MALUKU

Maluku or internationally known as the Moluccas is one of the oldest provinces in Indonesia. The capital is Ambon. In 1999, parts of Maluku province expanded into North Maluku province, with its capital in Sofifi. Maluku province composed of islands known as the Moluccan Islands.Maluku ethnic race was dominated by the Pacific Melanesian tribes who are allied with Fiji, Tonga and some of the islands scattered in the Pacific Ocean islands. Much stronger evidence that refers to the Maluku has ties with the traditions of the Pacific island nations, such as language, folk songs, food, household appliances and devices and instruments typical, example: Ukulele (which are also in the cultural traditions of Hawaii). They generally have dark skin, curly hair, big bones and a strong framework and a more athletic body profile compared with other ethnic groups in Indonesia, because they are ethnic islands where marine activities such as sailing and swimming are major activities for men. Since ancient times, many of those who already have blood mixed with other tribes, tribal marriage with Minahasa, Sumatra, Java, Madura, and even most of the Europeans (mainly the Netherlands and Portugal) and the Arab nation, India is very unusual given this area has mastered a foreign nation for 2300 years and gave birth to new offspring offspring, which are not purely Melanesian race again.

Because of the mingling of cultures and races with the Europeans is the Maluku is the only area of ​​Indonesia which is ranked as the Mestizo. Even today many genera that originated in the Moluccas foreign nations like the Netherlands (Van Afflen, Van Room, De Wanna, De Kock, Kniesmeijer, Gaspersz, Ramschie, Payer, Ziljstra, Van der Weden and others) and Portugal (Da Costa, De Fretes, Que, Carliano, De Souza, De Carvalho, Pereira, Courbois, Frandescolli etc.). Also found the Spanish surname (Oliviera, Diaz, De Jesus, Silvera, Rodriguez, Montefalcon, Mendoza, De Lopez and others) and Arab (Al-Kaff, Al Chatib, Bachmid, Bakhwereez, Bahasoan, Al-Qadri, Alaydrus, Assegaff and others). Way of writing the original surname spelling Maluku still follow such Rieuwpassa foreign (read: Riupasa), Nikijuluw (read: Nikiyulu), Louhenapessy (read: Louhenapesi), Kallaij (read: Kalai) and Akyuwen (read: Akiwen). Today, the people of Maluku in Indonesia are not only alone but scattered in various countries around the world. Most of those who migrated out of the country due to various reasons though. One of the reasons that the classic is a massive movement of people of Maluku to Europe in the 1950s and remained there until now. Another reason is to get a good labih life, studying, mating-mengawin with other nations, who were later settled and have new generations of Maluku in the other hemisphere. Maluku expatriates can be found in communities large and concentrated in a few countries like the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, Russia, France, Belgium, Germany and many other continents.The language used in Maluku province is Ambon Malay, which is one dialect of Malay. Before the Portuguese menginjakan feet in Ternate (1512), the Malay language has been in the Moluccas and used as the language of commerce. Indonesian language, as in other regions of the Republic of Indonesia, is used in activities such as public official in schools and in government offices. The language used on the island of Seram, the mother islands (Nusa Ina / Island of the origin) of all the tribes in the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku are as follows: Wamale language (in West Seram) Alune language (in West Seram) Nuaulu language (used by tribes in the Seram Nuaulu south, between the bay and the Gulf of El-Paputih Telutih) Koa language (in the mountains and Kabauhari Manusela) Seti language (in use by the tribe of Seti, in North Seram and East Telutih) Gorom language (people who come down from the Seti and settles in East Seram) The majority of people in Maluku embraced Christianity and Islam. This is because the influence of Portuguese and Spanish colonization before the Dutch, who had spread Christianity and the influence of the Sultanate of Ternate and Tidore who spread Islam in the Moluccas and Arab traders on the coast of the island of Ambon and surrounding areas before. Places of worship in Maluku province in 2009 is the Mosque of 1188 pieces, 1597 pieces of the Church, Temple and Temple 4 10 pieces of fruit. While Members of the Islamic religion by 40.03 percent, 49.04 percent of Protestant Christians, Catholic Christians 10.06 percent, 0.20 percent Hindu and Buddhists 0.03 percent and the other 0.65. Maluku Protestant Church is the largest church in the Moluccas, which has congregations in nearly all the villages and country Christians throughout Maluku. In 2008, the pilgrims go to Mecca as many as 621 people, where most pilgrims come from as many as 339 people of Ambon City.