Di tangan kaum terpelajar generasi awal, bahasa Melayu atau Indonesia bukan saja tak lagi sekadar repetan”, melainkan sesuatu yang revolusioner, yang mengawal keutuhan bangsa hingga kini.

Last year, a number of Indonesian anthropologists were asked to contribute their work to an anthology themed “prominent cultures of the archipelago”. The book aimed to be an encyclopedic reference of Indonesia’s ethnography, written in a narrative style.