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Java, Indonesia: tea plantation

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Java, Indonesia

West Java: tea plantation

Borobudur stupa

bas-relief from the Shailendra dynasty

Borobudur: Buddha sculpture and stupas

stupas at Borobudur

Stupas at Borobudur, central Java, Indonesia.

Indonesian wayang shadow puppet and decoration

Terraced rice fields on the island of Java, Indonesia.

Jakarta, pre-1949

Observe a man playing the saron barung, a musical instrument of Javanese gamelan music

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Mount Bromo

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West Java: tea plantation

Borobudur stupa

bas-relief from the Shailendra dynasty

Borobudur: Buddha sculpture and stupas

What it's like to visit an active volcano

Observe a man playing the saron barung, a musical instrument of Javanese gamelan music

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