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mata hari

Something expressively enigmatic with the words mata hari. Think of the legendary Javanese-Dutch dancer who became the stuff of espionage legend.

 

Etymologically, mata means the eye in Indonesian, Malay, Cebuano or Tagalog. With hari the word for day in Indonesian, mata hari literally is the sun in indonesian. Interestingly, hari means differently in the Philippine dialects where it stands for king. Surely, the sun can be the Royal Eye.

 

Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia

 

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Uploaded on September 27, 2006
Taken on July 29, 2006