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Baduy A Sundanese-speaking community in Kanekes village, Lebak, Banten, which practises Sunda Wiwitan and limits contact with the outside world to different degrees in Baduy Dalam and Baduy Luar. PeopleVigorous Has a restricted part Contested Banten · 3 sources Bugis A Bugis-speaking people of South Sulawesi, seafarers and traders whose settlements are spread across the waters of the archipelago, and the holders of one of the longest literary corpora in the world, La… PeopleMaintained Sulawesi Selatan · 3 sources La Galigo A Bugis literary corpus in the Lontara script, held to be among the longest in the world, never complete in any single manuscript and surviving as dispersed portions. TextDormant Sulawesi Selatan · 3 sources Malin Kundang The narrative of an undutiful son who leaves to merantau, grows rich, refuses to acknowledge his mother, and is cursed into stone — told along the West Sumatran coast and known across Indonesia through school… NarrativeVigorous Contested Sumatera Barat · 3 sources Minangkabau A Minangkabau-speaking population of the West Sumatran highlands and coast, whose matrilineal kinship runs alongside Sunni Muslim life, and whose tradition of merantau has carried its speakers across Indonesia… PeopleVigorous Contested Sumatera Barat · 4 sources Rambu Solo' The Toraja mortuary sequence, held months or years after death, whose cost is borne by a network of obligations between tongkonan and whose scale states the standing of the deceased. PracticeVigorous Contested Sulawesi Selatan · 3 sources Toraja A highland people of South Sulawesi whose customary life turns on the tongkonan house and on two ceremonial poles: rambu tuka', rising smoke, for life, and rambu solo', descending smoke, for death. PeopleMaintained Sulawesi Selatan · 4 sources Asmat A people of the southern Papuan coastal swamps, widely known for their woodcarving, whose cosmological framework places human beings, trees and ancestors in a single continuous series. PeopleMaintained Has a restricted part Papua Selatan · 2 sources Batak Toba A Batak Toba-speaking population around Lake Toba and Samosir island, organised by patrilineal marga, the obligation framework of dalihan na tolu, and a Protestant church which since the late nineteenth… PeopleMaintained Sumatera Utara · 3 sources Merantau The institution of temporary departure from the home village to seek livelihood and standing, in which return is part of the purpose of leaving. PracticeVigorous Sumatera Barat · 2 sources Ngaju A Ngaju-speaking people along the Kahayan, Kapuas and Katingan rivers, bearers of Kaharingan and of the great mortuary ceremony tiwah. PeopleAttenuated Kalimantan Tengah · 2 sources Orang Rimba A hunting, gathering and swidden-farming people of the lowland forest of Jambi, chiefly Bukit Duabelas and Bukit Tigapuluh, whose life is bound to a forest cover that continues to contract. PeopleDormant Contested Jambi · 2 sources Pasola A mounted contest between groups in West Sumba, held after the appearance of the nyale, within the annual Marapu cycle bearing on fertility. PracticeMaintained Nusa Tenggara Timur · 2 sources Princess Mandalika The narrative of a princess who, to avert war among her suitors, casts herself into the sea and returns each year as the nyale worms — the narrative that accounts for the Bau Nyale ceremony. NarrativeVigorous Nusa Tenggara Barat · 2 sources Sasak A Sasak-speaking people of Lombok, largely Muslim, with communities at Bayan practising Wetu Telu, a form of Islam interwoven with local custom. PeopleMaintained Contested Nusa Tenggara Barat · 3 sources Sawerigading The central figure of La Galigo, a descendant of the upper world whose voyages span much of the corpus, including the prohibition on marrying his twin sister We Tenriabeng. NarrativeAttenuated Sulawesi Selatan · 3 sources Sumbanese The people of Sumba island, in large part adherents of Marapu, the