SJ, there are many perspectives, many understandings to much in this world.
History & societal progression are two fields that seem to be more rich than most in the ways in which interpretations & beliefs can vary.
The ways in which the people of a society provide ready access to the ideas upon which a society stands are usually expressed in forms that are characteristic of the society itself. In the case of Javanese society we have a synthesis of indigenous beliefs overlaid with Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, overlaid by Islam, and in the modern era overlaid again by the values of the developed world.
Frankly, I am reluctant to attempt to dismantle the elements of Javanese society in any attempt to categorise one element as attributable to a single influence. We need to bear in mind that when we consider entities that progress as a thread through time, that to form an opinion on any one part of that thread we must first identify the window in time that we are looking through.
In simple terms:- time alters perspective.
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