Ra ro Maru | |
|---|---|
 Ayamaru woman wearing traditional attire made fromTimor cloth [id] | |
| Total population | |
| 25,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (Southwest Papua) | |
| Languages | |
| Ayamaru | |
| Religion | |
 ChristianityFolk religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Maybrat (Karon • Mare • Aifat • Aitinyo • Wayer) |
TheAyamaru people (Mai Brat:Ra ro Maru) are anethnic group inhabiting the western and southern regions aroundAyamaru Lakes,Southwest Papua,Indonesia. Their population is approximately 25,000 people spread across about forty villages. They speakAyamaru, a member of theMaybrat language family, making this group one of the sub-Maybrat people.[1] The wordaya means water,maru means lake,mei means language, andbrat means people.[2]
The Ayamaru traditionally live by gardening and hunting fish and wild animals around Ayamaru Lake. Game such asbird-of-paradise is often traded with textiles brought by other ethnic groups. Their primary kinship unit is the nuclear family, where newlyweds establish their own residence. Kinship is bilateral. Today, many Ayamaru people adhere toChristianity.[2][3]
In the 1920s to 1930s, a person from the Ayamaru region was appointed as a vassal king by representatives of theTidore Sultanate, namely Flebroe Solossa as King Framu (Ayamaru).[4] The coronation took place in the village of Wersar, near the Kaibus River (nowTeminabuan), where he and a number of other vassal kings were given medals, a scepter, and asongkok. The coronation letter was written inMalay andDutch.[5]
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