Javanese people

Javanese, Javanese Wong Jawa, are an ethnic group on the Indonesian island of Java, which lives mainly on Central and East Java, and Javanese ( basa Jawa ) speaks. Colloquially, all inhabitants of the island are called Javanese falsely. The residents of West Java ( Sunda ), the Sundanese ( bahasa sunda, basa sunda ) speak to Sundanese call.

In the course of the transmigration policy, many Javanese are in other less populated parts of the country of Indonesia emigrated, which often drew conflicts with the population living there by himself.

The Javanese took over 1000 years to multiple religions, Buddhism and Hinduism first, which were the two most popular religions until the 16th century. In many places they mixed some with older Javanese beliefs. By Indian and Arab traders began in the 16th century, the conversion to Islam, which today belongs to the vast majority of Javanese. Traditional practice, most of them a form of Islam ( Abangan ), which is still heavily steeped in old Javanese beliefs. There are also very small minorities of Christians and Buddhists.

• Ethnicity in Indonesia
• Java ( island)