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Eid mass prayer on open field during colonial Dutch East Indies period. The word Lebaran was derived from a Javanese word, and according to Indonesian Muslim scholar Umar Khayam, the lebaran tradition was the result of acculturation between Javanese culture and Islam during the 15th century.
During the Liberal democracy period in Indonesia and Guided Democracy that followed it under Sukarno, the common phrase used in speech and formal meetings was "Merdeka", the Indonesian and Malay word for independence or freedom, or variations of it such as "Salam Merdeka ".
An especially prominent example, still widely taught in primary schools, is that the Weton for the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945 took place on Jumat Legi; this is also the Weton for the birth and death of Sultan Agung, one of the greatest kings of Java and the inventor of the modern Javanese calendar. [6]
Tengku Abdul Hamid bin Tengku Jumat PMN (Jawi: عبدالحميد بن جومت; 12 April 1917 – 16 April 1978) was a Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Singapore between 1956 and 1959. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Chief Minister, he served as Minister of Local Government, Lands and Housing between ...
Ahmad bin Haji Jumat (born 23 November 1941) is a Bruneian aristocrat, civil servant and politician who is the current representative of Brunei Darussalam to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). [1]
The observation of 31 August as Malaysia's national day is the cause of some controversy, with calls to prioritize the celebration of Malaysia Day (Hari Malaysia) on 16 September instead. Malaysia Day commemorates the formation of Malaysia in 1963, [ 4 ] when the four entities of North Borneo , Sarawak , Singapore and Malaya federated to form ...
Gibran Rakabuming Raka (born 1 October 1987) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 14th vice president of Indonesia.Previously the 18th mayor of Surakarta from 2021 to 2024, he is the eldest child of the seventh President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.