Jakarta: How Does A City 6x Bigger Than Paris Function? | Magnificent Megacities

[Music] [Music] [Music] Jakarta this city is sheer madness six times the size of Paris over ten million inhabitants shacks next a glass skyscrapers the largest conurbation of Southeast Asia a melting pot of people of different origins and religions hot loud and chaotic but always with a smile to get from the suburbs to the city center the commuter train is a reliable way of avoiding traffic jams if you don't mind close body contact Aaron is 23 years old and she is a stylist she travels to the city center on her skateboard I ever saw any of your online you go far together because the city is so large a trip to the city center is something special Aaron likes to do this journey on her days off how do you like boys and girl give me a cruise increasing at all Kota is the name of the old town district of Jakarta this is where Aaron is traveling to many buildings such as the station date back to the Dutch colonial days the lively district is a favorite meeting place for locals and tourists through narrow lanes Aaron paves her way to Fatah healer square the Indonesians embrace the colonial camel in a relaxed way the brightly colored Dutch style bicycles can be rented together with a hat or helmet cycling around the square is an entertaining way to spend the day in the city where riding a bicycle is otherwise dangerous a happy contradiction between tradition and modernity that is typical for Jakarta my element yoga powder whenever I make a murderer and a badger is making Maltese or I am hurry up today were technology you can you probably see you later an Elizabeth there are Mecca police Fatah Hillier square is buzzing with life [Music] the square is full of people with the latest accessories such as selfie sticks and smartphones simultaneously many women still wear a headscarf commonly known as a hijab [Music] Lavanya he jabbers young mother onto the burner Freya Josephine came upon me Kiran to the gebisa a cool idea Maya a 4sec nigel anemias Terramax Darrin would I be sassy Erin dreams of establishing her own fashion label if this dream is to become a reality she wants it to be in her own City Jakarta with around 200 million Muslims Indonesia has the largest number of Muslims in the world over 80% of the population practice a moderate form of Islam [Music] when it is time for Friday prayers the faithful flow into the mosque [Music] [Music] over 10,000 mosques dominate the city even though Islam is not the state religion the largest is the East declare mosque in the city center which was built in 1975 it has room for 120,000 worshippers [Music] [Music] next to the mosque stands the Roman Catholic cathedral of Jakarta an exact replica of the building that collapsed in 1890 [Music] Islam Christianity Confucianism Buddhism and Hinduism Indonesians must adhere to one of these five religions as recognized by the government it is not compulsory to wear the headscarf but nonetheless most women wear it as a recognition of their faith the clothing worn with the headscarf should not be provocative it can be chic and even a little seductive but is this an impossible balancing act not for the young fashion designer Jen Aharon a suit Ian her label Jenna Hara is one of the hottest in Indonesia the 30 year old is married has three children and an idol Patti Smith which at first glance doesn't seem to fit in with her Islamic faith mostly my inspirations comes from music I have my own what I say my own diva should I say my own diva she is a Patti Smith I love her I love her music I love her style I love everything about her so I put you know some details about her in my clothes like this chain the black-and-white style you know like the you know like the leather jacket but I put something on it so yeah basically mostly inspired from her Patti Smith of all people the American godmother of punk and feminism how does this fit in with Islamic fashion and Jenna Haris collection [Music] [Music] nowadays most modest where it's like you know like very cover your body so like this you can put you know like you can put your jacket and it's more modest and then you put your hat scarf and it becomes a Muslim fashion wear so that's the thing it's it's it's tree tree mix-and-match and then it's become like the Muslim or if you check out the jacket it's like a simple dress maybe people who do not wear hijab they can wear this but if you want to make it more modest you can put the jacket on it so it's becoming modest and if you want to make it as a Muslim where you just put on a scarf yeah so it's becoming a Muslim wear so as simple as that hijab is an item [Music] the hijab is a piece of clothing often misunderstood in the West people from the outside when they think about the Muslim moment they always think about the weakness you know like they cannot do anything so it's it's quite different