Folklore And Fairy Tales

The Origin of the Word Babah

The Javanese used to call the Chinese by the name “Babah”. According to East Java folklore, the origin of the word Babah comes from the word “Mbabah” which means to find the way. That said, this fairy tale is made up by ethnic Chinese in Indonesia to keep their distance from ethnic Javanese. Here is the story:

Adam, the great-grandmother of man, had four children, two men and two women. One man is handsome and the other is ugly. Likewise with women, one woman looks good and the other looks ugly.

After the four children had grown up, Adam wanted to marry his daughter. To be fair, a beautiful son will be married to his ugly daughter. And vice versa, his ugly son will be married to his beautiful daughter. The wish of Prophet Adam was opposed by his handsome son and his beautiful daughter. They reasoned that the beautiful should marry the beautiful too and the ugly should marry the ugly as well. But Adam was still on his decision.

No doubt, he got his father's decision, one night, the handsome son of Prophet Adam with his beautiful daughter decided to run away together. They went through the wilderness “mbabah” road. Mba' means to find a way.

The word Babah comes from the word mbabah. According to the Chinese, the handsome and beautiful son of Prophet Adam became the grandmother of the Chinese moyg. That is why Chinese people are beautiful and handsome while Javanese are not. The Javanese were stopped from marrying Chinese women on the grounds later kualat married “paren”. While the Chinese are allowed to marry Javanese women because it is considered “young” brother.

Such is the origin story of the word Babah. Of course this is just a fairy tale, so there is no need to believe it. Because in fact there are Javanese people who are beautiful and some are not, as well as the Chinese. Regarding marriage, today people are free to marry anyone, which is important to love each other.

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𝑳𝒆𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒏𝒈 (𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒈)

𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒆 𝑰𝒍 (𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒊𝒍)

𝑺𝒆𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒐 (𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒏𝒚)

𝑵𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒖𝒕𝒂 (𝒀𝒖𝒕𝒂)

𝑸𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑲𝒖𝒏 (𝑲𝒖𝒏)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 (𝑫𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈)

𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒚𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒌𝒖𝒍 (𝑻𝒆𝒏)

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒂𝒆 𝑯𝒚𝒖𝒏 (𝑱𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏)

𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒊 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒈 (𝑾𝒊𝒏𝑾𝒊𝒏)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒐𝒐 (𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒐𝒐)

𝑯𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑿𝒖𝒙𝒊 (𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒔)

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑳𝒆𝒆 (𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌)

𝑿𝒊𝒂𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒋𝒖𝒏 (𝑿𝒊𝒂𝒐𝒋𝒖𝒏)

𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑲𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 (𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒚)

𝑯𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏 (𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒏)

𝑳𝒆𝒆 𝑱𝒆 𝑵𝒐 (𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒐)

𝑳𝒆𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒚𝒖𝒄𝒌 (𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏)

𝑵𝒂 𝑱𝒂𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏 (𝑱𝒂𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏)

𝑳𝒊𝒖 𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 (𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈)

𝑶𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒊 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒐 (𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒐)

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏 (𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏)

𝒁𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒆 (𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒆)

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑱𝒊 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒈 (𝑱𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈)

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𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑬 :

𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒊 𝑯𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒌 (𝑯𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒌)

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑱𝒊𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒏 (𝑱𝒊𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒏)

𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒊 (𝒀𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒊)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑱𝒖𝒏 𝑲𝒚𝒖 (𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒚𝒖)

𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒉𝒐 (𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒉𝒐)

𝒀𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒌 (𝑱𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒌)

𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝑨𝒔𝒂𝒉𝒊 (𝑨𝒔𝒂𝒉𝒊)

𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒎 (𝒀𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒎)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑫𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 (𝑫𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈)

𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒐 (𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒐)

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑱𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒐𝒐 (𝑱𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒐𝒐)

𝑺𝒐 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒘𝒂𝒏 (𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒏)

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𝑩𝑻𝑺 :

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒋𝒐𝒐𝒏 (𝑹𝑴)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑺𝒆𝒐𝒌𝒋𝒊𝒏 (𝑱𝒊𝒏)

𝑴𝒊𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊 (𝑺𝒖𝒈𝒂)

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒐𝒌 (𝑱𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆)

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 (𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 (𝑽)

𝑱𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒌 (𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒌)

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𝑻𝑿𝑻 :

𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒊 𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏 (𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏)

𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒊 𝒀𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒏 (𝒀𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒏)

𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒊 𝑩𝒆𝒐𝒎𝒈𝒚𝒖 (𝑩𝒆𝒐𝒎𝒈𝒚𝒖)

𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏 (𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏)

𝑲𝒂𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 (𝑯𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑲𝒂𝒊)

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𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑲 :

- 𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑱𝒊 𝑺𝒐𝒐 (𝑱𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒐)

- 𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆 (𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆)

- 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 (𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆)

- 𝑳𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒏 (𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒂)

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𝑺𝑬𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑻 𝑵𝑼𝑴𝑩𝑬𝑹 :

𝑶𝒈𝒂𝒘𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒛𝒖𝒌𝒊 (𝑳𝒆𝒂)

𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒌 𝑨𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒚𝒖 𝑷𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒂 𝑨𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒚𝒂 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈 (𝑫𝒊𝒕𝒂)

𝑱𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 (𝑱𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒚)

𝑳𝒆𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒐 𝑫𝒂𝒎 (𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒎)

𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒎 (𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒆)

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𝑬𝑵𝑯𝒀𝑷𝑬𝑵 :

𝒍𝒆𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒈 (𝑯𝒆𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒈)

𝑱𝒂𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 (𝑱𝒂𝒚)

𝑱𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒎 (𝑱𝒂𝒌𝒆)

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒏 (𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒏)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑶𝒐 (𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒐𝒐)

𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒐𝒏 (𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒐𝒏)

𝑵𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝑹𝒊𝒌𝒊 (𝑵𝒊-𝑲𝒊)

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𝑨𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑨 :

𝒚𝒐𝒐 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 (𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂)

𝑨𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝑼𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒂 (𝑮𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆)

𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒈 (𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓)

𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒊𝒛𝒉𝒖𝒐 (𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈)