Maluku peoples

E170214

The Maluku peoples are the diverse indigenous ethnic groups of Indonesia’s Maluku (Moluccan) Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, and rich spice-trade heritage.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
colonialHistory Dutch colonization ⓘ
Portuguese colonization ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
culturalPractice clan-based social organization ⓘ
village-level customary law (adat) ⓘ
culturalRegion Maluku ⓘ
linked to: Maluku Islands
diaspora Netherlands ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples ⓘ
governedBy Province of Maluku ⓘ
linked to: Maluku province

Province of North Maluku ⓘ
historicalRole participants in Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
producers of cloves ⓘ
producers of nutmeg ⓘ
knownFor clove cultivation ⓘ
nutmeg cultivation ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ
spice trade heritage ⓘ
languageFamily Central Maluku languages ⓘ
North Halmahera languages ⓘ
locatedIn Maluku Islands ⓘ
Moluccan Islands ⓘ
linked to: Maluku Islands
maritimeCulture inter-island navigation ⓘ
outrigger canoes ⓘ
partOf Eastern Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Indonesia
region Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Papuan peoples ⓘ
other Austronesian peoples ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ
speak Austronesian languages ⓘ
subgroup Ambonese people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples

Aru people ⓘ
Banda people ⓘ
Buru people ⓘ
Kei people ⓘ
Seram people ⓘ
Ternate people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples

Tidore people ⓘ
traditionalDance cakalele ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
sago cultivation ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic tifa drum music ⓘ

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Maluku Islands → ethnicGroups → Maluku peoples ⓘ
Maluku Islands → ethnicGroups → Ternate people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
indigenous peoples of the Dutch East Indies → hasEthnicGroup → Moluccan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Central Indonesia → hasEthnicGroup → Moluccan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Maluku peoples → subgroup → Ambonese people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Maluku peoples → subgroup → Ternate people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Aru Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Maluku Islanders ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Alifuru beliefs → religiousTraditionOf → indigenous peoples of Halmahera ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Pattimura → ethnicGroup → Maluku people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Kayeli people → partOf → Maluku ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Tidore people → partOf → Maluku ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Tidore people → relatedEthnicGroup → Halmahera people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Sultanate of Ternate → hasEthnicGroup → Maluku peoples ⓘ
Kei people → partOf → Maluku ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Maba language → ethnicGroup → Maba people (Halmahera) ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Makian people → partOf → Maluku ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Wemale people → partOf → Maluku ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples
Saparua Island → ethnicGroup → Moluccan people ⓘ
linked to: Maluku peoples