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  2. Javanese culture - Wikipedia

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    Javanese origin artforms are among the best known in Indonesia and the whole archipelago. The famous Javanese wayang puppetry culture was influenced by Hindu and Buddhist traditions. The Wayang repertoire stories, lakon, are mostly based on epics from India; Ramayana and Mahabharata. These epics and stories influenced wayang puppetry as well as ...

  3. Kejawèn - Wikipedia

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    Although Java is predominately Muslim, kejawen the syncretic Javanese culture, still plays a cultural undercurrent among some Javanese. [15] Some Javanese texts relate stories about Syekh Siti Jenar (also known as Syekh Lemah Abang) who had conflicts with Wali Sanga, the nine Islamic scholars in Java, and the Sultanate of Demak. [16] [17]

  4. Blangkon - Wikipedia

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    Blangkons, the traditional Javanese headgear. A blangkon (Javanese: ꦧ꧀ꦭꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀) or belangkon (in Indonesian) is a traditional Javanese headgear worn by men and made of batik fabric. [1] There are four types of blangkons, distinguished by the shapes and regional Javanese origin: Ngayogyakarta, Surakarta, Kedu, and Banyumasan. [2]

  5. Priyayi - Wikipedia

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    The homeland of priyayi culture is attributed to Mataram’s center, namely the Javanese-speaking middle and eastern parts of Java. [4] Although "Javanized" by Mataram’s political expansion, the Sundanese -speaking western part of Java, the easternmost parts of Java , and the nearby island of Madura retain ethnic, linguistic, and cultural ...

  6. Javanese people - Wikipedia

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    Javanese cultural expressions, such as wayang and gamelan, are often used to promote the excellence of Javanese culture The Javanese are the inventors of batik; it is an Indonesian culture that is widely known and popular in many countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka and East African countries

  7. Kemben - Wikipedia

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    Kemben (Javanese: ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀, Indonesian: kemban) is an Indonesian female torso wrap historically common in Java, Bali, and other parts of the Indonesian archipelago. It is made by wrapping a piece of kain (clothes), either plain, batik printed, velvet , or any type of fabrics, covering the chest wrapped around the woman's torso.

  8. Slametan - Wikipedia

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    The slametan (or selametan, slamatan, and selamatan) is the communal feast from Java, symbolizing the social unity of those participating in it. Clifford Geertz considered it the core ritual in Javanese religion, in particular the abangan variant. [1] The feast is common among the closely related Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese people.

  9. Gunungan (wayang) - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture of Gunungan and people wearing lurik clothes The gunungan in wayang performance. The gunungan (Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦔꦤ꧀; "mountain"), also known as kayon or kayonan (from kayu, "wood" or "tree") in Bali, is a figure in the Indonesian theatrical performance of wayang e.g. wayang kulit, wayang klitik, wayang golek, and wayang beber.