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Kalwedo is valid proof of ownership of indigenous peoples in Southwest Maluku (MBD). [2] This ownership is joint ownership of common life. [clarification needed] [3] Kalwedo is rooted in the lives of indigenous peoples in the Babar archipelago and MBD. [2] The Kalwedo cultural inheritance is expressed in a language game, customs, and discourse. [3]
The folklore of the Moluccas are legends that are believed to be sacred and mystical, which reflect the culture and lives of the indigenous people of the island of Moluccas. [1]
Moluccans are the Austronesian and Papuan-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the Maluku Islands (also called the Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia. The region was historically known as the Spice Islands, [4] and today consists of two Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku. As such, "Moluccans" is used as a blanket term for the various ...
The tifa, tiwa or tiva is a single-headed goblet drum used throughout the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia, where it is traditionally the "dominant instrument" in Maluku province music. [1] The term tifa has been used outside of the Maluku Islands, including on the island of Java and on the island of New Guinea , in Indonesia's Papuan ...
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 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 [1] known as Kecamatan. The 118 districts of Maluku, with the regency or city each falls into, are as follows:
A Salawaku (in the Tidore and Pagu languages), is a traditional shield originating from the Maluku Islands.It is also known as Ma Dadatoko, Salwake, Saluwaku or Salawako in Galela, Salawakunu in Loloda, Hawau-mu in Madole, Emuli in Buru [1] or O Dadatoko in Tobelo.
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] the Tanimbar Islands, [citation needed] and Fakfak ( Mbaham-Matta's Cakalele Mbreh). [4]