here in Indonesia because here in Indonesia we have the same opportunity with the man you know like we can have our own career we can we can have the same level in job so it's quite different from the maybe from the Arabs nation it's quite different preparations are underway for a TV show in one of the fashionable business districts of Jakarta photographers models everything is hip and expensive right in the centre the main protagonist Jenna Hara sits in the makeup room I'll be doing a hose in a TV show it's a TV show for fashion tricks tips reference for a Muslim media yeah so we're doing a mix-and-match hijab fashion for a Muslim woman in Indonesia and we're doing and the program is every week generous fashion program is shown once a week on Indonesian TV she and co-presenter Saskia are stars on social networks their followers can follow every step live [Laughter] her partner always accompanies her at such events this is my husband his name is Eric le he is my supporting man behind me sometimes he photographed me and then video me court some of my activities and also the business some of the business we support each other and then we have to arrange the time together sometimes because we husband-and-wife we have achieved three children's right and then we have to manage our time with the children sometimes everyday daily basis we do busy day because we work together but and then we have to commit together me and my wife to spend more days for the children and then the kids right I manage her now being a manager you have to pay me you have to pay me I manage you before recording starts everyone takes a quick moment to pray together then the work starts the message hit jab ass that is to say women who wear a hijab can be fun fashionable and confident within certain boundaries working so closely in the industry is their competition that's the thing in Indonesia even though we're having clothing line but you know like we're not in the competition yeah or not compete to each other we're still friends and we support each other during the break both of them record a low-key advertisement for tampons there is no problem as the program will eventually be aired on a private TV channel [Music] at the end of the show there is a competition for the best outfit and the viewers can cast their vote online [Music] that's my goal I want to show to the the the Muslim moment that they you know I can they can express themselves with my clothes [Music] the magic of Jakarta this is where the past and the future meet [Music] it is as if several chapters in history have been skipped over from the Middle Ages to the modern era Jakarta a city full of high-rise buildings expensive apartments and villas and at the same time dirt and poverty shacks and palaces glitter and the gutter many people come to Jakarta in search of a better life early on in the Dutch colonial period the port city attracted many Chinese tradesmen in glorg jakarta's Chinatown you can still buy things that are not available anywhere else in the city people eat here at anytime anywhere and almost anything [Music] [Music] the traditional markets of Jakarta are a shopping paradise for the chef Ricky's Nantou he has just come back from a trip to the Antarctic where for three months he cooked for an expedition team back in his hometown of Jakarta he wants to meet old friends and surprised them with an unconventional meal the specialities he is looking for are not available in the supermarket and here at the market Ricky has to ask around until he finds what he is looking for ha repenting go grab an lima pass well a SATA Corolla so this thing in Indonesia called Gingka but it's also known as doc fruit some people call it cheering there's something interesting about this this fruit is like a love and hate affair because they hate it because it when you eat it it smells it smells really bad even when you are excuse me but when you go to the toilet you pee and it smelled terrible but it tastes so good so that's what I'm saying they they just love it but they hate at the same time so yeah that's jank all right so I'm trying to do something with this and maybe do something so it doesn't smell ricky looks for ingredients to make the stink beans palatable so it's like a salad like a lettuce the flavor is really nutty and kind of strong so it's like arugula or watercress so the idea is like the doctorate and these the flavor will marry together this strong flavor will neutralize the the acid taste in energy and coal and people here just eat it all the time every time they have Jenko they gotta have this lead capacity of course there are supermarkets in Jakarta but Ricky values the experience he gets by shopping at the market and the direct contact he has with the traders [Music] definitely I was just here because one is way cheaper than supermarket it's press but press I don't know as you can see guys