denny Ethnic & National book

In Indonesia during the New Order era ( Orde Baru ), everything that had Chinese or China overtones such as the Chinese New Year Festival was banned for a long time because they were thought not to reflect a sense of nationalism. Currently in the Reformation era, the ethnic Chinese have been recognized as a part of Indonesian people. In 2000 President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) revoked the Presidential Instruction No. 14/1967, since it is no longer appropriate according to the principles of Unity in Diversity/Bhineka Tunggal Ika (different in cultures, peoples, tribes and religions, but still united in one Nation), and Plularism (Respecting the differences or plurality of tribes, religions, races and cultures). President Abdurrahman Wahid subsequently issued the Presidential Decree No. 19/2001 on April 9, 2001, which acknowledged the Chinese New Year's Day as an optional holiday (only to be observed by the ethnic Chinese who celebrate it). During the administration of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Chinese New Year's Day was established as the official national holiday beginning in 2003. Now in the reign of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), the celebration of Cap Go Meh (15 days after the Chinese New Year's Day) is held throughout the country. The city of Bandung in particular held the Cap Go Meh festival for the second time in 2012. The celebration is allowed to take place in the streets according to the tradition of Confucian beliefs. According to the news ...