Matlow's Animism
Likewise, the Biga people from the nearby Biga village also have similar settlement patterns, livelihoods, and lifestyles to the Matbat people, an indigenous Papuan culture. They are thought to have originally come from the island of Waigeo, which some experts call Mayan, both culturally and linguistically, but they have also experienced mixing with tribes from the Maluku islands such as Seram, Tobelo, Tidore, and Ternate. The local Muslim community on Misool Island, known as Matlow, has traditions and customs inherited from their ancestors.