Tenggerese people

Tenggerese people
ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦡꦼꦁꦒꦼꦂ / ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦡꦼꦁꦒꦼꦂ / ꦥꦿꦶꦪꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦡꦼꦁꦒꦼꦂ
Wång Thěnggěr / Tiyang Thěnggěr / Priyantun Thěnggěr
Tenggerese offering (East Java)
Total population
500,000 (2010)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia (East Java)

Their population is concentrated in mountain region of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (East Java) that including regency of:

Languages
native Javanese language (Tenggerese dialect), also Indonesian language
Religion
Predominantly Javanese Hinduism, small minority of Sunni Islam, and Christianity (Protestant)[3]
Related ethnic groups
Other Javanese sub-ethnic such as Mataram, Cirebonese, Osing, Boyanese, Samin, Banyumasan, etc.[4]
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The Tenggerese people[a] are a sub-ethnic group of Javanese in eastern Java who. Their population of roughly 500,000 in 2010[8] is centered in the isolated Tengger mountains (Mount Bromo) in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in eastern Java. Majority of Tenggerese population profess Java Hinduism as their religion. The Tenggerese people are the only Javanese ethnic group who have remained Hindu since the Majapahit era after the Osing people which has been Islamized.

"Anak Tengger" Tenggerese child in East Java

Scattered communities of Tenggerese also exist in the Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Malang, and Lumajang Regencies of eastern Java. They are traditionally believed to be the descendants of legendary Roro Anteng and Joko Seger.[9] The Tenggerese are considered an ethnic sub-group of the Javanese people.

  1. ^ "Publication Name". Sp2010.bps.go.id. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ^ Dwi Astuti Wahyu Nurhayati 2016, p. 2
  3. ^ David Priyasidharta (26 December 2015). "Begini Perayaan Natal dan Maulid Nabi di Kawasan Tengger". Tempo. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Index". sp2010.bps.go.id.
  5. ^ Kamus Pepak Basa Jawa,Sudaryanto/Pranowo, 2001, #1359
  6. ^ a b See: Javanese language: Politeness
  7. ^ Harjawiyana, Haryana; Theodorus Supriya (2001). Kamus unggah-ungguh basa Jawa. Kanisius. p. 185. ISBN 978-979-672-991-3.
  8. ^ "Publication Name". Sp2010.bps.go.id. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ Mount Bromo East Java tourism


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