Between the Far East and the Middle East, Indonesia is a central of trading routes. The influence from that are many of religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam from many cultures. So, long interaction between native of the soil custom and multiple foreign influences to Indonesian culture.
India great differences religious practice, customs, and tradition, it is same with Indonesia. The various religious and tradition of India that were creating by this acculturation has influenced other part of the world too. The first human who introduced Indian culture in Indonesia is Brahmana, he is a Biarawan and hindu priest from some doctrine or theory of religion in India. He followed trade route. Nevertheless, when he gets some follower, some of Indonesian people who have their religion went to India as visitor to a sacred place and student with a new science.
Indian culture received very well, both of Indonesia and India have similarity between art Hindu and Java and India cannot separate. Like literature custom of old Javanese and Bali, literature that connected with religion or secularism. For religion, just one religious sects of India that tread in Java, Bali and the other in Indonesia, it is Jainism. India is one of nations that have many religions in the world, with some of the most deeply religious of the societies and cultures. The Religion still definite role in the life of most of the people in there.
“India is the mother of all cultures. She reaches out as a home to various people all over the world. India serves as a beacon of hope in a world that is plagued by violence and mistrust” said Prajna Murdaya (a major importer of sports goods).
When we spiking about religious of Indonesian, the practices religious in India that has same, many religious that came from India. As I know, India is the birthplace of Dharma religious as Hinduism and Buddhism, India culture especially for spread Hinduism and Buddhism in Indonesia, so many monarchs that have Hinduism-Buddhism around 5 century like Kutai until 15 century.
I once ask to my friend who has Hinduism, in fact Hinduism in Indonesia differences from ways of worship their god. If Indonesia worships Siva, so in India have several of gods. Likewise, Islamic religion came from India too exactly from Gujarat which brought by trader. For convinced that Indian still in Indonesia, they associate with Indonesian, because around 9 century in an epigraphy from Middle Java, it called some of Indian (from Kalinga, Aryan, Dravidian, Campa, and Khmer).
Archeological of Hinduism that remains in some place in Indonesia, it is in Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Kalimantan, the story about Mahabhrata and classic story about Ramayana is a part of our history. Ramayana and Mahabhrata are old preserved and still known epics of India, some versions adopted epics from Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Therefore, Indonesia has same story like this. In addition, the name of Indonesian people used names from India or Hinduism. Although they not sure Hinduism.
The last archeological from Siva (Hinduism) and Buddha religion in Bali and Lombok, both of Siva (Hinduism) and Buddha is different doctrine from one religious. In Bali, villages that have name Budakeling in Karangasem. Here, all of the people followed this mazhab. Dang Hyang Astapaka from Kalinga is a Doctrine of Siva and Buddha inheritance from, furthermore Mpu Tantular.
While, influenced of Indonesian architectures are India, on the contrary Indian architecture influenced by eastern and southeastern Asia. Like Hinduism and Buddhism temple or stupa. For instance, Prambanan temple or Borobudur temple in Jogjakarta is the largest temple in the world, or temple tower in Bali, has become famous symbols of Asian culture. If I not wrong, the Borobudur temple have 160 reliefs it tell about life of Buddha story, while Hindu temple architecture or Prambanan temple many influenced of Indian on the site is clear, not only style of monument, but also Ramayana relief that adorn the out of walls in the main temple.
The main religion In Indonesia is Islam, it is making Indonesia the most popular Muslim as majority in the world, and Hindu and Buddhist are minority, on the contrary, in India Hindu are main religion and the most popular Hindu-majority nation in the world.
India has many customs, According to Eugene M. Makar, the traditional India culture defined by strict relative of social hierarchy. From an early age, children are reminding of their roles and place in society, this is reinforce that in determine their life many believe gods and spirit have integral and function role. In India, the marriage is though to be for life and the divorced rate is extremely low, compared with in Indonesia very high case.
However, In many families in India, in their own name women do not own any property, and do not get a share of parental property, also the girls and women face nutritional discrimination, they still in behind men in term of income and job status. It is contras with in Indonesia; we have same basic rights, we have not this tradition. Tradition is important in Indian, because it is soul.
I remember India have a unique greeting. They called it "Namaste or Namaskar" it is an expression of deep respect, and the same hands folded gesture, and I see when a person met with parents or the other who more than old from them, they will touch parent's foot. That I knew from many movies of India, it is unique for me, as I know in Indonesia it is nothing. In Indonesia just take hold of hands.
After that, Multi cultural and multi religious, both of Indonesia and India have many celebrate holidays and festival, like Independence Day, Indonesia has an Iedul Fitri, Iedul Adha, and Ramadan for Muslim, Nyepi for Hindus, Christmas for Christiani, and waisak for Budhism are the National Holiday of religions. National Education day, mother's day, and so on, is National Holiday. India have three, are celebrated with spirit and enthusiasm Gandhi Jayanti, and the republic Day and regions have local festival. In addition, many states and regions have local festival depending on general religious and linguistic demographic, Diwali, Holi and Durga Holi is popular religious festival. Diwali that celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. Whereas Islamic festival, such as Ied Fitri, Ied Adha and Ramadhan. India has some festival unique, is adding colors to the culture of India, the name is Dree Festival.
Indonesia also has some culture which unique, a traditional customs from Jogja people, when Maulid Nabi, they show their tradition which shared of food from Keraton. Indonesia have some culture, part of Muslim in Indonesia celebrated Muhammad birth and Isra Miraj
Although in India have various religions, but they have piece in their life now, in the past time they often have conflict exactly between Muslim and Hindus. I ever hear "whatever your mazhab, if you well to do, so you was search Din, Allah look at it" this sentence from one of Indian figure, he still in Indonesia. In fact, when someone wills marriage with other religion, this marriage not prohibited by India constitution, but part of all the people in India cannot receive it.
At that moment, a student ask something to the teacher, "if a group of fundamental attack to you, what will do you do?" the teacher answer this question "if they are fundamental, they will not attack to others people. Because they are know, when Muhammad married with Khodijah, ritual of Islam religion still not yet. This is a reason, why India government to permit this marriage. This reason makes the people confused.
The result, in Indonesia many people of India who live here. They build organization which movement on language and culture perpetuation.
Tugas kuliah, namanya juga baru amatiran... mohon di koreksi bila ada grammar dan kawan-kawan yg kurang tepat
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