Sunda

The Sundanese ( Sundanese : Urang Sunda; Indonesian: Suku Sunda) are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Indonesian island of Java. They number approximately 31 million, and are the second most populous of all the nation's ethncities. The Sundanese are predominantly Muslim.

The Sundanese have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of West Java, Banten and Jakarta, and the western part of Central Java. The provinces of Central Java and East Java are home to the Javanese, Indonesia's largest ethnic group.

Sundanese culture has borrowed much from Javanese culture, however it differs by being more overtly Islamic, and has a much less rigid system of social hierarchy.

The notable Sundanese musics are angklung bamboo music, kecapi suling music, gamelan degung, reyog Sunda, rampak gendang and Pop Sunda. Angklung bamboo music instrument is one of world heritages of intangible culture.

The most well known and distinctive Sundanese dance are Jaipongan, a traditional social dance which usually but mistakenly associated mith eroticism. Other popular dances such as Merak dance describing colorful dancing peafowls. Sisingaan dance is performed especially in Subang area to celebrate circumcision ritual where the boy to be circumcized is seated upon a lion figure carried by four men. Another dance such as Dewi dance and Ratu Graeni dance shows Javanese courtly Mataram influences.