The Minahasa, district of North Sulawesi
Tondano is the capital of Minahasa Regency, mainly in the district of West Tondano, in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The city is located in the highlands on the shores of Lake Tondano near Mount Tondano.
The city is located in the highlands on the shores of Lake Tondano near Mount Tondano.
The word 'Minahasa' is made up of the prefix ma-, the infix -in-, and the independent word esa 'one'. In English this translates as 'become one' or 'united'
The name Minahasa appears in written sources for the first time in 1789.
North Sulawesi never developed any large empire.
In 670, the leaders of the different tribes, who all spoke different languages, met by a stone known as Watu Pinawetengan.
There they founded a community of independent states, who would form one unit and stay together and would fight any outside enemies if they were attacked.
Until well into the 19th century the Minahasa was made up of rivaling warrior societies that practiced headhunting. Only during 'Pax Neerlandica' of the formal colonisation of the Dutch East Indies did the state of permanent internal warfare and the practice of headhunting subside
The name Minahasa appears in written sources for the first time in 1789.
North Sulawesi never developed any large empire.
In 670, the leaders of the different tribes, who all spoke different languages, met by a stone known as Watu Pinawetengan.
There they founded a community of independent states, who would form one unit and stay together and would fight any outside enemies if they were attacked.
Until well into the 19th century the Minahasa was made up of rivaling warrior societies that practiced headhunting. Only during 'Pax Neerlandica' of the formal colonisation of the Dutch East Indies did the state of permanent internal warfare and the practice of headhunting subside
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