Flores is an Island of Indonesia located in the eastern part of Bali which has a unique and distinctive charm, such as: natural, cultural diversity, traditions, people and daily life of the community.
Flores with 14.300 square kilometers is an Island of East Nusa Tenggara province located south east of Indonesia or east part of Bali Island which is length about 450 kilometer east to west and width average about 50 kilometer from north to south .
Flores was well-known by Portuguese since 15 century that “CABO DA FLORA” means Flower. The name was given by Portuguese caused found wonderful and colorful corals and fishes under sea water when they made long expedition to find new area along north part of this Island. Since at the time east part of Flores including some small group Island and Timor was under Portuguese colonialism where Catholic religion comes through to the locals. It is quite different in the west part of Flores where all region under Dutch colonialism where Catholic religion spread out by German missionaries and Protestant by the Dutch.
The latest colonialism was Japan before Indonesia got independent on 17 August 1945. As the ex of colonialism area, there are many influence system changed to locals such as: government structure, religion, agriculture, education, tradition and development. Catholic missionaries have worked to build: agriculture system, Catholic school or Seminary, health aid, research, and changed human resource. European missionaries lived over independent period even today and mostly working at isolation area to help locals.
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