History of Javanese in Singapore

Sejarah Orang Jawa di Singapura

SURYAKENCHANA OMAR

Early Connections

Up to 1819…

"Dia Gajah Mada Patih Amangkubumi tidak ingin melepaskan puasa. Ia Gajah Mada, "Jika telah mengalahkan Nusantara, saya (baru akan) melepaskan puasa. Jika mengalahkan Gurun, Seram, Tanjung Pura, Haru, Pahang, Dompo, Bali, Sunda, Palembang, Tumasik, demikianlah saya (baru akan) melepaskan puasa"."

Gajah Mada, PM, Majapahit, 14th Century

old Javanese gold

1814

Lieutenant-Governor of Java1811-1817

1817

Settling in Singapore

From 1819…

Research on Javanese in Singapore• Abdul Aziz Bin Johari, The Javanese People of

Singapore:…, 1960-61.• Julina Khusaini, The Baweanese and the

Javanese in Singapore:…, 1988-89.• Chia Hwee Hwee Jeanette, A History of the

Javanese and Boyanese People, 1992-93.• Pitra Narendra, “Just to Remind that We're All

Javanese at Heart": Practices and Narratives of Javaneseness …, 2011.

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Se-Nusantara SeriesMALAY HERITAGE CENTRE

Apr- Aug 2016

• Exhibition on Javanese community, culture and hertiage in Singapore.

• Singapore-Javanese Interactions.• Celebrating Javanese Cultural Heritage –

performances, workshops, seminars…

Thank You, Terima Kasih, Matur Nuwun