With approximately 100 million people, the Javanese people form the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of the island of Java. Even if the majority of the Javanese identify themselves as Muslims, their civilization has been influenced by more than a millennium of interactions between the native animism Kejawen and the Indian Hindu-Buddhist culture. Not coincidentally, Javanese culture values harmony and social order highly, and abhorres direct conflicts and disagreements.
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