Hinduism in Indonesia - Hinduism Elsewhere in The Archipelago

Hinduism Elsewhere in The Archipelago

The Bodha sect of Sasak people on the island of Lombok are non-Muslim; their religion is a fusion of Hinduism and Buddhism with animism; it is considered Buddhist by the government.

Among the non-Balinese communities considered to be Hindu by the government are, for example, the Dayak adherents of the Kaharingan religion in Kalimantan Tengah, where government statistics counted Hindus as 15.8% of the population as of 1995. Nationally, Hindus represented only around 2% of the population in the early 1990s.

Many Manusela and Nuaulu people of Seram follow Naurus, a syncretism of Hinduism with animist and Protestant elements.

Similarly, the Tana Toraja of Sulawesi have identified their animistic religion as Hindu.

The Batak of Sumatra have identified their animist traditions with Hinduism.

The Tamils of Sumatra and the Indians in Jakarta practice their own form of Hinduism which is similar to the Indian Hinduism, the Indians celebrating Hindu holidays more commonly found in India, such as Deepawali