like there's no refrigeration here but for donation with a strong stomach I think it should be fine I also support local suppliers because these guys are buying straight from the slaughtering house so there's no distributors in between that's why they can cut the price really really really love it is unbelievable what you can eat here Indonesian we call it suteki kill to kill means you know the soft bones of the of the Lakers they make it into a soup I kind of sort of boil it like four hours and there's really soft and they put a lot of herbs in it and they cut into small pieces and they just eat it usually just is like a soup the way they normally did it this one's the soup with some vegetable in it with some rice some chili and [ __ ] and this is favorite this favorite everyone's favorite I don't look at it when it's raw its disgusting but when it's done it's really nice even though Ricci has lived abroad for several years he always wanted to come back to his home city of Jakarta I was born and bred here until I was 17 from I was born to 17 I love Jakarta because that's where my family is my friends I went school there and everything and then I start going to another city and another countries and all these amazing places and then I come back to Jakarta and I hate it I really hate it but then the city is so life like it's so dynamic yeah you can't see you can't find anything else in our city in in in any other world so actually Jakarta is not it's not a it's not a bad place it's really good I'm starting to love Jakarta again Ricky's friends live in a neighborhood of villas in Jakarta still nobody has the faintest idea that falafel with stink beans is on the menu Savita helps Ricki to prepare the meal I'm always ready with the with the jengkol falafel I'm just waiting for the for a jingle to be cool but then I cannot open the pot yet because as soon as I open it the the smell will feel the entire entire house so it's like have you heard if you ever heard durian the Kingford it's forbidden on the airplane in the hotel everywhere so this is the this is the relatives of durian in order not to offend his host Ricky will open the pot at a distance away from the house [Music] [Laughter] badou geysers in about is that vacuum gun I'm stuck with you they can't smell it from there you can something that smells so bad tastes so good Ricky's friends are skeptical they have never eaten jengkol falafel before I'm ready Jenko that's good I'm surprised that it's not as thinkI as I thought like what I expected driven like stinky beans is really tasty Julian you say you don't like dimple yes now well my first time so so your first day yeah first time yeah do you like it so far really first time for everything right mm-hmm sous chef well then I think we did it very good congratulations guys yeah [Laughter] little monster Jakarta is a modern city focused on the future it is rare to find traces of the old Javanese Island culture one place where these traditions are still alive is the Bharata pure theatre [Music] why Aang Arang is a form of theatre that has been performed at the Royal Javanese Court since the 11th century the grand dame of the troop is ebo syrup she teaches the singers the theatre has its own gamelan orchestra they are rehearsing a play that dates back to the mahabharata epoch [Music] stories of love war and fraternal strife which reflect the culture of the royal court in years gone by [Music] c'mere a young Aaron Burr opposite Amanpour nahi Jana Rasika did you decide where to do it - gotcha - Terry Thomas and Lehman's Nevada bharata ET de economy or online camiseta Momoko gary becker samba de versailles Sudha Sudha Pisa top monk and they can get you to come jung-soo time you see Alison the children grow up in the bright lights of the theater the weiyang or an Bharata has 140 members because there is hardly any support from the state the actors do other jobs during the week today is the premiere of a new enactment after the rehearsal the elaborate costuming of the actors starts the managers daughter was also brought up in the theater [Music] colourant wakamizu Lucan may merit an appendage a setiap hari then committing LEC need big boom in development Athena come me some why are the reason you do nothing else see me it was a long pause I am Tamara I depend on you [Music] why a gang embodies the perfect physical interplay of music dance and language the dancers follow set movements to the letter [Music] momily help at the end of our service bla sana we have a sticky time and see me Lina monitoring in uranium are never Canada the de gallo Celeste of like a little Sammy Ben dosa Maliki from Kwajalein Vedanta for a why angle rank play you need just as much patience as you do for a [ __ ] no opera the performance lasts for four hours without a break the public are catered for with meals and drinks from the local restaurants and as most do not