Thanks for your story Michel.
I know I began this line of discussion, but I do not want to take it any further.
What I have already put up for public perusal is much more than I perhaps should have.
If you wish to increase your understanding I would most sincerely recommend that you undertake a continuing study of Javanese history and culture. Additionally, you must learn the language. Without the ability to use Indonesian you will forever be severly handicapped. Without the ability to at least understand some Javanese, and most importantly, to understand the logic of the Javanese language, you cannot hope to be able to understand the Javanese world view. Ideally you would want to learn Javanese, but this might be too big a project.
This is the base you must come from if you wish to understand the blossoms of Javanese culture.
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