Sasak people
Sasak women making traditional cloth | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,173,127 (2010 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara: 3,033,631) | |
| Languages | |
| Native Sasak Also Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Sunni Islam (Orthodox Waktu Lima) Minorities: Traditional syncretist Islam/ Folk Islam (Wetu Telu) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Balinese and Sumbawa people |
The Sasak (Balinese script: ᬲᬸᬓᬸᬲᬲᬓ᭄, Wång Sâsak) people live mainly on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, numbering around 3.6 million (85% of Lombok's population). They are related to the Balinese in language and in ancestry, although the Sasak are predominantly Muslim while the Balinese are predominantly Hindu. Sasak people who practice pre-Islamic beliefs are also known as Sasak Boda in reference to the name of the Sasak people's original religion, Bodha.