page_title: Bantenese people
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Bantenese people / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Men with horses in the Bantam residency Nederlands: Foto. Mannen met paarden in de residentie Bantam
context_page_description: The Bantenese are a distinct subgroup of the Sundanese people, native to Banten Province on the island of Java. The area of Banten province corresponds more or less with the area of the former Banten Sultanate, a Banten nation state that precedes Indonesia. In his book "The Sultanate of Banten", Guillot Claude writes on page 35: “These estates, owned by the Bantenese of Chinese origin, were concentrated around the village of Kelapadua.” Most of Bantenese are Sunni Muslim.
context_section_description: The land of Banten is rich in culture and customs, and one of the most dominant is the Bantenese culture and customs which forms the majority in Banten province.
caption: Bantenese men with horses in the Bantam Residency (present day, Banten Province), circa 1915-1926.
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