Indonesian culture

When viewed from a variety of cultures , perhaps Indonesia is the richest country in comparison with other countries . How not ? Indonesia is a country consisting of many islands , with each island has different ethnic groups also vary. This makes the Indonesian culture really diverse.

Culture is closely related to how humans live their lives . From the point of view , how to socialize with people around , how to fulfill their needs to the way people express their inner feelings . So culture is not solely related to the sheer art .

Location of Indonesia is also a contributor to why there are many different cultures in Indonesia . Indonesian territory that stretches from Sabang to Merauke it holds so much culture .

In addition to aspects of these areas , historical aspects also affect the incidence of various maca culture in Indonesia . How Indonesian first is an area of great empire and the kingdom of Srivijaya Mataran ? How to influence the spread of Hindu-Buddhist culture also affects the resulting ? Until religion is Islam which many embraced by the majority of the Indonesian people . It is also a determining factor in the diversity of Indonesian culture .

Indonesia is known for its many cultural diversity . There are so many cultures that exist . Culture itself is very diverse , ranging from technology , language , art , fairy tales , and traditions of diverse areas . Every region in Indonesia , have cultures with each characteristic .

Various cultures in Indonesia

Various cultures in Indonesia is influenced by many things, including:

1 . social

Various Indonesian culture is influenced by social circumstances yangada . Social conditions is closely related to race and ethnicity . The number of islands makes Indonesia a country that has a lot of races and tribes . For example, the Batak of Sumatra , the Dayak tribe in Borneo , Java Betawi tribe , or Asmat in Papua .
There are many other tribes and become our fellow citizens .

Each tribe has a characteristic that has the beauty of each , as well as social traditions . All aspects of the life of each tribe is the root of Indonesian national culture .

Social life will obviously produce culture . How people interact is certainly shaping polea interaction the different between ethnic and racial backgrounds .

2 . technology

Technology is everything that humans were created as a tool to simplify life . Culture technology in question is culture important in finding a few things as life support .

Every technology that made ​​adjusted to the level of intelligence of the human brain . Surely we still remember how developments in technology or tools made ​​by early humans continues to increase in line with the level meingkatnya keceradasan brain .

So also with the existing in society . Society will always look for and create an even more advanced technologies in line with the development of the brain continues MAGs are also in line with the necessities of life which require compliance . And the technology necessary to help meet the needs of human hidupya .

Various technological culture are :

Weapons . Weapons are creations of human technology serves to injure , used both in terms of attack or protect themselves from the threat . In Indonesia , each region has a characteristic shape with a weapon each. For example , rencong of Aceh , a dagger of Central Java , or Mandau of Borneo .

In addition , weapons are also needed to help people run their daily activities , for example to cut wood . Weapons may be known for its ability to injure but the weapons produced by each region in Indonesia actually be the result of a culture that enriches the culture of Indonesia .

Clothing . Clothing is one of the creations of human technology serves to close or to protect the body . Every region in Indonesia has custom clothing which has its own uniqueness . Examples of kinds of clothes are clothes bodo culture of Sulawesi or kebaya of Javanese .

Clothing that does have to cover the basic functions of the human body is also influenced by the existing public system . Call it the clothes are guy who comes from Sulawesi still shows the influence of the religion of Islam which is the most ancient people of Sulawesi to Islam .

As with clothing traisional of Bali where the shape is very much influenced by Hinduism . This suggests that the creation of clothing is influenced by many other things in human life .

Not only the clothes themselves , Indonesia has a variety of unique fabrics that become the main ingredients of clothing . For example, batik or songket fabric , all fabric has a style and a way of making different .

Indonesia is known to be very rich with culture results of this outfit . Call it with a variety of batik motifs and patterns that have been recognized internationally and the name Indopnesia .

Therefore , we should preserve a culture that is so not getting drowned . One form of this is to preserve tradidional clothing by continuing to use it in a certain event .

Most young people now do not know or do not use traditional attire this menu . They prefer to wear clothes that they call to follow fashion and trends sdangkan traditional clothing is called outdated .

Transportation system . This is a technology created to enable people to reach a destination more easily . In Indonesia there are some typical vehicles , such as boats phinisi and buggy / carriage using horsepower .

Forms of transportation that is also following the natural conditions that exist in the local area . For example, the Kalimantan region has many rivers geographical shape then most means of transportation that are created and used is a form of a boat or ship .

While in Yogyakarta special region in the form of low-lying tarnaspotrasinya the tool carriage . In addition influenced by the geographical location , the shape of this transortasi tool was also influenced by belief and tradition of the people there .

House / building . Indonesia has so many custom homes with the characteristic of each region . Various cultural custom home joglo example from Java , West Sumatra gadang , or tongkonan of South Sulawesi . It is just some examples , and many custom homes in Indonesia are used as a residence .

The shape and the motif is also influenced by the location of each area geogrrafis . Call it home Panggunng made ​​to avoid attacks storey wild animals and flooding .

In addition, the shape of the house is also influenced by the traditions and beliefs that exist . Call it home Lamin made ​​great for all members of the village because they thought that all members of the village is the family who have to live in one house .

3 . art

Indonesian culture is not separated from the aspect of local arts . Art itself is a human expression that can be enjoyed by the eyes and ears . In Indonesia , there are an assortment of art , the following example :

Literature ( language )
Language is a tool of human communication . In Indonesia , we can find all sorts of cultural languages ​​, such as Javanese, Balinese , and many more . All have different pronunciations and united by a national language of Indonesia.

Literary arts also include stories or folk tales , usually closely related to the origin of a region or kingdom of ancient stories . For example, the story Tangkuban Perahu , Cucumber Mas , or stories Malin Kundang very full of moral messages .

song
Ever hear a song Apuse ? Ampar - Ampar Banana or Cing Cangkeling ? All the songs in the local language is an art culture that is inherent in almost all of Indonesia's population .

dance
In many areas , there is the art form of dance as a form of human expression to various issues . For example the war , welcoming guests , or gratitude harvest time arrives . Examples of various cultural dance is dance saman from Aceh , Bali Pendet , or dance lulo of Southeast Sulawesi .

musical instrument
Songs and dances would not be complete without music . In Indonesia , local music played by a variety of musical instruments that have a beautiful voice . An example is made ​​of bamboo angklung , gamelan made ​​of iron , or Sasando which is a stringed musical instrument with a beautiful sound .

It is a few examples of the kinds of cultures that exist in Indonesia . Our precious wealth should be preserved from sinking by the times .