valentine's day Indonesian culture can be defined as all local cultures that have existed before the national form Indonesia in 1945. All the local culture from diverse cultural ethnic groups in Indonesia is an integral part of Indonesian culture.
Indonesian culture though varied, but basically formed and influenced by other great cultures such as Tionghoa culture, Indian culture and Arab culture. Indian culture, especially in the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism in the archipelago long before Indonesia was formed. Kingdoms bernafaskan Hindus and Buddhists had dominated the archipelago in the 5th century AD marked the founding of the oldest kingdoms in the archipelago, Kutai, until the end of the 15th century AD.
Tionghoa culture and influenced the culture in Indonesia because of the intensive commercial interaction between traders Tionghoa and Nusantara (Sriwijaya). In addition, many nomads who entered with Sino-nomads coming from the southern regions of China and settled in the archipelago. They settled and married local residents to produce a combination of local culture and Tionghoa unique. It is this culture which later became one of the roots of modern local culture than in Indonesia such as Java and the Betawi culture.
Arab culture in common with the spreading of Islam by Arab traders who stopped at the archipelago on their way to China.
The arrival of European explorers since the 16th Century to the archipelago, and the colonization that took place next, with various forms of Western cultures and forms of modern Indonesian culture as can be found now. Technological, organizational and political systems, social systems, various cultural elements such as food, clothing, economy, and so on, many adopted the Western culture gradually integrated in society.
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