🇮🇩 Java (Indonesia) · Traditional
Javanese MassageジャワニーズマッサージPijat Jawa
A name used for massage associated with Java. Practices may use fingers or fists, but the region does not determine depth. It is not ranked against Balinese work or universally attributed to court ritual.
This name is recorded with basic database information. An in-depth article will follow.
Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇮🇩 Java (Indonesia) · 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional massage
- Techniques
- Pressure / Oil
- Practitioner body parts
- Thumb / Fist / Palm
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
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Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Pijat
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