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Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and multilingual nature of the over 17,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago.The world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia is home to numerous ethnic groups, each with their own culture, custom, and language.
Indonesia is the common and official name to refer to the Republic of Indonesia or Indonesian archipelago; however, other names, such as Nusantara and East Indies are also known. Some names are considered obsolete and confined to certain periods of history, while some might be more geographically specific or general.
Peninsular Orang Asli and Sarawakian Bumiputra use the Malay word anak ('child of') to form their patronymics regardless of an individual's sex, for example, Sagong anak Tasi. However, most of the new generation indigenous people in Sabah and Sarawak who live in town areas and who practice Christianity as a religion, tend to have a Christian ...
In case of derivation with the prefix (m)a-, the sandhi law is observed especially when the base word starts with a vowel, such as mānak (having a child) from anak (child), enak (at ease) from inak (ease), and mojar (having speech) from ujar (speech), while there is no change if the word begins with a consonant. Nouns can be qualified by ...
Three Javanese women in kemben making batik clothes in a village in Java, Indonesia. 1800s. A Srimpi dancer wearing velvet kemben.. Traditional kemben is worn by wrapping a piece of cloth around the torso, folding and securing the edge, tying it with additional rope, and covering it with an angkin, a smaller sash around the abdomen.
On 26 June 2010, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tasikmalaya at 4:45pm Waktu Indonesia Barat (WIB). No injuries or destroyed buildings were reported. [9] On 20 May 2012, a magnitude 5 earthquake struck. It happened at 07:37pm Waktu Indonesia Barat (WIB). No injuries or destroyed buildings were reported. [10]
Barat 1. Darat 1. 2. Aceh's west coast 2. 3. Barat 3. Lwas 1. Padang Lawas. 2. Lawas 1. 3. Padang Lawas or Gayu Luas 2. Samudra 1. Sultanate of Samudera Pasai. 2. Samudra near Lhokseumawe, Aceh 123. Lamuri 1. Lambri (Lamuri) Kingdom, the center is now a village in Aceh Besar District 2. Lamuri in Aceh Besar 123. Batan 1. Bintan Island 2. Batam ...
This is a list of monarchs of the Bali Kingdom, an island in the Indonesian archipelago.Included are, first, rulers on an island-wide level, and, second, rajas of minor states that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries.