Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia is located on the northwest coast of the island of Java. The city has a variety of cultures among them Javanese, Malay, Chinese, Arab, Indian, and European. This has influenced the architecture, language, and cuisine. In the old town, Kota Tua, visitors will find Dutch colonial buildings, Chinese-style architecture in Glodok (Jakarta’s Chinatown) and even a…
Cape Tourism- Bo-Kaap Museum into Social History Museum
The Iziko Museums of Cape Town encompass the Bo-Kaap Museum on Wall Street. It is currently being transformed into a social history museum that will tell the cultural and political history of the local population. The museum is housed in an original 1768 house that has been furnished to look like a Muslim family's home from the 19th century.
Authors at Cape Tourism say that you'll relive the Bo-Kaap community's history and learn about its customs and beliefs as well as how apartheid's political ideology and discriminatory laws affected it.