Indonesia is a pretty violent part of the world. Christianity arrived before Islam in some parts, but it's a Muslim "country" now. But Buddhism was the first to arrive in the mainland bits, via the Khmer dynasty.
Before any "established" religion got established, they were all pagan headhunter types. Today (and for as long as we've known about the place), different Islands cling to their tribal/ethnic identities. and although "foreign" tribes are tolerated for a while, any colonisation is usually resisted, and doesn't survive beyond a single generation. A native tribe will attack and kill such strangers, after tolerating them for years. This happens between tribes that live on islands only kilometers apart. It also explains why East Timor was invaded by an insurgent Jakartan tribe (i.e. Indonesian "government" troops).
Indonesian waters are also some of the busiest in the world, and the most pirated.
Just for example.
Before any "established" religion got established, they were all pagan headhunter types. Today (and for as long as we've known about the place), different Islands cling to their tribal/ethnic identities. and although "foreign" tribes are tolerated for a while, any colonisation is usually resisted, and doesn't survive beyond a single generation. A native tribe will attack and kill such strangers, after tolerating them for years. This happens between tribes that live on islands only kilometers apart. It also explains why East Timor was invaded by an insurgent Jakartan tribe (i.e. Indonesian "government" troops).
Indonesian waters are also some of the busiest in the world, and the most pirated.
Just for example.