Diaspora of Indonesian art

Indonesian village in The Netherlands

Hundreds of houses built in authentic Indonesian style will be seen on small peninsulas in Lelystad. The city of Lelystad is going to build an Indonesian village consisting of hundreds of houses with pointed roofs, porches and inner gardens. The initiators say nearly a thousand people have already applied to live there. Many are of mixed Dutch/Indonesian descent but anyone with a love of Indonesia is welcome. The initiators Lex Burgersdijk en Wally Stahlberg are considering starting similar projects elsewhere in the Netherlands, for instance in Almere and Leeuwarden. Indonesia was a Dutch colony for hundreds of years until the country won its independence in 1949. After independence, hundreds of thousands of people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry moved to the Netherlands because they were unable or unwilling to integrate into Indonesian society (Expatica, 28 November 2008). However, this gives impact to the new generation of this mixed society to build its own identity and dream of the strong traditional value from their ancestors. Anyone wants to live there?