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Mandarese People
The Mandarese are an ethnic group in the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi in Sulawesi. The Mandar language belongs to the Northern subgroup of the South Sulawesi languages group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. The closest language to Mandar is the Toraja-Sa'dan language. Identity Before there was a regional expansion, the Mandarese along with the Bugis people, Makassar people and Toraja people formed a cultural diversity in South Sulawesi. Although politically West Sulawesi and South Sulawesi are divided by a border, the Mandarese are historically and culturally close knitted to their cognate relatives in South Sulawesi. The term "Mandar" is actually a unified name among the seven coastal kingdoms (Pitu Ba'ba'na Binanga) and seven river kingdoms (Pitu Ulunna Salu). In terms of ethnicity, the Pitu Ulunna Salu or commonly known as Kondo Sapata are classified as a part of the Toraja group (Mamasa Regency and part of Mamuju Regency), while at ...
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Traditional Mandar Wedding
A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms and behaviors such as greetings, etc. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years— the word ''tradition'' itself derives from the Latin word ''tradere'' literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is reportedly assumed that traditions have an ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether it be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways. The phrase "according to tradition" or "by tradition" usually means that what follows i ...
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Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Within Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and New Guinea, Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra are more populous. The landmass of Sulawesi includes four peninsulas: the northern Minahasa Peninsula, the East Peninsula, Sulawesi, East Peninsula, the South Peninsula, Sulawesi, South Peninsula, and the Southeast Peninsula, Sulawesi, Southeast Peninsula. Three gulfs separate these peninsulas: the Gulf of Tomini between the northern Minahasa and East peninsulas, the Tolo Gulf between the East and Southeast peninsulas, and the Bone Gulf between the South and Southeast peninsulas. The Strait of Makassar runs along the western side of the island and separates the island from Borneo. Etymology The n ...
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Andi Depu
Andi Depu (August 1, 1907 – June 18, 1985) was an Indonesian revolutionary and leader of the Mandarese people against the Dutch during the Indonesian National Revolution. She was the first female high king or Maharani in Indonesia. Early life Depu was born on August 1, 1907, in Tinambung, Polewali Mandar, in present-day West Sulawesi. She was a royal child of the 50th king of Balanipa, Laqju Kanna Idoro. As a child, Depu enjoyed climbing trees, riding horses and playing war games. She was also sociable and enjoyed hanging out with different people in Mandar. Revolution In 1923, Andi Depu married Andi Baso Pabiseang. Her married life eventually turned strained because of their contradicting beliefs—she was willing to defend the land against Dutch imperialism, while her husband was in favor of Dutch colonial governance over the Indonesian Archipelago—leading to their divorce. Depu and her son, Andi Parenrengi, joined the movement against the government of the Dutch East ...
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian National Revolution, Indonesian War of Independence, Indonesia and the Netherlands Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference, made peace in 1949. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Dutch ceded the governorate of Dutch Malacca to Britain, leading to its eventual incorporation into Malacca, Malacca (state) of modern Malaysia. The Dutch East Indies was formed from the nationalised Factory (trading post), trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Batavian Republic, Dutch government in 1800. During the 19th century, the Dutch fought Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, many wars against indigenous rulers and peoples, which caused hundreds of thousands of d ...
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Straits Of Makassar
Makassar Strait () is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. To the northeast, it forms the Sangkulirang Bay south of the Mangkalihat Peninsula. The strait is an important regional shipping route in Southeast Asia. The Mahakam River and Karangan River of Borneo empty into the strait. Ports along the strait include Balikpapan and Bontang in Borneo, and Makassar, Palu, and Parepare in Sulawesi. The city of Samarinda is 48 km (30 mi) from the strait, along the Mahakam. Extent The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defines the Makassar Strait as being one of the waters of the East Indian Archipelago. The IHO defines its limits as follows: The channel between the East coast of Borneo and the West coast of Celebes [Sulawesi], is bounded: ''On the North.'' By a line joining Mangkalihat Peninsula, Tanjong Mangkalihat, Borneo () and Stroomen Kaap (Tolito ...
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Central Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The province borders the provinces of Gorontalo to the east, by Southeast Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, and West Sulawesi to the south, and shares maritime borders with East Kalimantan to the west, North Maluku to the east, and Malaysia and the Philippines to the north. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 for the province, and the 2020 Census recorded 2,985,734, of whom 1,534,706 were male and 1,451,028 were female. The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 3,086,750 (comprising 1,583,650 males and 1,503,100 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.72) According to BPS (Indonesia's Central Statistics Bureau), Central Sulawesi has an area of , but the sum ...
