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Bonerate people

Bonerate people
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Pakarena dancers from Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Total population
(13,900)
Regions with significant populations
South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Languages
Tukangbesi-Bonerate languages (Bonerate language)
Religion
Islam (predominantly), Animism
Related ethnic groups
Butonese people

The Bonerate people are an ethnic group in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. They inhabit around the Selayar island group such as Bonerate, Madu, Kalaotoa, and Karompa islands. Sexually provocative behaviour occurs in possession-trance ritual practiced by women only and were carried out in a way by which they smother glowing embers with their bare feet at the climax of the ritual. The Bonerate language shares many similarities with the Butonese language.


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