Javanese people
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The Javanese are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of Java island, which covers most of the administrative areas of the provinces of Central Java, East Java, and Spec
A Javanese bride and groom in traditional wedding dresses
Samudra Raksa, a 2003 reconstruction of the 9th century Borobudur ship
A perahu with outrigger, Central Java, between 1924 and 1932
Cross-section of an outrigger boat, between 1863 and 1900
Mataram kingdom
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The Mataram kingdom, also known as the Medang kingdom, was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries AD. It was based in Central Java, and later in East Java
A lithograph of Tjandi Sewoe ruins near Prambanan, circa 1859
Borobudur, the largest single Buddhist structure in the world, one of the monuments constructed by the Shailendra dynasty of the Mataram kingdom
Hindu Parikrama ceremony at Prambanan temple, originally consisted of hundreds of temples, built and expanded in the period between the reign of Saladu and Balitung.
The Plaosan temple with Mount Merapi in the background