Ancient Painting from the Land of Java - 498000 BC

Original Title: Terkuak, Gambar Kuno Tertua di Dunia Berasal dari Tanah Jawa Jakarta (DreamLandLibrary) - The oldest nicks in the world found on the shell apparently come from the land of Java, precisely from the Trinil site, Ngawi, East Java. Research published in Nature on Monday (1/12/2014) revealed it. Josephine CA Jordens, a researcher at the Faculty of Archeology at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, and her colleagues is...

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Religious Timeline

Jakarta (DreamLandLibrary) - With the timeline, it makes us more open to see each of the religions in this world. Agami Jawi (Javanese Local Religion) - 10,481 BC Hinduism - Century 3.102 BC Buddhism - Ages 563 BC Christianity - 1st Century AD - Year 1 AD Christianity - 29 CE (When Jesus was 29) Syrian Orthodox Christian Religion - 52 CE To Lotang Religion (Sulawesi Local Religion) - 564 AD (Birth of Sawerigading) Islam - 571 CE (Birth of the...

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The Original Local Religion of the Archipelago - 10481 Years BC

Illustration Jakarta (DreamLandLibrary) - The list below is a temporary collection that may increase in the future. Kapitayan Kedjawen (Central Java and East Java) - 10,481 BC Sundanese Javanese Religion (Kuningan, West Java) Mulajadi Flow Nabolon Basora Bolim Nobility Buhun (West Java) Kaharingan (Kalimantan) Parmalim (North Sumatra) Tolottang (South Sulawesi) - Year 564 AD Tonaas Walian (Minahasa, North Sulawesi) Marapu (Sumba) Naurus (Seram...

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The entry of Buddhism in Indonesia - 400 AD

Jakarta (Dreamland Library) - Buddhism arrived in the archipelago quite early and a lot of information about this we get from Chinese sources. Fa Xien, who came from Sri Lanka in 414, was stranded because of a strong typhoon to Yeh p'o t'i (Yawadwîpa, whether this is Java or Sumatra, is unclear), feeling rather disappointed with his religious situation (= Buddhism) in there, especially when compared to the Brahmins and 'infidels'. But before 424,...

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The Origin of the Betawi Tribe

One of Betawi Art which is widely known by the public Jakarta (Dreamland Library) The Betawi tribe is one of the ethnic groups of Indonesia, the initial inhabitants of the city of Jakarta and its surroundings. Historian Sagiman MD, stated that the existence of the Betawi tribe had existed, since the New Stone Age (Neoliticum), where the native Betawi originated from Nusa Java; Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese. A similar opinion came from...

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