Indonesian Culture

Indonesian culture despite a wide range, but in essence and form influenced by the culture of other cultures such as Chinese, Indian culture and Arab culture. Indian culture, especially the distribution of incoming Hindu and Buddhist in the remote archipelago in Indonesia before. Kingdoms bernafaskan the Hindu and Buddhist religion had dominated the century in the archipelago to-5 by the Christian kingdoms in the archipelago, Kutai, until on the 15th century BC.

Chinese cultural influence and entered the Indonesian culture because intensive interaction between the trade-traders and Chinese merchants Nusantara (Sriwijaya). In addition, many of them go along with Chinese immigrants, immigrants who came from south China and settled in the archipelago. They marry and settle the local population mix, and local Chinese culture is unique. Culture like this is that later became one of the roots of local culture in modern India such as Javanese and Betawi culture.

Arab culture go together with the spread of Islam by Arab traders-traders who stay over in Indonesia on their way to China.

Arrival of European explorers since the tenth century to the 16-archipelago, and the colonization that took place next, to bring various forms of Western culture and establish a modern Indonesian culture as can be found now. Technology, organization and political system, social system, the various elements of culture such as Boga, clothing, economy, and so on, many adopted the Western culture that slow-slow integrated in society.