Culture and Ethnicity Betawi Depok

Culture and Ethnicity Betawi Depok

Depok City, is a city in the province of West Java, Indonesia. It is located just south of Jakarta, namely the Jakarta-Bogor. The word itself comes from the word Depok in Sundanese language meaning hermitage or place imprisoned. However, there is also a saying that the word is an acronym of Depok De Eerste Protestants Onderdaan Kerk who ar
tinya is People First Christian Church. [1].

Depok district was once the town in the district of Bogor, which later received the administrative city status in 1982. Since 20 April 1999, is set to be Depok municipality (now: cities) that is separate from Bogor regency. Depok city consists of 11 districts, which are divided into 63 wards.

The names of the District and Sub-District in Depok was until 2010 a cultural heritage (Cultural Heritage) Depok social product, both of which have a local value (naming the Betawi language) and which has a regional (language naming Banten, Java, Sunda ), National (naming Indonesian), and International (naming using Sanskrit, Latin; eg Tapos). From the identification of the origin of language at least seven languages ​​are used as the naming District and Village in Depok and if imposed plus one more language is Dutch for Depok own name acronym (colonial period).

From the formation of the word to name the district or village, Depok society more evident using names is composed of many words (plural form) than the names with a single word.

And another characteristic is the tradition of naming districts and villages in Depok more like the names based on geographic physical phenomena (Natural, abiotic) than naming on the basis of biodiversity (flora, as well as on the basis of social phenomena.

And although depok included into the territory or province of West Java but the language used in the Depok area is Betawi language because most people depok are relocated or migration of jakarta.

And Betawi tribe itself is derived from the results of interethnic marriage and the nation in the past. Biologically speaking, those who claim to be descendants of the Betawi people are of mixed blood of various tribes and nations who were invited by the Netherlands to Batavia. What is called a people or tribe actually countless newcomers Betawi in Jakarta. Ethnic group was born out of a combination of various other ethnic groups who had already been living in Jakarta, such as Sundanese, Javanese, Arab, Bali, Sumbawa, Ambon, Malay and Chinese.

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Jakarta Culture is a mestizo culture, or a mixture of diverse ethnic cultures. Since the days of the Dutch, Indonesia Jakarta is the capital of which attract migrants from within and outside the archipelago. The tribes that inhabit Jakarta, among others, Javanese, Sundanese, Minang, Batak, and Bugis. Apart from the archipelago, Jakarta also absorb the culture of foreign cultures, such as Arab culture, Chinese, Indian, and Portuguese.

Tribes as indigenous Betawi Jakarta somewhat displaced by settlers. They were out of Jakarta and moved to areas in the province of West Java and Banten provinces. Betawi culture was marginalized by other cultures from Indonesia and western culture. To preserve Betawi culture, founded in Situ Babakan cultural heritage.

Betawi ethnic languages

Mixed nature of the Betawi dialect is a reflection of Betawi culture in general, which is the result of mating a variety of cultures, both from other areas in the archipelago as well as foreign cultures.

There is also an opinion that the tribes inhabiting the area around Batavia was also classified as an ethnic Betawi early (proto Betawi). Historically, the Kingdom Tarumanagara, based in Sundapura or Sunda Kalapa, had been attacked and conquered by Srivijaya empire of Sumatra. Therefore, it is not surprising that ethnic Sunda Sunda Kalapa harbor, long before the Youth Pledge, has been using the Malay language, which is commonly used in Sumatra, which was then used as the national language.

Behaviour and properties of interest betawi

The assumption most people on the Betawi people are rarely successful, both in terms of economy, education, and technology. And not a few people who managed to Betawi. Some of them are Muhammad Husni Thamrin, Benjamin Sueb and the Governor Fauzi Bowo, Jakarta today.

There are some positive things from Betawi including their social life is very high, although sometimes in some ways too excessive and tends tendentious. Betawi people also are maintaining the religious values ​​that reflected the teachings of parents (especially Muslim), his children. Betawi people appreciate pluralism. It looks a good relationship between the community and outsiders Betawi Jakarta.

Betawi people are very respectful of the culture they inherited. Evident from the behavior of most people who play or played mesih culture inherited from time to time as lenong, ondel-ondel, xylophone kromong, and others.