understand the standard Javanese there is a translation into Indonesian available checking your smartphone is not seen as a faux pas the actors do not allow themselves to be irritated by such things and from the start to the very end they enthusiastically embrace their roles [Music] murder weapon in Java myself castle antiochus new arrangement top axis d-pad metropolitan sponsor / Sousa Santa palanquins car accident mahogany like the Teresa Merlin again the satyrs opinion when quintanilla by the orange Yankees acaba young bumping and Jarrin races under the puja to remember Ebola it has worked on stage for most of her life the older actors take on strange roles with more script but fewer movements as such everyone finds their place in the big family of the Y angle rank theater [Music] [Music] after midnight when the lights in the theater have gone out Jakarta starts to light up [Music] this city never really rests [Music] in the gray Twilight of early morning a spectacle starts on Jakarta streets that makes any normal traffic jam look insignificant millions of commuters flow into the city center in Jakarta it is said that every morning the population doubles getting there is the biggest problem in Jakarta the fastest are still those who ride motorcycles those who do not have their own rent a motorcycle taxi husana has been a motorcycle taxi driver for a year she drives for go-jek one of the largest providers in Jakarta she gets her jobs via her smartphone the meeting point destination and fair are already arranged [Music] yeah 19 SMS my super guitar me go Sam or old blonde yeah Danny Ryan I'm thinking appealing idea yeah business is booming there were always motorcycle taxis in Jakarta but they weren't organized sometimes it was difficult to get one and the fair had to be negotiated nowadays many things have become easier with this app the ADM McCarran is the name behind go-jek his company is currently the most successful startup in jakarta in the main office dozens of staff dispatched taxis over 30,000 drivers work for go check and just as many for rival companies husana uses her own moped for work helmet and jacket are provided and she can choose her own hours sighs banana bukhari hadees alice Aptos oh allah and in jakarta somebody is Peggy that I'm sellin saya animal de potentially duta omma APPA so damn I'm from Bandung and only God X Harish a business emeritus reboot more radically canvas as a lily pad yes a guitar hopefully Matt Apuzzo Tennessee Buland Montana's air with our Perry under can give inner Beyonce on come on Akane can get and go check three million Indonesian rupiah's corresponds to about two hundred euros and represents the minimum wage in Jakarta Hasan --is wages also improve the family income she is married and has two children when she is at work her mother looks after her children sunburn avinasi so around samus is banana P de minuto centopia capitana neoguri hath esaias ilandia abu talha nana same programming and happy happy among american easy talking about the economic Penelope black symbol beside Allah opened up an idea bishop o'linn of an idea when his Santa has fares in her local area she tries to spend her breaks with her children during this period she locks herself out of the system [Laughter] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Sana's husband works in a supermarket as a parking attendant her job as a taxi driver gives her family greater financial flexibility [Music] saya alhamdulillah when they did refer go the extra mile some went inside of step-by-ste visibly most sanguine room which was a hot mess at the Pan Am I I became course course angry pool dannika syllable Aggie saya with insha Allah Mohammed Encana Pangolin then Japan prima facie cypher Padova serving in Rangoon bras on my side [Music] after a short break Isana drives off into Jakarta's chaotic traffic [Music] Indonesia was a Dutch colony for over 300 years Batavia was the name the Dutch gave to modern-day Jakarta in the 19th century they mastered the spice trade from here some of the colonial buildings have been preserved many however have decayed in the tropical weather conditions [Music] the port played an important role in the development of the city Indonesia is the largest island country in the world there are over 17,000 islands close to the modern-day goods repository there is the Sunda Kelapa harbour in jakarta where the traditional wooden cargo ships or pinisi are moored up until a few years ago the ships sail through the island archipelago today most of them have motors and they supply the islands with everyday goods food and construction materials [Music] my jumping up and down with the glass on average the boats are docked in the port of Jakarta for one week the captain ran V hippo Nia travels on the route between Jakarta and Borneo a circle of dirty clothes minion and turn the recorder 3 July done in any problem