The Origin of the Word Babah
Javanese people used to call Chinese people as "Babah". According to East Javanese folklore, the origin of the word Babah comes from the word "Mbabah" which means to find a way. That said, this fairy tale was made up by ethnic Chinese in Indonesia to keep a distance from the ethnic Javanese. Here's the story:
The Prophet Adam, the ancestor of humans, had four children, two sons and two
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