Bonerate people
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Bonerate people
| image = 300px
| caption = Pakarena dancers from Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
| population = 13,900{{cite web|url=http://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10933/ID |title=Bonerate in Indonesia |publisher=Joshua Project |access-date=2014-10-08}}
| popplace = {{flag|Indonesia}} (South Sulawesi)
| langs = Tukangbesi-Bonerate languages (Bonerate language), Indonesian language
| rels = Islam
| related = 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bna |title=Bonerate |publisher=Ethnologue |access-date=2014-10-08}}
Culture
The Bonerate people are generally Muslims.{{cite book|author=Zulyani Hidayah|title=Ensiklopedi: Suku bangsa di Indonesia|year=2015|publisher=Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia|isbn=978-97-946-1929-2|page=87}} Some traditional beliefs are still extant among the Bonerate.{{Cite book |last=Weekes |first=Richard V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQ3FEAAAQBAJ |title=Muslim Peoples [2 Volumes]: A World Ethnographic Survey |date=1984 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-313-23392-0 |pages=171 |language=en}} Sexually provocative behaviour occurs in possession-trance ritual practiced by women only{{cite book|author=Jeannette Mageo & Alan Howard|title=Spirits in Culture, History and Mind|year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-1367-5852-2}} and were carried out in a way by which they smother glowing embers with their bare feet at the climax of the ritual."Crazy Women are Performing in Sombali": A Possession-Trance Ritual on Bonerate, Indonesia Author(s): Harald Beyer BrochSource: Ethos, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Autumn, 1985), pp. 262-282 The Bonerate language is closely related to the language of the Tukang Besi islands off the southeast coast of Buton island.{{cite book|author=James N. Sneddon & René van den Berg|title=Studies in Sulawesi linguistics, Part 1|year=1989|publisher=Badan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya|oclc=470766997|page=14}}{{cite book|editor=Charles E. Grimes|title=Spices from the East: Papers in Languages of Eastern Indonesia|year=2000|publisher=Pacific Linguistics|isbn=08-588-3460-X|page=55}}
Many Bonerate are agriculturists, utilizing the slash-and-burn technique. Common crops grown include corn, cassava, several fruits like papaya and bananas and some vegetables like beans and peas. Some Bonerate also work as shipbuilders and sailors.
References
{{reflist}}
{{Ethnic groups in Indonesia}}
{{Portal|Indonesia}}
{{Indonesia-stub}}
{{Asia-ethno-group-stub}}