Various Ethnic Groups in Indonesia

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I have only slept with a batak before ... 😔

Edited December 18, 2021 by StockBottom

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On 12/18/2021 at 4:54 PM, G_M said:

Various Ethnic Groups in Indonesia (Does not show on Firefox browser)

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Indonesia

 

Quote , " There are 1,300^[1][2] recognised ethnic groups in Indonesia. The vast majority of those belong to the Austronesian peoples. "

 

 

This list is by no means the complete and exhaustive of all the ethnic groups of Indonesia. as according to this article there are more than 1300 recognised ethnic groups.

 

Glaringly missing are the Dayaks of Borneo and the not so want to be accepted Chinese Indonesians found all over the archipelago including the Teochew speaking ethnic Chinese of Batam, Bintan , Bangka Belitung , islands closest to Singapore 

 

 

 

Non-indigenous ethnicities[edit]

Throughout Indonesian history, various ethnic groups of foreign origin spread throughout Indonesia in several migration waves, and usually established themselves in urban centres, seldom settling rural parts of the country.

• Chinese: The most significant ethnic minority of foreign origin in Indonesia, officially amounting to around 2,8 million, with other sources estimating them at anywhere between 2 to 4 million. Chinese people began migrating to Indonesia in the 16th century, with significant waves in the 19th and 20th centuries. They are mostly concentrated in locations called pecinan (chinatowns) in urban Java with significant numbers in Jakarta, Surabaya, Tangerang, Riau, Riau Islands, Bangka-Belitung Islands, and West Kalimantan.

Currently, they have lived together peacefully with the local ethnicities such as the Betawi, Malay, Javanese, and Sundanese; and also, few cities in Indonesia have significant Chinese populations that preserve their heritage links to China. They are spread throughout Indonesian archipelagoes, and significant numbers can be found in Palembang, Jakarta, Surabaya and other coastal cities.

• Indians: Indians also have settled the Indonesian archipelago; however, they are not as many as Chinese Indonesians. They are mostly concentrated in urban centres, with significant numbers around Pasar Baru in Jakarta, and the most well-known at Kampung Madras in Medan. Almost 95% of all Indian Indonesians are living in the province of North Sumatra.
• Indos: Indos or Eurasians are people of mixed native Indonesian and Dutch/European ancestry. They emerged in the Dutch East Indies colonial era. Today, less than one million Indonesians with varying degrees of mixed ancestry can trace their ancestors to Europeans. Nowadays, Indos live mostly in Jakarta, many of them having dual citizenship, Dutch and Indonesian. As of 2011, an estimated 124,000 Indos live outside the Netherlands (including Indonesia).^[7]
• Mardijkers: Their name means "freeman" and derives from the Dutch pronunciation of the Malay word "merdeka", which means "free". The ancestors of the Mardijkers were enslaved by the Portuguese in India, Africa and the Malay Peninsula. They were brought to Indonesia by the Dutch East India Company and were freed right after being settled here. Over long periods of time, they have gradually returned to their respective home countries. Though, they still exists in small numbers in the capital city today and retains its own distinct culture characteristic of the Mardijker people.
• Japanese: Japanese people initially migrated to Indonesia in the aftermath of the defeat of Japanese empire in World War II. Afterwards, their percentage decreased to return to their beloved homeland, with only small numbers of ex-Japanese soldiers remaining in Indonesia and becoming Indonesian citizens. The recent increase of Japanese residents in Indonesia has been driven by the increase of Japanese business and investments in the country since the 1990s, with majority of those residents are being expatriates who retain their Japanese citizenship. They live mostly in Jakarta and Bali.

See also