Bonerate people

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Bonerate people
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Pakarena dancers from Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Total population
13,900 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (South Sulawesi)
Languages
Tukangbesi-Bonerate languages (Bonerate language), Indonesian language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Butonese  • Makassar  • Selayar

The Bonerate people are an ethnic group in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. They inhabit around the Selayar island group such as Bonerate, Madu, Kalaotoa, and Karompa islands. [2]

Culture

The Bonerate people are generally Muslims. [3] Some traditional beliefs are still extant among the Bonerate. [4] Sexually provocative behaviour occurs in possession-trance ritual practiced by women only [5] and were carried out in a way by which they smother glowing embers with their bare feet at the climax of the ritual. [6] The Bonerate language is closely related to the language of the Tukang Besi islands off the southeast coast of Buton island. [7] [8]

Many Bonerate are agriculturists, utilizing the slash-and-burn technique. Common crops grown include corn, cassava, several fruits like papaya and bananas and some vegetables like beans and peas. Some Bonerate also work as shipbuilders and sailors. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Bonerate in Indonesia". Joshua Project . Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Bonerate". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  3. ↑ Zulyani Hidayah (2015). Ensiklopedi: Suku bangsa di Indonesia. Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia. p. 87. ISBN   978-97-946-1929-2.
  4. 1 2 Weekes, Richard V. (1984). Muslim Peoples [2 Volumes]: A World Ethnographic Survey. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 171. ISBN   978-0-313-23392-0.
  5. ↑ Jeannette Mageo & Alan Howard (2012). Spirits in Culture, History and Mind. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-1367-5852-2.
  6. ↑ "Crazy Women are Performing in Sombali": A Possession-Trance Ritual on Bonerate, Indonesia Author(s): Harald Beyer BrochSource: Ethos, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Autumn, 1985), pp. 262-282
  7. ↑ James N. Sneddon & René van den Berg (1989). Studies in Sulawesi linguistics, Part 1. Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. p. 14. OCLC   470766997.
  8. ↑ Charles E. Grimes, ed. (2000). Spices from the East: Papers in Languages of Eastern Indonesia. Pacific Linguistics. p. 55. ISBN   08-588-3460-X.
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