
Ambon tribes here include people from the island of Ambon, Hitu, Haruku, and Serang West. They are mainly from sub-race Melanesoid with black physical characteristics, and have somewhat curly hair.
Language
Dialeg Melayu Ambon
Kinship System
- Principled patrileneal kinship system with settlement patterns patrilokal.
- Community Ambon knew two kinship unity, ie
a) Matarumah or fam - unilateral ►
b) Family or bilateral -* Kindred. - Marriage is exogami
- They recognize the marriage of three different ways, namely:
a) Married an early run or Run
b) Married requested
c) Married in or married mama * Religion
Most of the people of Ambon Christians, some Muslims. However, they still recognize that the spirits of the umbrella should be in respect and in feed. .
People Ambon country knows the washing ceremony (a ceremony in Javanese village clean), which is usually done before the big holiday religion (Christianity or Islam).
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Sabu society is a society that occupies an island which is in the Kupang district, called the island of Savu or Sabu or Hawu Rai. Settlement patterns of people called rae Kōwa Sabu (village boat). With an elliptical shape as the ward is built settlements traditionally collected in a group residential patrilokal.
Language
Savu Savu people speaking different with other languages in East Nusa Tenggara. In Kupang regency there are several ethnic groups who had a language different. For example the city of Kupang and surrounding Malays who speak a dialect of Kupang.
Savu language dialects include Raijua (Raijua island), dialect Feeling, Timu, and Seba.
Kinship system
Savu people know patrilineal kinship principle. In everyday life they are living in batih family called Hewue virgin ammu. Batih families united in a traditional ceremony is the extended family who have their own custom homes. They are descended from one grandfather. Small clan called the Hewue Kerogo joint batih several families who were descended from two or three brothers' grandfather. Large clan called Udu Hewue led by Benggu Udu.
Religion
Before the Christian religion into the island of Savu, indigenous people hold beliefs, namely jingitiu. Nowadays most of the population embraced Protestant Christianity. However, their mindset is still jingitiu.
All that is on earth they called rai wawa or below ground from Ama Deo Deo moro or deepenyi (god gather, form, and create). Deo ama highly respected and feared.
They recognize three supernatural beings is wrong Balla (sky), Rai Balla (earth), and Dahi Balla (sea).
Sabu communities know several ceremonies associated with the life of a human behavior including:
a. Hapo kebake ceremony.
b. Hot Lodoki'I
c. Ai Pejio Dabe
d. Circumcision ceremony and the pasha of teeth
e. Funeral.
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Culture Bugis and Makassar culture here refers to the people of South Sulawesi, especially ethnic Bugis and Makassar. Bugis are those who inhabit the district Bulukumba, Sinjai, Bone, Soppeng, Waji, Sidendeng, Rappang, Bollywood, Polewali-Mamasa, Enrekang, Luwu, Pare-Pare, New, Pangkajene Kepulana, and Maros. Meanwhile, the tribe inhabiting the region of Gowa Makassar, Takalas, Jeneponto, Bull, Maros, Pangkajene.
Language
Bugis-speaking people and people Pugi Makassar Mangkasa language. Both these languages have their own script called Lontara alphabet, ie a system of letters sangsekerta letter. Since the rise of Islam, literature Bugis Makassar in tilis in Arabic and is called by the name Attack script.
Kinship System
In the case of marriage, people usually seek Bugis Makassar soul mate from his own village. This is called the ideal marriage. In terms of looking for soul mate and choice in marriage, the Bugis Makassar know some Bentu is as follows:
a. Marriage between first degree cousins, both the maternal and paternal.
b. Marriages between second degree cousins both the mother and father.
c. Marriage between a third-degree cousin of the father or mother.
Bugis Makassar people recognize patrilineal kinship system, followed by a pattern of settling patrilokal or neolokal. Petrilokal settlement pattern is the pattern in which wives stay followed her husband. Settlement pattern was a pattern neolokal is settled where after marriage the husband and wife living somewhere new.
The division of inheritance, the Bugis Makassar generally follow the legal procedures and the division of Islam.
Religion
Most people Bugis Makassar Muslim and only a small portion of the Protestant Christian or Catholic. The influence of Islam in the Bugis community in Makassar pervasive norms and system life. Before the arrival of Islam, the people of Makassar believe the gods crate Se'rea god (the god of Heaven), the supreme god who dwells in the highest heaven (Heaven boting). The cult of the god was carried out at the top houses (samulayang) abuak ceremony. In addition there is the god of sky god World. The world god set the world on duty. The cult of the World dwa conducted in the middle pole house (paccialah), the ceremony is called Attoana.
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The definition of Javanese culture here is the entire region of Central Java and East Java.
Language
Javanese language has three levels, namely: ngoko language. intermediate language, and language of karma. In addition to these three levels, also known Javanese four kinds of language again, the language of keratin, language conventions inggil, karma language village, and coarse language.
Kinship system
Javanese kinship system the principle of bilateral or parent, means a child's relationship with his siblings sibling or male cousins and female cousins accounted for by the father and mother lines.
In the Javanese kinship system there is some kinship term indicating a classification system according to the force:
a. Shiva or uncle.
b. Uncle.
c. Aunt.
