Total population | |
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(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.