Mori people

E386271

The Mori people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language, traditional customs, and ancestral ties to the island’s interior highlands.

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Mori people canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
continent Asia
country Indonesia
culturalArea Sulawesi highlands
linked to: Minahasa Highlands
culturalHeritage oral traditions
ritual dances
traditional music
wood carving
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples
governedBy adat leaders
hasAncestralTerritory Mori region of Central Sulawesi
linked to: Central Sulawesi
hasLanguage Mori language
hasTraditionalCustoms adat (customary law)
historicalContactWith Dutch colonial administration
indigenousTo Central Sulawesi NERFINISHED
isPartOf Austronesian cultural sphere
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn Central Sulawesi NERFINISHED
locatedOn Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes
partOf indigenous peoples of Indonesia
region interior highlands of Central Sulawesi
relatedEthnicGroup Bugis people
linked to: Bugis

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religion Christianity
Islam
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalLivelihood forest product collection
hunting and gathering
rice cultivation
swidden agriculture
traditionalReligion indigenous animist beliefs
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Mori Atas language ethnicGroup Mori people
Mori Atas language usedBy Mori people
Mori Bawah language spokenBy Mori people