Flores Island Ethnic Group

Flores is one of Indonesia Island administratively in East Nusa Tenggara province lies between Sumbawa Island in west and Lembata Island in east and Sawu sea in the south and Flores sea in the north. Flores Island with topography mountainous and hilly from west to east part and covering with monsoon forest make rainfall average from 900 – 2000 mm/year. Komodo park news group have crossed to find the reason why Flores Island with small size,  not large land has so many ethnic group and local language in Indonesia. Since migration era where the world people move from their land to other land or Island to find new life that make good story for new generation now and next period.

Here Komodo park new group to explain you in our description that by the Flores topography Flores peoples have different culture, tradition and language. Since world migration era people has migrated to different land or find other Island to get better life or just escape from local condition resulted by war or nature challenge to force them to travel around. Flores is one of Island since 9th century has crossed by migration people who survive until our generation now. Since migration era they arrive at Flores with different condition such as topography, weather and vegetation made them changed to use new life. Flores migration arrived at different place stretch from west and to east part. It was making them could not reach each other then live according to local situation and created different way of life. This is we have described since this era migration use different words in some name of vegetation, ceremony and way of life. The conclusion is Flores different culture, tradition and language was influenced by our topography and local situation at migration era.

Flores Island is one of Indonesia with live more than 5 ethnic group started from west by Manggaraian, Ngada, Ende, Sikka, and Lamaholot. Along Dutch colonialism era, Flores had divided Kingdom according to ethnic who leaves stretch from west Manggarai, Ngada, Ende, Sikka and Lamaholot. According to our story and way of life Flores believe that our ancestor from south of China where we still use for magic article in their pray said that ATA SINA. This is to show that Flores people called their ancestor to help them any time whenever they need for their daily life. Flores along their ethnic group use different language with same name of ethnic. Lies from west used local language such as Manggarai, Ngada, Ende, Sikka and Lamaholot in eastern part including Lembata and Adonara Island. Flores people use more than 12 different dialects from five local Languages.

Every ethnic group show different language, culture and tradition, events, attraction, ceremonies and way of life. Mostly of they believe are to god pass to their ancestor that the reason why every village and town there is cemeteries buried their people in front the house that already died. Normally every year Flores peoples give their offering to their ancestor that put on cemetery or some secret place in house or out side of house. Some time in our way of life put our offering to ancestor any time when we have problem for our life or when we have very bad dreaming that we believe will be bad happening through next life.

In the some believe of Flores people that our ancestor migrated from south of China crossed Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok and to Flores Island. In the some region there is name of clans and village use the origin ethnic from other Islands before migrated to Flores such as in the western of Flores there is a village named; Sesok which describe that their origin before cross to Flores was Sasak ethnic group in Lombok Island Indonesia and in the south of Ngada region there is a some clan named Seso mean that their origin was Sasak in Lombok.

Komodo park news will give detail information about each ethnic group in Flores on the new edition to describe all tradition, culture, agriculture, ceremonies, attraction and way of life. On this edition we would introduce our variety of our ethnic group related to the migration people era that we believe till to day with some proven by local peoples. Hope you will visit us again for new edition with new from Flores Island Indonesia to learn and to know what we have and what we are doing on our way of life. Noted that in some area in Flores Island located at country side there is peoples live in primitive live dating back to 11th century. If you interest with our new you will get all information about our people, culture, tradition and primitive life. Komodo park online news always gives you real new from Flores and Komodo Island Indonesia as local creator and local news maker with long experience totally special study.