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Greetings from TED X Rotterdam

Sometimes you only realise what you are about to lose when someone says it out loud.

Education Language and heritage Moluccan community Nieuws

29 Jul 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from Ambon | The crossing home

In Eigen Woorden travels to Ambon. Discover how photographs of the first generation of Moluccans and the ULU KORA monument come together.

Commemoration and monuments Greetings from Moluccan community Nieuws

24 Jun 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from Museum Arnhem: Baku Dengar & Numane

In Baku Dengar, archive, identity and memory come together in an exhibition that refuses to see history as something closed off. Numane's installation Buaya moves between the self and bodily expression. Through symbolism around the crocodile, the work explores themes such as resilience, transformation and the way history lodges itself in the body.

Collection and archive Exhibitions Greetings from Nieuws Oral history Uncategorised

27 May 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from Sound & Vision: Sounds Familiar

For decades, Sound & Vision has been the memory of the Dutch media. Thousands of hours of television, radio and digital material are stored in Hilversum. Fragments that together determine how the Netherlands sees, recognises and remembers itself. Among these images are also the stories of Moluccan communities: visible, but not always fully told.

Greetings from Language and heritage Moluccan community Nieuws

22 Apr 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from the council chamber: Moluccans in local politics

Seventy-five years after the arrival of the first Moluccan families in the Netherlands, the story of the community in local politics is changing. At the coming municipal elections there are, unlike in previous years, relatively more Moluccans standing for a seat on the council. Their candidacy marks a next step: not only being present in the Netherlands, but also exerting influence on how it is governed.

Greetings from Moluccan community Nieuws

16 Mar 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from Zevenaar: Jiwa Alami – visual language

This column explores the sarong as a visual language and as a carrier of history, identity and resistance. Centuries-old motifs tell stories of origin, spirituality and community, while colonial trade routes left their traces in textile and symbolism. In the work of artist and tattooist Jiwa Alami these patterns are given a contemporary translation. With home-made Moluccan paint he connects cultural heritage to a present-day artistic practice.

Art and makers Column Language and heritage Moluccan community Nieuws

25 Feb 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from Lagu Timur Sessions

Lagu Timur Sessions brings the sounds of the Moluccas, Papua, NTT and Sulawesi to the world stage. For the first time they tell their story behind Lagu Timur Sessions publicly.

Music and performance Nieuws

29 Jan 2026 Betty Titawano

Greetings from The Hague: the story behind Leffers

In October, Noëlle-Joy Workala and her husband opened their second sourdough bakery in The Hague. As perhaps the only Moluccan sourdough baker in the Netherlands, she was someone we simply had to visit.

Moluccan community Moluccan culture Nieuws

25 Nov 2025 Redactie

Greetings from Rotterdam: Olivia Pattiwael is the new Fashion Mayor of Rotterdam

Seventeen-year-old Olivia Pattiwael is the brand-new Fashion Mayor of Rotterdam. For a year she gets to carry this title and represent the city's creative fashion world. We spoke with her about her road to becoming Fashion Mayor, her inspiration and what she wants to achieve in her new role.

Art and makers Nieuws

24 Sept 2025 Redactie

Greetings from Assen: a message that does get through

Three striking murals have been created in the Moluccan neighbourhood in Assen to mark the district's 60th anniversary. One of them is Becoming Without Permission by artist Daniël-Michel Saptenno. He drew his inspiration from a Moluccan postage stamp that was never used.

Art and makers Nieuws

30 Jul 2025 Redactie

What we cherish takes time

In this column director Henry Timisela looks back on the steps Museum Maluku has taken this year and looks ahead to what is still to come. A personal word of thanks with a promise: there is much more good to come.

Nieuws

25 Jul 2025 Redactie

Greetings from Nijmegen: Géromy Pattipeilohy wins prestigious Coiffure Award

Three hits for Bon Ton Kappers at the Coiffure Award! The Nijmegen salon won big in Hilversum, with a leading role for stylist Géromy Pattipeilohy. Read how her work blew the jury away.

Art and makers Moluccan community Nieuws

25 Jun 2025 Redactie

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