Traditions of Indonesia harvest. Other ethnics such as Javanese might held slametan ceremonies for starting agricultural calendar to harvesting. While Dayak people performing Hudoq dances during harvest thanksgiving festival. Hudoq is deity that symbolize pest, and by appeasing Hudoq is believed will deter the pest in coming agricultural cycle. Traditions of Indonesia Traditions of Indonesia are traditions, beliefs, values, and customs that belong within the culture of Indonesian people. Indonesia is a vast country of sprawling archipelago with a diverse demographic range of over 300 ethnic groups, and speaking more than 700 living languages. With 202.9 million Muslim s (93.2% of the total
Mandinka people in novelistic form. Mandinka people The Mandinka or Malinke (also known as Maninka, Manding, Mandingo, Mandenka and Mandinko) are a West African ethnic group with an estimated global population of 11 million (the other three largest ethnic groups in Africa being the unrelated Fula, Hausa and Songhai peoples). The Mandinka are one ethnic group within the larger linguistic family of the Mandé peoples, who account for more than 80 million people. (Other Mande peoples include the Soninke, Dyula, Bozo, Bissa and Bambara). The Mandinka are the descendants of the Mali Empire, which rose to power in the 13th century under