Agama Kejawen Murni ( Kejawen Religion)

By Idham Kurniawan* In March this year, a new regional organisation for Indigenous Peoples on Java was established - Paguyuban Masyarakat Adat Pulau Java, or PAMA PUJA. When we talk about Indigenous Peoples, many people immediately think of people who live in remote areas on islands outside Java, such as Kalimantan and Papua. They think that on Java, there are no longer peoples who live according to traditional values and who hold on firmly to their adat (customary) way of life. In fact, there are many communities on Java who still lead their lives according to adat values and continue to stay outside the mainstream of modernisation. Masyarakat Adat (indigenous peoples) living on Java, have been living under cultural and political oppression since the Dutch colonial era. The fact that they endured this for so long, and the repressive measures that were taken against them by the colonial government (and also during President Suharto's 'New Order' regime) changed the way they