Java and Javanese are haven to a lot of mistery. God has give all to all and bless all countlessly. Several endowments are extended to the inhabitants of Java land. Among others are as follows:

The land

JAVA ISLAND lies between strait of Sunda and strait of Bali. It is wide Indian ocean to the south and Sea of Java in the north. Active volcanoes dotted the island from Mount Raung elevation 3,332 M in Banyuwangi, that lies in the eastern tip of Java island till Mount Karang elevation 1,768 M in Pandeglang, Banten the most western part of the island. There lies in eastern Java among others are mont Semeru, mount Bromo, Mount Kelud, Mount Wilis, Mount Lawu, and so on. Meanwhile mount Merapi, mont Merbabu, mount tidar, mount sumbing, mount Sindoro, and mount Slamet lie in Centra part of Java. What are there the mounts and volcanoes that located in western Java island? Here, they are ; Mount Galunggung, Mount Salak, Mount, Gede, Mount Papandayan, and so on.

By its land, it is very lush and finest soil to cultivate crops and wood for housing. Here they are:

ricefield :

woods:

The people

God give Javanese better things all. By its people Java indeed rich of art, tradition, custome, music, phylosophy, and folklore. There are in Java life is so complex even related to things that cannot be touched or seen, it is absolutely invisible.

All of Javanese make the mystery of Java itself. Language, art,

• Javanese Phylosophy

Javanese Phylosophy consisted from Javanese Proverb and Javanese Saying, here they are to be mentioned among others as follows:

1. Wani ngalah luhur wekasane. It means that we must be wise on every problems even when it seemingly opposite with the will.
2. Ojo gumedhe. It means that we must not arrogant and exempt from underestimating to others.
3. Ajining diri saka latih. Ajining raga saka busana. It means that One gets respect from his tounge while bodily one’s entity value on the clothings.
4. ING NGARSO SUNG TULADHA, ING MADYA MANGUN KARSA, TUTWURI HANDAYANI. It is for leader or chairman that should always GIVE SAMPLING IN THE FRONT, DO REAL WORK IN MIDDLE, SUPERVIZE AND AWARE OF HUMAN VALUE IN TAGGING
5. Becik ketitik ala ketara. It means that something right will be publicly known later while things wrong will be revealed in the end

Javanese has its own characters, it is called Javanese Carakan. There are 20 letter as follows:

and here is the whole Javanese Carakan within one page.

And here is the audio-video of the Javanese Carakan. Listen on how to pronounce it and do watch it closely.

Javanese letters possess some Diacritical Mark as it called Sandangan. They function to produce sound except vowel A. Here, they are the SANDANGAN AKSARA JAWA ; suku, wulu, pepet, taling, taling-tarung, and so on

SUKU

WULU

PEPET

TALING

TALING TARUNG

MORE DIACRITICAL MARKS are cecak ,layar, wigyan, and pangkon.

CECAK.

EXAMPLE

Cecak, Layar, Wigyan, and Pangkon.

MORE DIACRITICAL MARK, i.e. Cakra, Cakra Keret, and Pengkal.