#aphindonesia

[cutebutgrumpyartist]

Have these three Nesia art with different background cuz idk which one to choose because they are all so good i-

[sachimint]

So, let me introduce my Nesia Chan~

Republic of Indonesia

Human Name : Kirana Maharani

Age : 22 (est)

Birthday : August 17th

Hair Color : Reddish Brown (Representing Palm Sugar), sometimes Blackish.

Eye Color : Cinnamon Brown (Representing Spices)

Height : 160 cm

She is a quite shy, polite and cheerful young lady when the first time meet. But then after a while, she will become very talkative, energetic, and also a prankster.

She is also very good when it comes to foods. She is good at finding yummy foods, eating, and even cooking.

She usually use formal language (In Japanese, she use "Watakushi") when speaking. But when she is offended or being serious, she will use very informal language (In Japanese, she use "Omae").

She loves Sports especially Soccer, Badminton and Athletic. She is also somewhat fanatic when it comes to Military.

She is very religious, and always confused or offended if the other country, especially Europeans, doesn't put any attention on Religion or God.

She is known as one of the most chilled yet brutal nation, also a bit ignorant when someone criticizes her.

She loves her family so much. Although always get in a fight with Malaysia, she actually really love her and make an issue that they two have "special" relation.

She is the most conservative nation in Southeast Asia, making her very stubborn yet unique because of her local beliefs.

She is a Smoking Addict, Coffee Addict, Tea Addict, Military Addict and Marjan Syrup Addict.

[ro2haru]

Fell bros 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜

[bronto-biru]

Nethernesia Hanahaki!AU hetalia

[stirringwinds]

aha another naruto survivor? congrats! that arc was pretty interesting i’d say, and really nicely drawn. 

[0v3rachi3v3r]

Hi Elliott! As part of the aph ask event, I'd like to ask you a question about Japanese volcanoes. Is there a mythology associated with them? Or tradition/festivals? Thank you for your answer :D

A lot of stuff I found was about Mt. Fuji, but I’m going to try to share some about lesser known volcanoes too! (On a side note, trying to find stuff on these gods/goddesses were a PAIN because there are so many characters named after them from TV shows to games and I want to find the original gods but nooooo when I just type their names, I get characters -_-)

Anyways, I’m going to start at the folktale 竹取物語 (Taketori Monogatari) or the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (also known as かぐや姫の物語, “Kaguya-Hime no Monogatari”, the Tale of Princess Kaguya).  The story goes that this one bamboo cutter finds a shining stalk of bamboo. He cuts it open and there’s a thumb-sized girl!!! So he takes her home and raises her with his wife as his own kid. Since then, whenever he cuts a stalk of bamboo, he finds gold nuggets inside, and he becomes rich. Girl eventually grows up to be a regular-sized, absolutely stunningly beautiful woman, and everyone falls in love with her. 5 princes ask for hand in marriage, she says no. Emperor asks and she says no. Why? Because she’s a princess from the moon and must return to the moon soon. When her moon-friends came to pick her up, she wrote a letter to the Emperor and left the elixir of immortality. Emperor’s super sad bc the love of his life just dumped him (That’s Rough Buddy™), so he orders that the letter and the elixir be burnt at the tallest mountain (which, you guessed it, is now known as Mt. Fuji!) in hopes that Moon Princess gets the message.So what does this story have to do with volcanoes and myths? Well, that’s where (according to legend) that the word immortality or 不死 (fushi) became the name of the mountain.

Another myth related to volcanoes is the one about the birth  (and death) Kagutsuchi, the god of fire (see where I’m going?). In the myth, Kagutsuchi’s birth caused Izanami’s death, and so the angry husband/brother, Izanagi, killed Kagu (and honestly that’s fine because gods are some angry piss-babies). Now, this is where the English and Japanese pages differ: In the Japanese pages, it says that the body and blood of Kagutsuchi created more deities while the English page says that the body created 8 volcanoes and the blood created more deities. After a little more digging (and input from my weeb-ass, booknerd bf) I’ve linked the disconnect to the fact that each mountain/volcano (however small) has its own deity associated with it. Honestly, the only reason I’m including Kagu’s story is to insert this image:

source (x)

Speaking of fire, everyone loves setting stuff on fire, right? If festivals are more up your alley than stories, you’d like the Aso Fire Festival. It’s a festival that’s held in Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu, near Mt. Aso which is the largest active volcano in Japan (and among the largest in the world!). The main event is Dai Himonjiyaki. They burn 火 (the Chinese character for “fire”) into the side of the mountains Ojodake and Hondaka (which are not part of the five peaks that are part of the central cone group of Aso, but still a part of the Aso caldera). At some angles, the two “fire”s line up to create 炎 (Chinese character for “flame”). The festival is held mostly for tourism, but the origins were actually (sort of) important. They would set fire to the plains to maintain the pasture grass, and they basically said “well we’re setting fire to things anyways, let’s make a party out of it and get money too!” This festival is held in mid March, but I’d be weary of visiting since this active volcano last erupted in October of 2016 (while Fuji, the “active” volcano last erupted in the early 1700s).

Anyways, this concludes the post, but let me tell ya, there were loads, and I mean LOADS of stories and festivals about volcanoes, and if you’re interested, you can message me and I can make another post!

[cutebutgrumpyartist]

[A/N]

Before Indonesia was named, "Indonesia." She was named with Nusantara (in translation which will be mean as "Archipelago." She was still name Nusantara even if the Netherlands adopted her and name her as Dutch East Indies.

For Indonesians, The Nusantara era (colonial times) and Indonesia (recent times) people are very different even though they are the same person.

//Also, Japan calls her "Nusantara-san" since the Japanese colonial empire, So this will remind her that she is no longer in the dutch's hand.

[cutebutgrumpyartist]

Here's a good idea; They should NEVER stop giving me UwU's to loving them.