Rejang people
Tun Hejang / Tun Jang | |
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Rejang traditional attire | |
| Total population | |
| Approximately 1.2 million (2016 estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia | 1.5 - 2 million |
| Bengkulu, | 1.1 million |
| South Sumatra | 30,000 |
| Others | 70,000 |
| Languages | |
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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Rejang people (Rejang: Tun Hejang or Tun Jang) are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, native to the some parts of Bengkulu Province and South Sumatera Province in the southwestern part of Sumatera Island, Indonesia. They occupied some area in a cool mountain slopes of the Barisan mountain range in both sides of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. With approximately more than 1,3 million people, they form the largest ethnic group in Bengkulu Province. Rejang people predominantly live as a majority in 5 out 10 regencies and city of Bengkulu Province, while the rest of them who live in South Sumatera Province reside in 7 villages in the district called as Bermani Ulu Rawas. The Rejangs are predominantly an Islam adherent group with small numbers following a religion other than Islam. According to research, Rejang people are the descendants of the Bukar-Sadong people who migrated from Northern Borneo (Sarawak).