Indigenous tribes in Indonesia do not have beautiful blue eyes. People living in Indonesia on average have dark brown eyes or black. Blue eyes are only obtained from those who are peranakan Europeans such as artists who adorn television television.
In addition to those who often present on the screen, people with blue eyes in Indonesia was in Aceh. Some Muslim girls in Aceh have brownish blue eyes and also have blonde hair. It is said that they are descendants of the Portuguese who once stopped in Aceh.
The Origin of Blue Eyes from Aceh
There are two versions of the story that reveal about the origin of this Lamno Bulek. The first version says that this blue-eyed offspring comes from Portuguese colonization in Aceh at the beginning of the 16th century. When the people will find spices to Indonesia they enter Aceh and finally settled there. Some of the men from the troops married Acehese girls and eventually produced offspring with beautiful brownish blue eyes.
Furthermore the second version explains that the offspring of blue eyes called Bulek Lamno started when the Portuguese warships were stranded in Aceh. At that time King Daya arrested anyone who is still alive. If they want to be helped then they must convert to Islam but refuse to return to the sea. From here the men of the Portuguese married and produced many offspring.