Tribe Alifuru Mountain

Tribe Alifuru Mountain, is a native tribes who inhabited the island of Seram
  in the province of Maluku.

Alifuru tribes according to stories circulating in Maluku, that Alifuru rate this as the first humans to inhabit the island of Seram and including other areas in the Maluku islands. It is said that the name "alifuru" derived "alef" from Aramaic and "uru" means "people". In addition to "alifuru", also has a lot of other names, namely "alfur", "alfuros", "alfures", "alifuru" or "horaforas", while the Dutch referred to them as "alfuren". Last name "alifuru" replaced by the name of "homeland ina", but this is not a popular name, so the name "alifuru" are still used by ethnic residing in this Seram island.

Alifuru mountain tribes have close relatives who live in coastal areas, namely Alifuru Coastal tribes. These two tribes are no different, just because it has been separated for so long, then there is some differences in rules and habits of life. But the customs and cultures are not too different.

This mountain Alifuru tribes have different customs with his brother Alifuru Coastal. Alifuru mountain tribes live in seclusion in the mountains inland, and rarely interact with other tribes on the island of Seram.

Alifuru tribes living around the mountain climbing path to Mount Binaiya. They run with robust customs. Most of the tribe Alifuru This mountain is still adhered to traditional beliefs contain elements of animism.

This tribe live together in a traditional house, although different derivatives in the houses of great size 15 x 8 m. In their custom home can be occupied by up to 10 families. Their homes without confining walls of the room, it's just sort of a line marked tiag to distinguish each family room.


tribal house Alifru Mount
Alifuru tribal house the mountain is made from sago tree without using nails. Connection wood and house poles tied with rope made ​​of rattan. While the roof is made of sago palm leaves or leaves. Home building supported by large bamboo to hold the house building.

Mount Alifuru tribal communities are not familiar with the system of buying and selling, such as coastal Alifuru tribe. All of the items they require, obtained from the exchange of goods (barter) of crops they bring to Mosso for bartered with the materials they need, such as salt, kerosene and salted fish.

If a family member is deceased, then simultaneously they will leave the house, because they think the house will bring bad luck to them. Abandoned house should not be approached much less populated.
Tribe Alifuru This mountain has a unique tradition in burying their dead family members. Member keluargaanya they laid down on a rock and left and left to become crumbs. They think death is not the end of everything, the spirits of the bodies are experiencing a different way to the world called the Puya. The burial tradition is almost similar to the indigenous funeral Toraja in South Sulawesi.
They put the corpse in a Liang, on a rock that is considered Kramat and have magical value as a funeral. The selected stones form is not too large, as long as there is a gap or a sewer at the bottom can be used as a cemetery. Because they assume that the first humans to set foot on the earth comes from stones, therefore if they were to be passed back to the stone.
Uniquely, the bodies will be buried should be placed as day-to-day habits. If the corpse is lying in his lifetime he would like to put to sleep anyway funeral, so if he likes to sit cross-legged, then it must be equal to the funeral. It is the goal that the spirits of the remains were not angry and do not interfere with other family members who are still alive. The bodies that have been buried will be left just to the pungent stench to be bones. Even some of the bodies became food for wild animals.

Their main food is sago. Sago palms became their main crop, which is processed into papeda. Papeda is typical food Alifuru parts, shaped like starch diluted with warm water and tastes fresh.

In everyday life on the mountain tribes Alifuru agriculture. They have gardens and fields planted with various types of plants, such as coffee plants, cloves, and especially kasbi sago palms become their staple crops

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