Sundanese Culture

The Project

Sundanese history Sundanese culture is a culture that grows and lives in Sundanese society. Sundanese culture is known as a culture that highly respects manners. In general, the character of the Sundanese people is cheerful, friendly (soméah, as in the philosophy of soméah hadé ka sémah), smiling, gentle, and very respectful of parents. Sunda comes from Sanskrit, the prefix Sund or Sundsha means white, sparkling and bright. In Balinese and Old Javanese, Sundanese means holy, blameless, pure, spotless, or clean. The Sundanese come from Austronesian descent (the Mongolid race or race spread from Taiwan to Hawaii) who live in Taiwan. Another opinion says that the Sundanese came from Sundaland, namely the race that inhabits the peninsula of a large basin. At present, the basin has formed the Java Sea, the Malacca Strait and the Java Strait.

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