The Javanese are the largest tribe, with a population (approximately 100 million people according to data from the year 2011) in Indonesia began like Indonesian ethnic groups, mostly including Sundanese people in West Java. The ancestors of the ancient Javanese society is derived from Austronesian, a species thought to originate from Taiwan Area and migrate through the Philippines before arriving on the island of Java in the year 1,500 and 1,000 BC. Javanese ethnic tribe has many sub-ethnic such as those Mataram, the Cirebon, Osing, Tengger, Boya, Samin, Dragon, Banyumasan, and much more. Today, the majority of Javanese proclaim themselves as Muslims and as a Christian and Hindu minority. Regardless of their religion, ethnic Javanese civilization can never be separated from their interaction against native animism named Kejawen which has been running for more than a millennium, and the influence of the Javanese still much we can meet in the Javanese history, culture, traditions, and other arts. For more details, let's see explanation of the history of Javanese ethnic origin which has the following set of history summarized from various sources.
Future of Java's Hindu-Buddhist and Islam
When discussing the Javanese ethnic origin is not much different from the origin of the Indonesian people as a whole, ie at the time of the discovery of fossils of Homo erectus, also known by the name "Java Man" by Eugene Dubois, a Dutch anatomist in 1891 in Trinil. Homo erectus fossils have been found, is estimated to have a lifespan that is already remarkable that is about 700,000 years old, making it one of the archaic human species that can be found at the time. Not long ago, in Sangiran also recovered other fossils of the same species in 1930 by Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald that found the tools that seem far more advanced than the tools in the previous era and the age of the equipment is expected to succeed they found 550,000 up to 143,000 years.
The main belief held by Javanese is animism and continue like that until dai-dai Hindu and Buddhist come to Indonesia that began with the trade contacts with the Indian subcontinent. Which makes the Java community interested in embracing new religions is because they are able to blend with the local Javanese unique philosophy. A gathering place for Javanese culture is Kedu and Kewu existing on the slopes of Mount Merapi as the heart of the Kingdom Medang i Bhumi Mataram. Some ancient dynasties such as Sanjaya and the Sailendra also use the site as a center of their power. When MPU Spoon reign, the capital of the kingdom was moved to near the Brantas River in the 10th century, it also causes a shift in the center of Javanese culture and politics. This displacement is believed to be caused by the volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi, but there is also considered that the displacement is caused by the attack of the kingdom of Srivijaya.
The development of Javanese started to become significant when Kertanegara Singasari ruled the kingdom at the end of the 13th century. Raja is happy to extend this area to do some great expeditions such as to Madura, Bali, Borneo, and the most important is to the island of Sumatra. Finally, Singasari managed to control trade in the Strait of Malacca following the defeat of the Malay kingdoms. Royal dominance Singasari stopped in 1292 when a coup by Jayakatwang who successfully ended the life Kertanegara, and Jayakatwang back killed by Raden Wijaya, a subsidiary of Kertanegara. Later, Raden Wijaya will establish Majapahit, one of the largest kingdom in the archipelago at that time.
When Majapahit experienced many problems about who becomes the successor, several civil wars going on and make the Majapahit lose their own power. When Majapahit began to collapse, the island of Java, also began to change with the development of Islam, and the fall of Majapahit is a momentum for Demak sultanate to become the most powerful empire. This Demak Sultanate will also play an important role in the Portuguese colonial power dispel coming. Demak twice attacked the Portuguese when the Portuguese subjecting Malacca. Demak is also known for their courage to attack the Portuguese alliance and the Kingdom of Sunda. Demak sultanate was followed by Pajang and the Sultanate of Mataram kingdom, and these changes are also forced to move from the initial powerhouse in coastal Demak to Pajang in Blora, and finally moved again to Mataram precisely in the town which is near Yogyakarta today.
Migration early Javanese
Javanese alone is estimated to have links with the Austronesian migration towards Madagascar in the first century. While it is the primary culture of migration is closer to Ma'anyan tribe in Borneo, some parts of the Malagasy language itself is taken from the Java language. Hundreds of years later when the period of the Hindu kingdom come, many merchants Java, who live in other places in the archipelago. At the end of the 15th century following the collapse of Majapahit and development of Muslims in the north coast of Java, many Hindus migrated from Java to Bali and was instrumental in the advancement of the culture of Bali.
