the javanese
71Singapore Stone — The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood at the mouth of the Singapore River. The slab, which is believed to date back to at least the 13th century and possibly as early as the 10th or 11th century, bore… …
72Indonesian literatures — the poetry and prose writings in Javanese, Malay, Sundanese, and other languages of the peoples of Indonesia. They include works orally transmitted and then preserved in written form by the Indonesian peoples; oral literature; and the… …
73Malay world — The concept of the Malay World is based on the idea of a Malay race, and refers to a cultural and linguistic sphere of influence, covering the archipelago of modern day Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southernmost part of Thailand, the… …
74Slametan — The slametan is the Javanese communal feast, symbolizing the social unity of those participating in it. Clifford Geertz considered it the core ritual in Javanese religion, in particular the abangan variant.Geertz, 11.] A slametan can be given to… …
75Colonial architecture of Indonesia — Javanese and neo classical Indo European hybrid villa. Note the Javanese roof form and general similarities with the Javanese cottage. Dutch colonial architecture in Indonesia was predominantly built in Java, however, buildings from the Dutch… …
76Indonesian killings of 1965–66 — The Indonesian killings of 1965 ndash;66 were a violent anti communist purge following an abortive coup in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. The most widely accepted estimates are that over half a million people were killed. The purge was a… …
77Dipo Negoro, Pangeran — ▪ Javanese leader (Prince),also called Raden Mas Ontowirjo born c. 1785, , Jogjakarta, Java [Indonesia] died Jan. 8, 1855, Makasar, Celebes Javanese leader in the 19th century conflict known to the West as the Java War and to Indonesians …
78Pararaton — The Pararaton, also known as the Book of Kings, is a manuscript in the Kawi language. The comparatively short text of 32 folio size pages (1126 lines) contains the history of the kings of Singhasari and Majapahit in eastern Java. The book is also …
79Santri — The Santri are a cultural stream of people within the population of Javanese who practice a more orthodox version of Islam, in contrast to the abangan classes. The American sociologist, Clifford Geertz, identified three main cultural streams (… …
80Nagarakretagama — The Nagarakretagama or Nagarakrtagama, also known as Desawarnana, is an Old Javanese eulogy to Hayam Wuruk, a Javanese king and the monarch of the Majapahit Empire. It was written as a kakawin by Mpu Prapanca in 1365 (or 1287 Saka year).[1] The… …
