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Java, Indonesia: tea plantation

Map of Indonesia showing national boundaries, major islands, provinces, and cities. The upper map displays the entire country, highlighting provinces with numbered labels and a key. The lower inset focuses on the islands of Java, Bali, Lombok, and Sumbawa, detailing provincial borders and major cities. A locator globe in the corner shows Indonesia's position in Southeast Asia.

Terraced rice paddies with small traditional houses scattered across green and yellow fields in Bogor district, West Java, Indonesia, bordered by tropical trees.

West Java: tea plantation

Aerial view of the Borobudur stupa in central Java, showing its terraced, mandala-like structure with multiple bell-shaped stupas and surrounding trees.

bas-relief from the Shailendra dynasty

Stone Buddha statue seated in meditation surrounded by bell-shaped stupas at Borobudur Temple in Java, Indonesia, with intricate ancient stonework visible under a blue sky.

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

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