Where is MUNA

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Where is MUNA?

• La Ode M. Syarif

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Indonesia consists of more than 15,000 islands,
with a population of more than 200 million, and
divided into hundreds of ethnic Groups such as
Javanese, Sundanese, Bataknese, Buginese,
Balinese, Ambonese, Butonese, Munanese, etc.
Indonesian speaks Bahasa Indonesia and more than
300 local languages . Islam is the main religion
of Indonesian (87), Christian, Hinduism
Buddhism also practiced by many Indonesian.
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Sulawesi Muna
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Muna at a glance

• Population about 400,000 people
• Religion 95 Islam, the rest are Catholic
  Protestant
• Social structure is divided into three
• Kaomu (Executive La Ode or Wa Ode)
• Sara (Legislature Lade or Wade)
• Maradika (the common people La or Wa)

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Painting of my grandfather ?
Muna Island liang kobori (kobori or kabhori
cave) the early ancient cave-kiteman
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What to see?
Horse Fighting
Napabale Motonuno Lake
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Muna (Wuna) language (Wamba Wuna)
Wamba Wuna is divided into 2 dialects Northern
dialect (de fo karu), and Southern dialect (de
fo ae), but they can understand each other
easily. Wamba Wuna is spoken by about 80 of
Mieno Wuna (Muna People or the Munanes). The
most distinguish sounds of Wamba Wuna are Gh
ghai ai (coconut), ghaghe- ae (foot) Bh-
bheta (sarong), bhirita bihita (news) Dja-
djambata (bridge), fadjara (dawn), adjara
adjaha (horse)
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Tumpuno laloku/tarima kasi Thank you