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Cakalele dance (pronounced "cha-ka-leh-leh", spelled tjakalele by the Dutch) is a war dance from North and Central Maluku in Indonesia. [1] Hybrid versions also exist among the natives of Sulawesi (Kabasaran dance or Sakalele of the Minahasan), [2] East Nusa Tenggara (Abui Cakalele from Alor), [3] and the Tanimbar Islands.
Baileo is a custom house, [1] in Maluku and North Maluku, Indonesia. [2] The term is derived from the word bale or balai, which is a word for a village meeting place. [3] The house is a representation of the Baileo Maluku culture and has an important function in the life of the community [2] that is why the structure forms part of the identity of any community in the Moluccas.
The ensemble can accompany the Maluku Island's Sawat Lenso dance. [2] [3] The custom dates back at least to the late 17th or early 18th century. Gong-chime and drum ensembles, labeled tifa totobuang, were mentioned by François Valentijn, a Dutch army cleric who served in the Dutch army in Ambon, Maluku in two tours, 1686-1994 and 1703–1713. [4]
In the Maluku region, four major sultanates – Ternate, Tidore, Jailolo, and Bacan – formed a power structure known as the “Moloku Kie Raha,” or “Four Mountains of Maluku.” [14] The four had dynamic relationships, both alliances and rivalries, that played a vital role in maintaining stability and prosperity in the region, especially ...
The Maluku Islands (/ m ə ˈ l uː k uː, m æ ˈ l uː k uː / mə-LOO-koo, mal-OO-; Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ k ə z / mə-LUK-əz) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone.
This is a list of rulers of Maluku from proto-historical times until the present. The four sultanates of Ternate , Tidore , Jailolo and Bacan were considered descendants of a legendary figure called Jafar Sadik and formed a ritual quadripartition.
The province of Maluku in Indonesia is divided into nine regencies (kabupaten) and two independent cities (kota); these in turn are divided administratively into 118 districts known as Kecamatan. The 118 districts of Maluku, with the regency or city each falls into, are as follows:
A ballgame called "Keeping the ball aloft", Banda, 1601.The ball is made of twisted branches. Sepak takraw is known by the Indonesian and Malaysian people in several areas such as Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Sulawesi as Sepak raga, which is a game for local children who still use a ball made of rattan.