Rejang people

Rejang people

Tun Hejang / Tun Jang
A group of dancing virgins at Curup, Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu, Indonesia in 1939.
Total population
Approximately 1.2 million (2016 estimate)[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia	1.5 - 2 million[1]
Bengkulu,	1.1 million [citation needed]
South Sumatra	30,000[citation needed]
Others	70,000[citation needed]
Languages
Rejang, Indonesian
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Lembak people, Serawai people, Lintang people, Basemah people, Bengkulu people, Kerinci people, Bidayuh (linguistic)

Rejang people (Rejang: Tun Hejang or Tun Jang) are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, native to the some parts of Bengkulu Province and South Sumatera Province in the southwestern part of Sumatera Island, Indonesia. They occupied some area in a cool mountain slopes of the Barisan mountain range in both sides of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. With approximately more than 1,3 million people, they form the largest ethnic group in Bengkulu Province. Rejang people predominantly live as a majority in 5 out 10 regencies and city of Bengkulu Province, while the rest of them who lives in South Sumatera resides at 7 villages in the district called as Bermani Ulu Rawas. The Rejangs are predominantly an Islam adherent group with small numbers following a religion other than Islam. According to research, Rejang people are the descendants of the Bukar-Sadong people who migrated from Northern Borneo (Sarawak).