Indonesia / People

With the fifth largest population in the world. Indonesians number 240 million and are basically of Malay and Polynesian stock comprising of 300 ethnic groups and subgroups having their own traditions. Early immigrants from the Indian subcontinent, China, the Arab peninsula, and Persia have left their mark on culture and religion followed by influences of Portuguese, Spanish, English and Dutch traders and invaders.

Visitors should be aware that the current Indonesian culture contains elements of aggression as they are hardly found anywhere else in the world.

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