In marriage, it is generally true that after the marriage took place, the wife would join her husband (patrilokal system). In the Java community recognized the existence of restrictions in the form of a ban mate for a man to marry a woman in terms of:
a. Marriage between siblings (incest)
b. Cousin marriage between relatives (fourth degree downward)
c. Sedulur pancer lanang, the children of siblings of male or female.
Javanese society is also known consideration in finding a soul mate.These considerations are as follows:
a. Seeds, bebet, weight. Seeds are the descendants of the background that will serve as a partner. Education Bebet is someone who will serve as a partner. Meanwhile, the weight is a family status which would be life partner.
b. Neptu, ie suitability for the birthday boy with a girl who was about to be married.
If a parent dies Javanese cultural inheritance systems adopt the parental system, meaning all property inheritance parents equally to all children. Property inherited this legacy of one's own property (husband and wife) plus half the community property in a traditional wedding (treasure "Gono-gini). How could follow the division of the peace or a way sepikul segendongan. Religion
Javanese people embrace Islam:
a. Islam (majority); distinguish the two:
Santri Islam - Islam Kejawen
b. Christian
c. Catholic
d. Hindhu
e. Buddhist
In a religious system, people celebrate the safety of Java, namely ritual meal to be grateful for certain things, such as:
a. Salvation in the framework of the circle of life.
b. Safety net associated with the village, and plowing after harvesting the rice.
c. Safety of the great days of Islam.
d. Safety-related events such as trip distance, move the new house, refused to hazard (ngrut), and kaol (nazar).
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Batak ethnic group consists of tribes such as:
a. Karo highlands inhabited, Langkat, Hulu, Hulu Delli, Serdang Hulu and some Dairi.
b. Simalungun, Simalungun inhabit.
c. Toba, sekiar inhabit the lake Toba Samosir island, the Asahan, Silundung, the area between the balls-sibolga.
d. Pak-pak Dairi inhabit.
e. Angkola, inhabit the area and Sipirok Angkola, some Sobolga and Batang Toru, and the northern part of Padang Lawas.
f. Mandailing, Mandailing inhabit Ulu, arrangements, and the southern part of Padang Lawas.
Language: the language used is the Batak language. In everyday interactions known several dialects, namely, as follows:
a. Slang Karo, Karo people use.
b. Slang Pak-Pak, used the Pak-Pak
c. Slang Simalungun, used the Simalungun.
d. Slang toba, used by the Toba, Humbang, Silindung and Samosir.
e. Sipiroh dialect, used by people Angkola, and Mandailing Sipiroh.
Kinship system
During his kinship system considering Batak communities in patriliniel genealogical relationships, the kinship group which is calculated through the line or the father's male relatives.
kinship group is the smallest batih family or rips (Toba), Jabu (Karo). While a large group of relatives of the clan called toba (according to the Karo). the Batak ethnic customs are still quite strong. such as wedding ceremonies, death ceremonies and so on.
Religion
Batak society mandailing Angkola and Islamic religious majority, was Batak Karo, Pak-Pal, Simalungun and Toba Protestant Christian majority. besides the two religions Batak people also have faith in supernatural beings, they believed that nature and its contents were created by dibata-Kaci Kaci (Karo) or Debata Mulajadi, Na Balloon (Toba) who resides in the heavens.
Batak society recognize the concept of the three concepts of soul and spirit:
a. Tondi, a soul or spirit of a person as well as the power received when in the womb.
b. Sahala, a soul or spirit power of a person who can determine the next path.
c. Begu, is the soul or spirit of the dead.
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According Musdi Umberant and colleagues (in 1994) in his book "Cultural History of Borneo," published by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Dayak tribes can be divided into several groups: Ngaju, APU Kayan, Klematan, Murut, Punan, Iban Ot Danum. Among the tribes that the tribes have the most advanced Ngajulah than others. Dayak dearah living in the seaside raengalami many had a change of culture, due to acculturation by ethnic immigrants like Bugis, Madurese and Chinese.
Language
The language used by the Dayak Dayak is Barito language.
Kinship System
Dayak community kinship systems based on the principle of descent ambilineal system based on kinship lineages atua father or mother who is often called the bilateral kinship system
In the Dayak community, the ideal marriage and desire is the marriage of two cousins who his forefathers were siblings. Such marriages, called hujenan and discuss Ngaju (second-degree cousins). In addition, the marriage between two cousins who mothers siblings brothers and cross-causin also considered good. Dayak community in Central Kalimantan do not prohibit their girls to marry men of the nation Iain my case, provided the foreign men are willing to submit to the customs and living in their village (the home of the girl).
Marriage on the Dayak in Central Kalimantan are generally monogamous.
Religion
Native religion is the religion of the indigenous population Kaharingan, Kaharingan taken from Danum Kaharingan which means water of life. Kaharingan believe the people of the surrounding environment full of supernatural beings and spirits who occupy a house poles, boulders, large trees, shrub, water, and so on. Kaharingan can trust people viewed the ceremonies performed as a ceremony to welcome the birth of children, ritual bathing the baby for the first time, the baby's hair cutting ceremony, ceremony and bury cremation ceremony.
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