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The definition of feminine beauty has evolved through time — and has been molded by society, culture — and technology, such as cosmetic procedures.
In multicultural
Indonesia, ideals of beauty are varied although there are some traits commonly perceived attractive
.
In the agrarian culture that makes up most of Indonesia, the concept of beauty is equated with fertility.
The persistence of fertility and desirability can be seen in the statues and reliefs at ancient
Hindu stone temples such as
Borobudur — and especially
Prambanan — in
Central Java, where women are pictured with large breasts, full and roundfigures and sometimes with children.
Some Dayak tribes in Kalimantan have a different concept that involves a lot of pain similar to the
Karen neck rings in
Myanmar and the now-defunct foot-binding tradition for
Chinese women.
Dayak women, and men, previously elongated their earlobes by adding large golden earrings, year after year.
While the length of earlobes for men was not to exceed their shoulders, the women were allowed to have them down to their chest.
The tradition, however, has been abandoned by the younger generation. Only elders from noble families can today still be seen with long earlobes.
The current concept of
Indonesian beauty shifted to looks starting in the early
20th century, thanks to the pervasiveness of
Hollywood.
As most of the actresses in local films at that time were from
Java, the beauties on screen shared the typical faces of
Javanese women — with the exception of
Fifi Young, a woman of
Chinese descent who got her start in the
1940s.
The actresses had common traits: large, round eyes; blunt noses; long, jet-black and straight hair; light complexions and curvy, but proportional figures — traits that are still prized.
Indonesia, however, has many different types of beauty. And even within the broad parameters defined above, the sense of beauty has evolved over time.
1970s and
1980s
Screen sirens at the time included
Christine Hakim,
Jenny Rachman,
Lydia Kandou, Marissa
Haque and Yessy Gusman. All of them were of mixed race; each represented a different epitome of beauty.
Jenny Rachman is of a mixed Acehnese,
Chinese and Maduranese descent and often portrayed athletic, free-spirited yet respectable women.
Christine Hakim, on the other hand, was a
symbol of self-confident, fashionable beauty — although a film producer once said that she was not curvaceous enough for
the screen.
A mix of
Manado and
Dutch descent, Lydia Kandou represented beauty from eastern Indonesia. She played mostly in comedies and defined new concept of beauty that included a sense of humor.
While Marissa Haque, of Middle-East descent, was the image of beauty and brains; above all, it was Yessy Gusman, with her wavy hair, fair skin, demure behavior — and frequent turns as a conservative and virtuous woman — who defined beauty for the era.
1990s
The decade was marked by the emergence of private television channels that broadcast soap operas, variety programs and commercials that were dominated by Eurasian-looking actresses and models.
Among them were the
Bugis/Javanese-German/
Austrian Sophia Latjuba, Polish-Indonesian
Tamara Bleszynski and
Batak/
Australian Nadya Hutagalung, who all were blessed with high cheekbones, beautiful eyes and, for
Indonesians, exotic accents.
Meanwhile,
Desy Ratnasari, who was born in
Sukabumi,
West Java, defined a uniquely Indonesian type of beauty.
2000s
The fall of the
New Order — and the end
of state-sanctioned discrimination against
Chinese Indonesians saw — the rise of more Asian-looking stars, such as
Sandra Dewi,
Agnes Monica, Leony,
Olga Lydia,
Laura Basuki and
Lenna Tan.
However, the Eurasian-look remained popular with
Luna Maya (
German) and
Shireen Sungkar (
Arab), as well as the
traditionally Javanese beauty of
Dian Sastrowardoyo.
2010s
The
Korean wave that has swept over
Asia also hit Indonesian shores. Although today the concept of beauty embraces women of all skin colors, the favorable traits that strongly hold the entertainment industry are milky-white skin complexions and impeccable white teeth.
However, the recent winner of
Indonesian Idol, the Papuan-Batak beauty Nowela, is breaking the stereotypical concepts of beauty.
- published: 20 Mar 2016
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