Mori people

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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 Minahasa Highlands
surface form: Sulawesi highlands
culturalHeritage oral traditions
ritual dances
traditional music
wood carving
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples
governedBy adat leaders
hasAncestralTerritory Central Sulawesi
surface form: Mori region of 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 Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi
partOf indigenous peoples of Indonesia
region interior highlands of Central Sulawesi
relatedEthnicGroup Bugis
surface form: Bugis people

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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