yeah the sequel beat anja comparison identity or again - Antonia the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo is known as Kalimantan precious stones have been traded here for centuries the seaman brings stones back from their travels and make them into jewelry it is something to do and a bit of money on the side I'm a fool and a unpopular are they big a fool the Rings are especially worn by men as a status symbol often the working conditions of the sailors are hard they often sustain injuries the ship upon which captain Rama and his crew work belongs to a Chinese businessman the altar is supposed to bring luck for the journey the men see their families on average once a month from the old port to the modern city Jakarta is growing new high-rise buildings are being built everywhere soon the last remaining green areas will disappear there is not a lot of space for individuality here however once a week on a Sunday between 6 and 11 in the morning Jakarta belongs to the pedestrian around the Bundoran roundabout and the main street tamarin in the city centre the streets are closed to traffic carefree day is the name given to this leisure time a time in which the people can stroll around the city center for their enjoyment in the place where everyday the cars drive bumper-to-bumper wearing added easily a people that's wrong anonymity La Paz pedestrian yeah me too did America allarakha BC me some for someone water goblets a month a month a month the city takes a deep breath and for a few hours forgets traffic jams and everyday worries even if life seems to be easygoing freedom is an issue in Indonesia in the conservative province of Aceh concert goers - a punk gig have to follow strict rules on how to behave you can only find such a subculture in a few places in Jakarta the premises of this old factory is a meeting place for young artists they are allowed to practice graffiti here with the owner's permission it is a free space for young people from the district [Music] mutia and her friends are art students today they want to paint one of the walls [Music] the collective artists the collective artists onion Mahad a young child you guys so you to the support all of you but it is more focus on the DL because nirupa Ryan has brought along the draft for the picture the Synod emits prompt one banana Lucky Luciano Saddam bridge in de the vasana Ponte Ponte Beach de cine actor Tom Berg and you go figure zombie zombie hey listen among card another rustling Wendy sort of anti and the productivity us sexual yeah innate return down feminism Allah then since wallet does sex the England and LeBron continues it'll only holiday Ryan mutia and their friends want to be different not to sit in an office and work like their parents they study at the Jakarta Academy of Arts versus economy through some IP - embassy mana astrology tolerance and regional tours monument towards you and you do an attack re-read imagine then I found without a pen all day that you see [Music] even if the message behind their picture is provocative they ensure the image is not vulgar because it could otherwise cause problems so Larry kosilla Rohan at the poem feminism at all Cavani Tanya bajas listening who's to say that the poem I am parting huijeong's in a ha Bonita linen via yogi incident in college in that and then possibly to Jung Hwa Yong PIL aboah like what idea target Oh Joanne be attached to any bar and the release Anita can open can Juanita Juanita any money I need to see even if the image seems harmless to a Western eye this kind of work will cause controversy in some of the more conservative provinces any momentum in can you see a sister category that appeal into or subsidary to be bus propagated the link once and again and suddenly you to be among got about a San Dieguito and yeah very perception saya sendiri see young branding LD errata metropolitan can only see two Vanya Rebecca come on pull this in a better already provincial sublime yo uh Masika panna cotta norm Anya and oh you're a hypocrite Houdini get up a bass this in a German women massive Anya Norman Norman bloom Musa get a lobotomy to an agreement over panic cesium miss Akita apprecia see the Odyssey [Music] Jakarta a city that is changing a place of nostalgia caught between tradition and modernity [Music] [Music] you

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Keywords: East meets West, Indonesia's largest city, Indonesian capital, Indonesian residents, Indonesian urban life, Spark, cultural anthropology, cultural exchange, diversity, fast-growing city, lively city, multicultural, skyscrapers, social inequality, sustainability, urban anthropology, urban anthropology research, urban anthropology study, urban dynamics, urban jungle, urban legends

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Length: 52min 12sec (3132 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 26 2018