Javanese People
The Javanese (Javanese Ngoko: Wong Jawa, Krama: Tiyang Jawi; Indonesian: suku Jawa) are an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java. At approximately 85 million people (as of 2009), 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 populations in most Provinces of Indonesia, in Malaysia, Singapore and also Suriname in South America.
Today the majority of the Javanese people identify themselves as Muslims. Because Javanese civilization has been influenced by more than a millennia of interactions between the native animism and the Indian Hindu—Buddhist culture, there are traces of their influences in Javanese history, culture, traditions and art forms.
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