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Ward Keeler is an American anthropologist who conducted fieldwork in Java in Indonesia during the New Order area.. He worked in predominantly Surakarta cultural areas, and studied wayang as a means of understanding specific manifestation of Javanese ways of thinking.
Palembang language is a dialect of Malay language with heavy Javanese influence. The Javanese were present in Peninsular Malaya since early times. [ 20 ] The link between Java and Malacca was important during spread of Islam in Indonesia, when religious missionaries were sent from Malacca to seaports on the northern coast of Java. [ 21 ]
The second Indonesian church to be founded in the U.S. was a Baptist church, started by an ethnic Chinese pastor and with a predominantly ethnic Chinese congregation. [25] By 1988, there were 14 Indonesian Protestant congregations; ten years later, that number had grown to 41, with two Indonesian Catholic congregations as well. [26]
The Javanese domination is regarded not only on the realm of culture, but also social, politics and economy. David Leonard Thornton published a thesis in 1972 titled Javanization of Indonesian Politics, which suggests that ethnic Javanese has disproportionately dominate many important positions in Indonesian government. [3]
With more than 100 million people, [20] Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in both Indonesia and in Southeast Asia as a whole. Their native language is Javanese, it is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers and also the largest regional language in Southeast Asia. [21]
New York ethnic distribution, 2000. According to 2004 estimates, 20.4% of the population was foreign-born. Among cities in the State of New York, 36% of New York City's population is foreign-born; this figure of approximately 3 million is a higher total number of foreign-born residents than any other U.S. city.
Most Malaysians of Javanese descent have assimilated into the local Malay culture, and speak Malay as a native tongue and first language rather than the Javanese language of their ancestors. This occurs through usual assimilation, as well as intermarriages with other ethnic groups. This qualifies them as Malays under Malaysian law.
Javanese people, and their culture; Javanese language. Javanese script, traditional letters used to write Javanese language; Javanese (Unicode block), Old Javanese, the oldest phase of the Javanese language; Javanese beliefs; Javanese calendar; Javanese cuisine; Javanese Surinamese, an ethnic group of Javanese descent in Suriname