History Minahasa
History ~ Minahasa Minahasa or Minahasa people often also called the Manado. They themselves like also to call themselves as people Kawanua. These communities mostly inhabited the northeast peninsula of North Sulawesi, North Sulawesi. Actually, this society is divided again to eight sub-tribes, namely Tonsea, Tombulu, Tonsawang, Ratahan, Ponosakan, Totembuan, Toulour and Bantik. The number of their population is estimated at about 800,000, not including living in other areas.
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Language Minahasa
The common language used by the Minahasa people now is the language of "Malay Manado". While the original language is what is known as a derivative languages or dialects of each sub-group of tribes that exist.
Livelihood Minahasa
Since a long time this area is famous as a producer of copra, and since the last few decades as well-known as a producer of cloves. Their principal livelihood was farming the fields with crops such as maize, cassava, yams, nuts and a little rice. Minahasa people who dwell near the sea and the waters of the lake, for example, on the edge of Lake Tondano, living as fishermen. Some still hunting and gathering as additional work. Now many of them work as teachers, traders, businessmen, employees of government and private offices.
Community Minahasa
Compared to other communities in Indonesia, the community is already absorbing elements of Western culture, which since the arrival of the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch in a few hundred years ago. Their area is the center of the spread of Christianity to the North Sulawesi. The influence long enough it causes the remnants of the original cultural elements were missing many of their traditional life.
The smallest kinship group and are important in the Minahasa community is monogamous nuclear family they call seme'urang. Each person using the name of the patrilineal kinship group called fam. But these people also recognize the wider kinship ties and bilateral nature, called patuari. Patuari Kekeabatan is mainly functioning in the framework of mutual assistance in customs they call mapalus, as in marital problems, death, socio-economic cooperation and others.
In the old days they get to know some of the classification in the community. There are people who take care of religious issues (the old religion) called makarua alow. Then there are the social and political group leaders called makatelupitu country, to it, including the warlords and warriors respected. After that a new class of common people.
It used a system called Wanua Minahasa traditional village, which consists of several pieces village called ro'ong. Wanua leader called the law paedon old or older. The wanua oriented to the village where they came from. Unity is called walak cognate area, and its chairman called Old um walak. Some walak form a confederation itself called Pakasa'an. In the 16th century there were 17 pieces and 4 pieces Pakasa'an walak.
Religion and Belief Minahasa
Now most of the Minahasa people have embraced the Protestant religion. The original belief they basically animism, ancestor worship spirits called opo or datu and the magical powers (Doti). First rituals in the original trust led by a priest (custody Tonaas).
Reference: Kaudern 1937, Kalangie 1983, Adam 1976
source from http://suku-dunia.blogspot.co.id/2014/11/sejarah-suku-minahasa.html
History ~ Minahasa Minahasa or Minahasa people often also called the Manado. They themselves like also to call themselves as people Kawanua. These communities mostly inhabited the northeast peninsula of North Sulawesi, North Sulawesi. Actually, this society is divided again to eight sub-tribes, namely Tonsea, Tombulu, Tonsawang, Ratahan, Ponosakan, Totembuan, Toulour and Bantik. The number of their population is estimated at about 800,000, not including living in other areas.
history-tribal-minahasa
Language Minahasa
The common language used by the Minahasa people now is the language of "Malay Manado". While the original language is what is known as a derivative languages or dialects of each sub-group of tribes that exist.
Livelihood Minahasa
Since a long time this area is famous as a producer of copra, and since the last few decades as well-known as a producer of cloves. Their principal livelihood was farming the fields with crops such as maize, cassava, yams, nuts and a little rice. Minahasa people who dwell near the sea and the waters of the lake, for example, on the edge of Lake Tondano, living as fishermen. Some still hunting and gathering as additional work. Now many of them work as teachers, traders, businessmen, employees of government and private offices.
Community Minahasa
Compared to other communities in Indonesia, the community is already absorbing elements of Western culture, which since the arrival of the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch in a few hundred years ago. Their area is the center of the spread of Christianity to the North Sulawesi. The influence long enough it causes the remnants of the original cultural elements were missing many of their traditional life.
The smallest kinship group and are important in the Minahasa community is monogamous nuclear family they call seme'urang. Each person using the name of the patrilineal kinship group called fam. But these people also recognize the wider kinship ties and bilateral nature, called patuari. Patuari Kekeabatan is mainly functioning in the framework of mutual assistance in customs they call mapalus, as in marital problems, death, socio-economic cooperation and others.
In the old days they get to know some of the classification in the community. There are people who take care of religious issues (the old religion) called makarua alow. Then there are the social and political group leaders called makatelupitu country, to it, including the warlords and warriors respected. After that a new class of common people.
It used a system called Wanua Minahasa traditional village, which consists of several pieces village called ro'ong. Wanua leader called the law paedon old or older. The wanua oriented to the village where they came from. Unity is called walak cognate area, and its chairman called Old um walak. Some walak form a confederation itself called Pakasa'an. In the 16th century there were 17 pieces and 4 pieces Pakasa'an walak.
Religion and Belief Minahasa
Now most of the Minahasa people have embraced the Protestant religion. The original belief they basically animism, ancestor worship spirits called opo or datu and the magical powers (Doti). First rituals in the original trust led by a priest (custody Tonaas).
Reference: Kaudern 1937, Kalangie 1983, Adam 1976
source from http://suku-dunia.blogspot.co.id/2014/11/sejarah-suku-minahasa.html
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