Javanese People

Javanese people are an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java. At approximately 100 million people (as of 2011), they form the largest ethnic group in Indonesia. They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of the island. There are also significant numbers of people of Javanese descent in most Provinces of Indonesia, Malaysia, Suriname, South Africa and the Netherlands. Ethnic Javanese has many sub-ethnic such as Mataram, Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Naganese, Banyumasan, etc. Today the majority of the Javanese people identify themselves as...

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Baduy from Banten

Baduy is one of the original tribes of Banten Province. The Baduy tribe population numbers approximately 5000-8000 people. The dwelling of Baduy Tribe are in the Kendeng mountains Kanekes village, District Leuwidamar, district-Rangkasbitung, Lebak, Banten, is about 40 km from the town of Rangkasbitung. Baduy tribe territory itself is divided into two areas namely Inner Baduy tribe and Outer Baduy tribe. The Inner Baduy tribe who actually still maintain traditions while the Outer Baduy tribe Baduy tribe who had mingled with the surrounding community. Ethnically the Baduys belong...

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Asmat People

Asmat comes from Papua Province. Asmat were among the tribes Mappi, Yohukimo and Jayawijaya between various tribes in the Papua island. As with other tribes that are in Papua island, there Asmat tribe who live in the coastal areas with the distance of 100 km to 300 km, even Asmat are located in the countryside, surrounded by heterogeneous forests containing rattan plants, wood (aloes) and tubers. Asmat tribe scattered and inhabit around the coast of Arafuru sea and Jayawijaya mountains. In the life of the Asmat, stones that we usually see on the street is very valuable to them. The residence...

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