ancestral religion administered by rato, and performers of pasola within an annual cycle. PeopleAttenuated Nusa Tenggara Timur · 2 sources Aluk To Dolo Jalan leluhur Toraja yang mengatur dua kutub upacara; digolongkan secara resmi sebagai cabang Hindu pada 1969. Belief systemAttenuated Contested Sulawesi Selatan · 2 sources Asmat The Asmat–Kamoro family of the southern Papuan coast, comprising several varieties. LanguageMaintained Papua (non-Austronesia) · 1 sources Asmat customary council Dewan adat Asmat, penandatangan nota kesepahaman perihal narasi asal-usul. Institution Papua Selatan · 1 sources Asmat swamp Dataran rawa pasang surut di pesisir selatan Papua, ditempuh dengan perahu dan tanpa jalan darat. Place Papua Selatan · 1 sources Atoni A people of western Timor, with the round ume kbubu house and a spatial order arranged by direction and gender. PeopleAttenuated Nusa Tenggara Timur · 1 sources Babad Tanah Jawi Rangkaian kronik Jawa yang menyusun keturunan raja dan memuat perjanjian dengan penguasa laut selatan. TextAttenuated Jawa Tengah · 1 sources Bali Aga Highland Balinese communities which claim precedence over Majapahit influence, with village organisation and ceremony distinct from the lowlands. PeopleAttenuated Bali · 1 sources Balinese A language with speech levels and the Balinese script, still taught in regional schools. LanguageMaintained Melayu-Polinesia · 1 sources Bau Nyale The gathering of nyale sea worms on Lombok's south coast at a time determined by observation, connected with the Mandalika narrative. PracticeVigorous Nusa Tenggara Barat · 1 sources Bedhaya Ketawang A dance for nine dancers at the Surakarta court, performed at the anniversary of accession and treated as an heirloom rather than a performance. PracticeAttenuated Jawa Tengah · 1 sources B. F. Matthes Ahli bahasa dan penerjemah Alkitab Belanda (1818–1908) yang bekerja di Sulawesi Selatan dan meminta penyalinan La Galigo. Figure Belanda · 1 sources Bisj pole A carved wooden pole made for a particular ceremony and afterwards left to decay in the sago groves. ObjectAttenuated Contested Papua Selatan · 2 sources Buginese Written in the Lontara script; its manuscript corpus includes La Galigo. LanguageMaintained Melayu-Polinesia · 1 sources Bukit Duabelas Taman nasional di Jambi yang menjadi ruang hidup sebagian besar rombongan Orang Rimba. Place Jambi · 1 sources Bulukumba Kabupaten pesisir Sulawesi Selatan tempat pinisi dibangun, terutama di Tanah Beru dan Ara. Place Sulawesi Selatan · 1 sources Bundo Kanduang Tokoh perempuan dalam Kaba Cindua Mato dan sebutan kedudukan bagi perempuan senior dalam adat Minangkabau — dua hal yang kerap tercampur dalam tulisan populer. Figure Sumatera Barat · 1 sources Colliq Pujié Arung Pancana Toa dari Tanete (±1812–1876), penyalin dan penyusun bagian terbesar La Galigo yang tersusun, serta pembuat penyesuaian aksara Lontara. Figure Sulawesi Selatan · 2 sources Gamelan A tuned ensemble in slendro and pelog treated as a single named entity rather than a collection of separate instruments. ObjectVigorous Jawa · 2 sources Iban A longhouse people of the upper Kapuas and across the Sarawak border, with pua kumbu weaving and timang chanting. PeopleAttenuated Kalimantan Barat · 1 sources Jaka Tarub The narrative of a man who hides a celestial woman's shawl so that she cannot return to the sky; the Javanese form of the widely distributed swan-maiden tale. NarrativeMaintained Jawa Tengah · 1 sources Kaba Cindua Mato Kaba Minangkabau mengenai Cindua Mato dan Bundo Kanduang, dituturkan berlagu dan dipakai sebagai rujukan adat. TextAttenuated Sumatera Barat · 1 sources Kaharingan Kerangka keagamaan Ngaju dengan Ranying Hatalla Langit di dunia atas dan Jata di dunia bawah air; terdaftar resmi sebagai Hindu Kaharingan sejak 1980. Belief systemAttenuated Kalimantan Tengah · 1 sources Kambera The language of East Sumba, one of several on the island. LanguageAttenuated Melayu-Polinesia · 1 sources