Baduy people language are similar to the general Sundanese people population. One of the differences is their beliefs and lifestyle. The Kanekes people isolate themselves from the outside world influences and strictly preserve their traditional lifestyle, while the Sundanese people are much more open to outside influences and majority of them embraces Islam. Generally, the Baduy are divided into three groups, namely "Tangtu", "Panamping" and "Dangka". The community of villages in which they live are considered "mandalas", derived from the Hindu/Buddhist concept but referring in the Indonesian context to places where religion is the central aspect of life. The first group, "Tangtu"
Indonesian occupation of East Timor people or perhaps 80,000". The Indonesian government presented its annexation of East Timor as a matter of anticolonial unity. A 1977 booklet from the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, entitled "Decolonization in East Timor", paid tribute to the "sacred right of self-determination" and recognised APODETI as the true representatives of the East Timorese majority. It claimed that Fretilin's popularity was the result of a "policy of threats, blackmail and terror". Later, Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas reiterated this position in his 2006 memoir "The Pebble in the Shoe: The Diplomatic Struggle for East Timor". The island's original division into east