Chinese New Year Indonesian: Imlek Food
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Origin
Imlek (from the Hokkien *Imlék* — Lunar New Year) was officially banned in Indonesia under Suharto's New Order government (1966–1998), which prohibited public Chinese cultural expression as part of a forced assimilation policy. The prohibition was lifted under President Abdurrahman Wahid in 2000, and Imlek has since been restored as a national public holiday — a remarkable political reversal that has energised the Peranakan Chinese community's expression of food traditions that were practised privately for three decades.
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Description
Imlek — Chinese New Year Food in the Indonesian Peranakan Context
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Flavour Context
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