is performed for tourists at a temple near Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1990.

Grilling and selling satay on a street in Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1993.

A tooth filing ceremony as a rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood in Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1990.

A tooth filing ceremony as a rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood in Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1990.

A man in traditional Balinese clothing and with his essential clove cigarettes in Ubud, Bali. Indonesia, 1990.

An old woman sells flowers and fruit as offerings at a market in the city of Denpasar, Bali. Indonesia, 1993.

Fishermen land their boat on the beach near the village of Manggis in Bali. Indonesia, 1993.

I visited Indonesia several times in the 1990s. The photographs above offer insights into the islands of Lembata, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok, with a focus on the people and their culture.

© 2025 Philip Hepp

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