In addition to domestic, Javanese also appeared on the Malay Peninsula for a long time. The relationship between Malacca and Java itself is an important thing that plays a major role in the development of Islam in Indonesia because many Islamic missionaries were sent from Malacca to several trade areas on the north coast of Java. Migrations have broadened the scope of which should be reviewed when the historians investigating traces of Javanese origin in history.
Future of Java's Hindu-Buddhist and Islam
When discussing the Javanese ethnic origin is not much different from the origin of the Indonesian people as a whole, ie at the time of the discovery of fossils of Homo erectus, also known by the name "Java Man" by Eugene Dubois, a Dutch anatomist in 1891 in Trinil. Homo erectus fossils have been found, is estimated to have a lifespan that is already remarkable that is about 700,000 years old, making it one of the archaic human species that can be found at the time. Not long ago, in Sangiran also recovered other fossils of the same species in 1930 by Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald that found the tools that seem far more advanced than the tools in the previous era and the age of the equipment is expected to succeed they found 550,000 up to 143,000 years.
The main belief held by Javanese is animism and continue like that until dai-dai Hindu and Buddhist come to Indonesia that began with the trade contacts with the Indian subcontinent. Which makes the Java community interested in embracing new religions is because they are able to blend with the local Javanese unique philosophy. A gathering place for Javanese culture is Kedu and Kewu existing on the slopes of Mount Merapi as the heart of the Kingdom Medang i Bhumi Mataram. Some ancient dynasties such as Sanjaya and the Sailendra also use the site as a center of their power. When MPU Spoon reign, the capital of the kingdom was moved to near the Brantas River in the 10th century, it also causes a shift in the center of Javanese culture and politics. This displacement is believed to be caused by the volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi, but there is also considered that the displacement is caused by the attack of the kingdom of Srivijaya.
The development of Javanese started to become significant when Kertanegara Singasari ruled the kingdom at the end of the 13th century. Raja is happy to extend this area to do some great expeditions such as to Madura, Bali, Borneo, and the most important is to the island of Sumatra. Finally, Singasari managed to control trade in the Strait of Malacca following the defeat of the Malay kingdoms. Royal dominance Singasari stopped in 1292 when a coup by Jayakatwang who successfully ended the life Kertanegara, and Jayakatwang back killed by Raden Wijaya, a subsidiary of Kertanegara. Later, Raden Wijaya will establish Majapahit, one of the largest kingdom in the archipelago at that time.
When Majapahit experienced many problems about who becomes the successor, several civil wars going on and make the Majapahit lose their own power. When Majapahit began to collapse, the island of Java, also began to change with the development of Islam, and the fall of Majapahit is a momentum for Demak sultanate to become the most powerful empire. This Demak Sultanate will also play an important role in the Portuguese colonial power dispel coming. Demak twice attacked the Portuguese when the Portuguese subjecting Malacca. Demak is also known for their courage to attack the Portuguese alliance and the Kingdom of Sunda. Demak sultanate was followed by Pajang and the Sultanate of Mataram kingdom, and these changes are also forced to move from the initial powerhouse in coastal Demak to Pajang in Blora, and finally moved again to Mataram precisely in the town which is near Yogyakarta today.
Migration early Javanese
Javanese alone is estimated to have links with the Austronesian migration towards Madagascar in the first century. While it is the primary culture of migration is closer to Ma'anyan tribe in Borneo, some parts of the Malagasy language itself is taken from the Java language. Hundreds of years later when the period of the Hindu kingdom come, many merchants Java, who live in other places in the archipelago. At the end of the 15th century following the collapse of Majapahit and development of Muslims in the north coast of Java, many Hindus migrated from Java to Bali and was instrumental in the advancement of the culture of Bali.
In addition to domestic, Javanese also appeared on the Malay Peninsula for a long time. The relationship between Malacca and Java itself is an important thing that plays a major role in the development of Islam in Indonesia because many Islamic missionaries were sent from Malacca to several trade areas on the north coast of Java. Migrations have broadened the scope of which should be reviewed when the historians investigating traces of Javanese origin in history.
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