She said it was those who still thought being ethnic Chinese or Javanese made a difference, and therefore a problem, who were odd. Cultural acculturation, including in Surakarta, she said ...

In the context of Malaysia, the Javanese ethnic group in Johor has a vibrant and rich cultural heritage that deserves preservation and celebration. This festival showcases the cultural essence of the ...

NO ONE BEATS about the bush quite like the Javanese, an ethnic group from Indonesia’s most populous island. Chronicling their mores in 1960 Clifford Geertz, an American anthropologist ...

an ethnic Javanese, wished to make Indonesia less Java-centric. The new capital, he argued, should be in the middle of the country — between the north and south, the west and east of the ...

A Javanese militia has formed in Central Aceh and, with encouragement from security forces, is stoking conflict between Acehnese and other ethnic groups in the separatist province, human rights ...

He knew the Koran, but more in a Javanese sense than in a conventional ... of killings of suspected Communist Party members, ethnic Chinese, as well as trade unionists, teachers, activists ...

MORE people speak Javanese than Malay, Burmese or even Thai. Indeed, 95 million people, or fully 40% of Indonesia’s 265 million strong population, are Javanese speakers. However, Javanese is not ...

an ethnic Javanese, wished to make Indonesia less Java-centric. The new capital, he argued, should be in the middle of the country — between the north and south, the west and east of the ...