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Palu
Palu, officially known as the City of Palu ( Indonesian: ''Kota Palu''), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. Palu is located on the northwestern coast of Sulawesi and borders Donggala Regency to the north and west, Parigi Moutong Regency to the east, and Sigi Regency to the south. The city boundaries encompass a land area of . According to the 2020 Indonesian census, Palu had a population of 373,218, making it the third-most populous city on the island after Makassar and Manado; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 387,493 - comprising 194,340 males and 193,150 females. Palu is the center of finance, government, and education in Central Sulawesi, as well as one of several major cities on the island. The city hosts the province's main port, its biggest airport, and most of its public universities. Palu is located in Palu Bay; it was initially a small agricultural town until it was selected to become the capital of the newly created pr ...
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Tana Toraja Regency
Tana Toraja ( 'Toraja Land' in Toraja language) is a landlocked regency ('' kabupaten'') of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. It covers an area of and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 280,794 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046 (comprising 150,655 males and 140,391 females),Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kabupaten Tana Toraja Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7318) but the official figure for mid 2023 was a much reduced total of 257,901 (comprising 132,284 males and 125,617 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Tana Toraja Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7318) The local government seat is in the town of Makale, while the traditional center of Toraja culture is in Rantepao. Formerly, the Tana Toraja area covered a larger area, but on 24 June 2008 this was divi ...
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Pinrang Regency
Pinrang Regency () is one of the twenty-one regencies in South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. Pinrang town in Watang Sawitto District is the administrative capital of Pinrang Regency. The regency is situated in the northwest of the South Sulawesi peninsula, and covers a land area of 1,896.57 km2. It had a population of 351,161 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 403,994 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 417,932 (comprising 206,252 males and 211,680 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Pinrang Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7315) Administrative districts Pinrang Regency comprises twelve administrative Districts (''Kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.Badan P ...
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Mamuju Regency
Mamuju Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency () of West Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The regency capital is at Karema, while Mamuju (city), Mamuju town is the capital of West Sulawesi. The population of the regency was 336,879 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. but it was substantially reduced by the creation of the new Central Mamuju Regency which was cut out of it on 14 December 2012. The reduced Mamuju Regency covers an area of 4,936.02 km2 and had a population of 278,764 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 297,141 (comprising 149,395 males and 142,844 females in mid 2023).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Mamuju Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7604) Administration The regency is divided into eleven Districts of Indonesia, districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, togethe ...
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Mamasa Regency
Mamasa Regency (), covering a land area of 3,005.88 km2 with its capital at Mamasa city, is the only inland regency without a coast among the six Regency (Indonesia), regencies that make up the West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat) Province on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The Mamasa people, a sub-group of the Toraja people, form the most common ethnic group. Despite being the home to the Gandang Dewata National Park,Gandangdewata
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the regency has immense untapped tourism potential hindered by the political apathy towards developing the transport and tourism infrastructure, which is keeping the local populace in poverty.


History


Pre-history

The oldest evidence for humans on Sulawesi are stone tools produced by archaic humans, d ...
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Bugis People
The Bugis people, also known as Buginese, are an Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnic groupthe most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassar people, Makassarese and Toraja people, Torajan), in the south-western province of Sulawesi, third-largest island of Indonesia. The Bugis in 1605 converted to Islam from Animism. Although the majority of Bugis are Muslim, a small minority adhere to Christianity as well as a pre-Islamic indigenous belief called ''Tolotang''. The Bugis, whose population numbers around six million and constitutes less than 2.5% of the Demographics of Indonesia, Indonesian population, are influential in the politics in the country; and historically influential on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands and other parts of the Maritime Southeast Asia, archipelago where they have migrated en masse, starting in the late seventeenth century. The third President of Indonesia, presid ...
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