Ambonese people

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The Ambonese people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Indonesia’s Maluku Islands, particularly known for their mixed Malay-Papuan heritage, Christian and Muslim communities, and rich musical and maritime traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people
ethnic group
ancestry Malay NERFINISHED
Papuan
colonialHistory Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
conflictExperience Maluku sectarian conflict NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Indonesia
cuisine sago-based dishes
seafood dishes
spicy condiments
culturalIdentity Moluccan identity
culture dance traditions
maritime traditions
musical traditions
oral traditions
diaspora Jakarta NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
New Guinea NERFINISHED
ethnicRegion Central Maluku NERFINISHED
Maluku NERFINISHED
language Ambonese Malay NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
nativeTo Ambon Island NERFINISHED
Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
notableCity Ambon NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Alune people NERFINISHED
Bandanese people NERFINISHED
Moluccan people
Seramese people NERFINISHED
Wemale people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Islam
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
Sunni Islam
religiousDivision Christian–Muslim communities
servedIn Royal Netherlands East Indies Army NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfConflict early 2000s
late 1990s
traditionalInstrument guitar
tifa drum
ukulele
traditionalMusic indigenous Maluku folk music
keroncong
traditionalOccupation fishing
seafaring
trading

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Ambon Island ethnicGroups Ambonese people
Buru Island hasEthnicGroup Ambonese people