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Lesser Sunda Islands

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Lesser Sunda Islands

Lesser Sunda Islands
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(Placename) the former name of Nusa Tenggara
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Noun1.Lesser Sunda Islands - a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor
Sunda Islands - a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago
Bali - an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts
Timor - an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands


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Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands is in the south, while the Celebes Sea and the Philippines border Sulawesi in the north.
It includes a long essay by Campione on the meaning and value of ethnic art; another, by isabella Lenzo, on Primitivism as the foundation of the Brignoni collection; and various sections dealing, respectively, with the Naga of Assam, Sumatra and Nias, Borneo, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and with different parts of New Guinea (South Coast, Sepik, Maprik, Washkuk, Northeast and Massim), Melanesia and Polynesia.
Scientists discovered traces of a civilization wiped out during a volcanic eruption on Sumbawa, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
 
 
 
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