page_title: List of Indonesian inventions and discoveries
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: List of Indonesian inventions and discoveries / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Majapahit en:Terracotta Piggy Bank, 14-15 century AD en:Trowulan, East Java. (Collection of en:National Museum of Indonesia, en:Jakarta)
context_page_description: This list of Indonesian inventions and discoveries details the indigenous arts and techniques, cultural inventions, scientific discoveries and contributions of the people of Indonesian archipelago — both ancient and modern state of Indonesia. As a developing nation, currently Indonesia suffers a shortage of scientific personnel and engineers. The lack of research and development, also hampers Indonesia's comparative competitiveness. Nevertheless, despite the shortcomings, its people and government continues their efforts to advance the nation's science and technology sectors. Among other things, by promoting innovation and technology through Indonesia Science Day.
  Since ancient times, native Indonesians has accumulated knowledge and developed technology stemmed from necessities; from naval navigation knowledge, traditional shipbuilding technology, textile techniques, food processing to vernacular house building. Notable examples include jong, pinisi, perahu, Borobudur ship and sandeq vessels. In textile production, batik, ikat and songket were developed extensively by Indonesians.
context_section_description: Arisan,  a form of Rotating Savings and Credit Association in Indonesian culture, a form of Microfinance.
  Piggy bank, known as celengan in Indonesian, it is a boar-shaped terracotta figurine with a slit hole used to insert, collect and store coins. Despite piggy bank was probably a result of parallel development in several places around the world, one of the oldest manifestation of pig-shaped money box is dated from Majapahit period, in Java circa 14th century.
  Warung, a type of small Indonesian family-owned business — often a casual shop, a modest small restaurant or café. There are many kinds of warung, some take the form of a small shop that sells cold bottled drinks, candy, cigarettes, snacks, kue, krupuk and other daily necessities, while the larger ones are small restaurant establishments.
caption: Majapahit terracotta piggy bank, 14th/15th century Trowulan, East Java. (Collection of National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta)
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