Alifuru


Based on local Indigenous literature, the Suwawa Kingdom has also been widely known by several Kingdoms in Sulawesi, which then established kinship and trade relations with it. Evidence of the existence of this Kingdom is the discovery of the tombs of the Kings on the banks of the upstream Bulawa River. The longest river is the Paguyaman River, located in Boelemo Regency, with a flow length of 99.3 km.

Tomini Bay is crossed by the equator and is naturally inhabited by various marine animals. The minimum temperature occurs in September, which is 22.8 ° C, while the maximum temperature occurs in October, which is 33.5 ° C. In 2013 the average temperature ranged from 26.2 ° C - 27.6 ° C.

While the highest rainfall occurs in May, which is 307.9 mm, the highest number of rainy days is in July & December, which is 24 days. Sports arena January 23rd lake. In 1824, the Limo Lo Pohalaa area was under the authority of an assistant resident in addition to the traditional government. 

This patriotic struggle became a milestone for the independence of the Indonesian nation & gave impact and inspiration to the surrounding areas and even nationally. In 2017, the population was estimated to reach 1,157,325 people with a total area of ​​11,257.07 km². The Javanese are the second largest ethnic group, followed by the Minahasa tribe. 

The Gorontalo tribe has a legend that tells that their ancestors were descendants of Hulontalangi / people who came down from the sky & originally lived on Mount Tilongkabila, Bone Bolango district. The community as historical actors & cultural figures of Gorontalo tend to agree with the legend that the origin of their ancestors came from a wanderer they called Hulondalangi, this figure is told as a man the wanderer who came down from the sky, they believe that at that time Gorontalo was not yet in the form of a plain, it was still a vast ocean & Hulondalangi lived on a mountain in Gorontalo, namely Mount Tilongkabila. Then he married a woman named Tilopudelo who stopped by boat to that place. 

Previously, animism & dynamism were belief systems adopted by the people of Gorontalo in the past before the arrival of Islam, such as beliefs in the sea, mountains, capes, ponds, trees & amazing places, having inhabitants they called gods. The beliefs that existed in the past such as in prehistoric times were animism & dynamism. There was no religion, there was only animism & dynamism, many ceremonies were held in places of trees, large rocks / in rivers.

Before Islam came, the people of Gorontalo embraced the Alifuru religion, a kind of animist & dynamist belief. In addition, respect for ancestral spirits also plays an important role. These ancestral spirits are good and evil according to their nature during their lifetime. 

Ceremonies to honor ancestral spirits still play an important role. To expel/prevent these creatures from harming humans, certain ceremonies are held, namely to treat diseases, expel evil spirits & make antidotes. Dayango is one of the forms of several animist cultures in Gorontalo.

Dayango is one of the forms of several animist cultures in Gorontalo. Dayango is one of the forms of several animist cultures in Gorontalo. This ritual is a kind of ceremony to summon spirits to be used as mediators to ask for rain/fertility in the dry season & to heal the sick, whose healing is done with movements and shouts. 

This ritual is a kind of ceremony to summon spirits to be used as mediators to heal the sick, whose healing is done with movements & shouts. This ritual is a kind of ceremony to call spirits to be used as mediators to heal the sick, the healing is done with movements and shouts. Wumbungo was originally a type of traditional dance performed at ceremonies to worship spirits by certain communities, especially those who still live far away in rural areas. 

In general, wumbungo is interpreted as a dance to worship spirits. The dancers' whole body will tremble due to being possessed by spirits, in the Gorontalo language the person is ma wumbu wumbungo, that is why this dance is called wumbungo.

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