Mandar (people)

Mandar women in the Dutch colonial era

Mandar ( Indonesian Suku Mandar ) are a people in the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi .

Most of the Mandar are Muslim. Their settlement area lies along the coast between Mamuju , the capital of West Sulawesi, and Pare-Pare further south. Like the neighboring Makassar and Bugis in the South Sulawesi province , the Mandar have a long tradition as seafarers, traders and fishermen with their outrigger boats called Sandeq . The Sandeq are the pride of traditional mandar culture.

The Mandar language belongs to the Austronesian language family . It is closely related to the Toraja-Sa'dan language.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ songlinecruises.com ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. via Sandeq outrigger boats on the Mandar