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Totok

Totok is an Indonesian language term colloquially used in Indonesia to refer to individuals of Dutch and other European origin who lived in the Dutch East Indies until Indonesian independence in 1949. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was popularised among colonists in Batavia, who initially coined the term to describe the foreign born and new immigrants of "pure blood" - as opposed to Eurasians or Indos. When more Dutchmen were born in the East Indies, the term gained significance in describing those of exclusive European ancestry, or local creoles closer to that side of the racial spectrum.

An antonym of Totok is Peranakan, meaning simply "descendants", which is used for other races that mixed with indigenous Asian peoples.

Notable Dutch Totoks and descendants

  • Paul Acket (Semarang, Java, 1922), founder of the North Sea Jazz festival
  • Albert Alberts, award winning author, journalist
  • Beb Bakhuys
  • Frits Bolkenstein, politician
  • Ben Bot, minister
  • Hans van den Broek, minister
  • Jeroen Brouwers, author
  • Conrad Busken Huet (1826-1886), newspaper editor on Java (1868-1876)
  • Louis Couperus (1863–1923), childhood in Batavia, Java (1871–1877), author of The Hidden Force (1900)
  • P.A. Daum (1850-1898), newspaperman, author
  • Johan Fabricius (1899-1981), author of De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (1923)
  • Anthony Fokker (Blitar, Java, 1890), aviation pioneer
  • Hella Haasse (Batavia, Java, 1918), award winning author
  • Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (Surabaya, Java, 1917), decorated World War II hero
  • W. R. van Hoëvell (1812-1879), church minister of Batavia, political activist (1838-1848)
  • Xaviera Hollander, author
  • Rudy Kousbroek, author
  • Liesbeth List, singer
  • Multatuli (1820-1887), resident on Ambon and Java (1838-1858), iconic author
  • Willem Nijholt, artist, singer
  • Willem Oltmans, journalist, author
  • Helga Ruebsamen, author
  • Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister
  • F. Springer, author
  • Bram van der Stok (Plaju, Sumatra, 1915), decorated World War II hero
  • Madelon Szekely-Lulofs (Surabaya, 1899) author of Rubber(1931) and Koelie (1931)
  • Peter Tazelaar (Bukittingi, Sumatra, 1922), decorated World War II hero
  • Edgar Vos (Makassar, 1931), fashion designer
  • Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, Mata Hari, spy
  • References

    Totok Wikipedia