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My current theory runs as follows: the Sargasso Sea, a region northeast of the West Indies, is characterized as an area of relative calm and an abundance of sargassum , an entangling seaweed.
The overseas empire expanded in the East and West Indies, and arts and letters flourished in this age of enlightenment.
Actually, the French West Indies (FWI), or Antilles Françaises as they’re called in France, are not at all a neat geographical cluster.
Bali’s contact with the Dutch was restricted to providing slaves — mainly Balinese who had broken the rajas’ laws or priests’ taboos — and soldiers for the army of the United Dutch East Indies Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC).
An article says the two camps can learn from each other: Indies offer character development and plot, while big-budget movies create "a coveted gloss and Zeitgeist energy that cannot be matched in the world of the shoestring budget."