The Cirebon or Cirebonese (Wong Cirebon; Urang Cirebon) are an indigenous ethnic group native to Cirebon in the northeastern region of West Java, Indonesia. With a population of approximately 1.9 million, the Cirebonese population, they are mainly adherents of Sunni Islam. Their native language is the Cirebonese, which is a form of mixed language between the Javanese and Sundanese, with a heavier influence from Javanese.[2]
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The Cirebon or Cirebonese (Wong Cirebon; Urang Cirebon) are an indigenous ethnic group native to Cirebon in the northeastern region of West Java, Indonesia...
of life. These include Banyumasan, Cirebonese, Mataram, Osing, and Tenggerese. The majority of the Javanese people identify themselves as Sunni Muslims...
themselves as "Wong Cirebon" ("Cirebonesepeople"), and to their language as "Basa Cirebon" ("Cirebonese"). Cirebonese language is related to Javanese...
Bantenese people; which are closely related to the Banten Sultanate, are different from the Cirebonesepeople who are not part of the Sundanese people or the...
themselves as "Wong Cirebon" ("Cirebonesepeople"), and to their language as "Basa Cirebon" ("Cirebonese"). Cirebonese language is related to Javanese...
and tahu gejrot (fried tofu in sweet spicy sauce). Indonesia portal Cirebonesepeople Megamendung batik TRUSMI BATIK VILLAGE : Center of Cirebon’s Batik...
Cirebonese mask dance (Indonesian: Tari Topeng Cirebon; Cirebonese: beksan topéng Cerbon) is a local indigenous art form of Cirebon in Java, including...
Bantenese people; which are closely related to the Banten Sultanate, are different from the Cirebonesepeople whom are not part of the Sundanese people nor...
first created by Mak Kinang and Kong Djioen in 1930 which was inspired by Cirebonese mask dance. This theatrical form of dance drama developed in the area...
comparatively insignificant in size. Likely what he meant here is the Cirebonesepeople, an Austronesian ethnic group with mixed culture of Javanese and Sundanese...
influences; for example, some[who?] may agree that the Bantenese and Cirebonese belong to different ethnic groups with their distinct dialect, however...
boxes, or other symbols instead of Javanese characters. The Tenggerese people are a sub-ethnic group of Javanese in eastern Java who claim to be the descendants...
is a Cirebon palace variant where the performers dance are unmasked. Cirebonese wayang wong developed at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and...
well as the westernmost part of Central Java, is called by the Sundanese people Tatar Sunda or Pasundan (meaning Sundanese land). Sundanese migrants can...
Indonesia's westernmost part of Central Java. At approximately ±9 million people, they are concentrated in Banyumas, Cilacap, Kebumen, Purworejo, Purbalingga...
influences; for example, some may consider Osing people and Cirebonese to be members of Javanese people, however, some others argue that they are different...
use topeng (mask) during dancing and Betawi people believed that the topeng has magical powers. Cirebonese topeng dance is a local indigenous art form...
Anom III Indonesia portal List of monarchs of Java Sultanate of Cirebon Cirebonese History of Indonesia List of palaces in Indonesia Turner, Peter (November...
Malay, differing both in its typology and historical origins. The Bacan people are thought to be a Malayic community that migrated from Borneo some centuries...
Teochew people who immigrated to Singapore, it is a chilli-based peanut sauce very similar to the one served with satay Sega lengko – a typical cirebonese dish...
several dialects, conventionally described according to the locations of the people: Western dialect, spoken in the provinces of Banten and some parts of Lampung;...
religion and ancient beliefs adhered to by the Sundanese (including Baduy people & Bantenese) in Indonesia. The followers of this belief system can be found...
Indonesian Malay. It is creolized because it is used as the lingua franca of the people in the area where other languages in the Austronesian and Papuan family...
Gates from the tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni, taken to the Somnath temple A Cirebonese cotton banner with a Chinese influenced lion with Arabic calligraphy with...
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and east of Java Island, and some Betawi people, and also other immigrant ethnic groups including the Cirebonese, Batak, Tionghoa, Minangkabau, Bantenese...
spoken in Cirebon and nearby areas (Majalengka, Indramayu, Sumber) is Cirebonese, a dialect of Javanese with Sundanese influence. Indonesian is widely...
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