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The Dragon Dance: Shifting Meanings of Chineseness in Indonesia

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Indonesia in the twenty-first century has witnessed a change in state policy towards the Chinese Indonesian. An official ban against Chinese language and culture, which lasted for almost three decades during the New Order period (1966–98), was lifted in 2000. In 2004 Chinese New Year was formally declared a national holiday, and in 2006, the state officially acknowledged Confucian marriages. These official gestures have not only welcomed Chinese culture and arts into public life, but also generated euphoria of the open celebration of Chineseness.

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Budianta, M. (2007). The Dragon Dance: Shifting Meanings of Chineseness in Indonesia. In: Robinson, K. (eds) Asian and Pacific Cosmopolitans. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592049_9

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