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What do you call an Indonesian person?
Indonesians (Indonesian: orang Indonesia) are citizens or people of Indonesia, regardless of their racial, ethnic or religious background. There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia, making it a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages, culture and religious beliefs.
Are there Indonesians in Singapore?
According to the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore, as of 2010 there are 180,000 Indonesian citizens in Singapore. As much as 80,000 work as domestic helpers/TKI, 10,000 as sailors, and the rest are either students or professionals.
Is Indonesia a nice place to live?
The people in Indonesia are some of the friendliest, most pleasant people you’ll ever encounter. Jakarta has the best Hard Rock Cafe in the world. The acceptance and respect afforded to anyone of different religion or race is something the rest of the world needs to learn from Indonesia.
What race is Indonesia?
Background
Ethnic groups | Population (million) | Main Regions |
---|---|---|
Javanese | 95.217 | Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Lampung, Jakarta |
Sundanese | 31.765 | West Java, Banten, Lampung |
Malay | 8.789 | Sumatra eastern coast, West Kalimantan |
Madurese | 6.807 | Madura island, East Java |
How big is Indonesia compared to Singapore?
Indonesia is about 2,648 times bigger than Singapore. Singapore is approximately 719 sq km, while Indonesia is approximately 1,904,569 sq km, making Indonesia 264,718\% larger than Singapore.
Why do Singaporeans consider Malaysia as part of Indonesia?
I think, it’s because most of ancestors of today’s Singapore and Malaysia (Malay community) originated from Indonesia. For example, Rendang is a food of Minangkabau people. And the Minangkabau region is in Padang, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia.
What do you know about indindonesian culture?
Indonesians sometimes forgot to look at the world map and see how close Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore are. From ancient times, many Indonesians have migrated to those countries bringing along their culture/food and vice versa. For hundreds of years, the culture became deeply rooted that you can’t tell which is which.
Why do the Minangkabau people of Indonesia hate rendang?
Therefore, the Minangkabau people of Indonesia (which now has the ancestral land of Minangkabau people) don’t like the idea that Malaysia claim it as its national dish. In my opinion, they think that Malaysia doesn’t have the ancestral land where Rendang originated.
Is it justified to claim that Malaysia’s culture originated from Indonesia?
If a culture is belong to Malay or Dayak culture, then it is totally justified because Malay and Dayak are natives to Malaysia. But if a culture is belong to Papuan, Molukan, Sumbawan, Balinese, etc. then it must be acknowledged to be originated from Indonesia.