page_title: Gorontaloan people
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Gorontaloan people / Culture
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Repronegatief. Besnijdenisfeest te Gorontalo, Manado, Noord-Celebes
context_page_description: Gorontaloan or Hulandalo people are the native people of the northern part of Sulawesi. They are the most populous ethnicity in the Minahasa Peninsula. The Gorontaloans are predominantly Muslim. Their native language is Gorontaloan. The Gorontaloans have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, and the northern part of Central Sulawesi.
context_section_description: The Gorontaloan community have a high social sense, so much so that there is hardly any conflict among themselves. A tight knitted kinship system is always preserved by the Gorontaloan community, as exemplified in the Pohala'a family bond system. Mutual cooperation or huyula tradition is preserved in the daily lives of the community, and every issues will be solved through discussion.
  Gorontaloan people have a philosophy of life, namely, batanga pomaya, nyawa podungalo, harata potom bulu meaning, "the body is to defend the homeland, faithful to the end, wealth brings social problems" and lo iya lo ta uwa, ta uwa loloiya, boodila polucia hi lawo which means, "a leader is full of authority, but it's not arbitrary".
  Traditional attires are multicolored, with each of the colors represent its symbolic aspect. Gorontaloan people are also famous for their developed musical culture.
caption: A circumcision event of the Gorontalo people during the Dutch East Indies.
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