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Who are the Bentong?

The Bentong people are known as “To Bentong.” They are located inland about 2 hours from Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi Province. According to the Bentong, they are the descendents of a marriage between the prince of Bone and the princess of Ternate. Other sources state that the Bentong… Read more

Indonesian City Bans Women Straddling Motorbikes

Lhokseumawe city in Aceh province will ban women from straddling male drivers on motorbikes. This city also drafted several other new bills, including banning women from wearing tight trousers, stoning adulterers, and flogging homosexuals. Aceh is known for being a stronghold of Islamic law. Pray for women throughout Aceh to… Read more

Who are the Lembak?

The Lembak live in the provinces of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. In South Sumatra Province, they live scattered throughout the entire region of Lubuk Linggau City. In the Bengkulu Province, they live in the Kepahyang and North Bengkulu regencies. The Lembak have many different names, depending on where they live.… Read more

Who are the Lampung Way Kanan?

The Lampung Way Kanan are a small group with a strong cultural structure that is distinct within the larger Lampung cluster. The Way Kanan people are made up of five large families known as the Buay Lima Kay Kanan. The Way Kanan live in Lampung Province. The Way Kanan dialect… Read more

Who are the Luwu?

The Luwu live in the province of South Sulawesi. They primarily live near the Kalaena River. A cave named Supang Bita is in the Pangkep regency. It is reputed to be the home of Luwu’s ancestors who lived over 5,000 years ago. On the wall of Sumpang Bita is an… Read more

Who are the Lolak?

The Lolak are an agrarian people who have always lived on the fringes of more powerful neighboring groups. They live in the Lolak district in North Sulawesi province. Eighty percent of the Lolak population live in this area and are divided among three villages of Lolak, Mongkoinit and Motabang. The… Read more

Indonesian Shiites Being Persecuted as Heretics Live in Limbo

Since August, Indonesian Shiites have been living in a sports hall after being forced from their village. More than 30 houses were torched by a mob of hundreds of men. Last month, the government cut off the Shiites free food and water supplies because of lack of funds. On top… Read more

Who are the Daya?

The Daya live in the Barisan Mountains in the southern part of South Sumatra province. They speak a dialect of the Lampung Api language. Although the Daya can understand Lampung Pesisir and Komering, they do not identify ethnically with them. Instead they identify with the Lampung Pesisir and Ranau people… Read more

Who are the Dayak Pasir?

The Dayak Pasir are the original inhabitants of the Pasir Regency in the province of East Kalimantan. Based on their living areas, the Dayak Pasir consist of five sub-groups: (1) The Pasir Telake who live along the Telake River; (2) the Pasir Adang who live along the Adang River; (3)… Read more

Who are the Dampelas?

The Dampelas live in Central Sulawesi. Their area on the northwestern peninsula of Sulawesi is bounded by the straits of Makassar to the west. The word Dampelas originated from the words dampe and las. The word dampe means “seed” or “ancestry.” The word las is used as an abbreviation of… Read more

Who are the Duri?

The Duri (also called Massenrempulu) live in a mountainous area with a cool climate in the middle of the South Sulawesi province. The Duri area consists of 17 villages. This area is close to a major road. Most Duri people live close to the main road, but several groups live… Read more

Mob Descends on Indonesian Churches

Two weeks ago, a mob made up of hundreds of angry Muslims descended on two different churches in West Sumatra. The day before that was a protest against the increase in Christian schools in the area. The mob was organized by the Islamic Organizations Communication Forum, a radical Islamic political… Read more

Who are the Belitung?

The Belitung live on Belitung Island in Bangka-Belitung Province. The Belitung call themselves Urang Belitong. The Belitung language is a branch of the Malay language cluster. A distinctive feature of their language is that it does not have the letter ‘h’ and that they use the letter ‘e’ at the… Read more

Who are the Belide?

The Belide live in the Muara Enim Regency of South Sumatra Province. Even in their home area, the Belide people live alongside the Javanese, Rambang and Ogan people. The Belide people have their own Malay dialect which is related to surrounding dialects. They can easily understand the Ogan, Meranjat, Lematang,… Read more

Who are the Bugis?

The Bugis (sometimes called the Ugi) live in the province of South Sulawesi. The Bugis region is called Tellumponcoe and it consists of the regencies of Bone, Soppeng and Wajo. The Bugis are a dynamic, highly mobile people. They are considered to be the dominant people group in South Sulawesi.… Read more

Who are the Bolango?

Many believe the word Bolango is from the word balangon which means “sea.” The Bolango people are Gorontalo people who have wandered to an area in North Sulawesi province and intermarried with the Bolaang people who were native to that area. The resulting union between these two peoples also created… Read more

Female Circumcision is Still Common in Indonesia!

There are only two countries in the world outside of Africa where “female circumcision” (FGM) is common. One is Yemen. The other is Indonesia. Islamic foundations in Indonesia have mass ceremonies where they circumcise many girls at once. One foundation, Yayasan Assalam, also pays parents Rp. 80,000 ($8) who bring… Read more

Who are the Jawa Mancanegari?

The Jawa Mancanegari mainly live in the province of East Java. Mancanegari is a Javanese word meaning “outside the nation.” This name was given to them by past Javanese kingdoms in Surakarta and Yogyakarta. It refers to the fact that they resided outside of those kingdoms. Although ethnographers still use… Read more

Who are the Ogan?

The Ogan live along the Ogan River in an area that stretches from Sugih Waras Village to the city of Palembang. There are also some Ogan in Lampung Province. The Ogan live alongside the Meranjat, Komering, Rambang, and Daya people in these areas. What are their lives like? Ogan villages… Read more

Who are the Mandailing?

The Mandailing are part of the Batak cluster in North Sumatra Province. The Mandailing are the majority people in the regencies of South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal. They also live in parts of Riau Province and West Sumatra Province. The Mandailing are often called the South Tapanuli, after their main… Read more

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