Gorontalo
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Gorontalo is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate pr
Dutch ships in Gorontalo. Gorontalo was an important trading hub during the colonial era.
Gorontaloan nobles and the Dutch deputy regent of Gorontalo. The Dutch ruled Gorontalo for almost three centuries.
Nani Wartabone (second from right) meeting with Japanese troops after taking over power in Gorontalo from the Dutch.
A monument of Nani Wartabone, a Gorontaloan national hero who resisted both the Dutch and the Japanese.
Gorontalo people
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Gorontalo people, also known as Gorontalese are a native ethnic group and the most populous ethnicity in the northern part of Sulawesi. The Gorontalo people have traditionally been concentrated in the
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…the fields of government, society and the courts, and "Karawo Province" for the local karawo embroidery. The only Indonesian President to hail from the Gorontalo people was the third President of the Republic of Indonesia, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie. His father, Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie, came from the Habibie clan. The…
Photo of the "Pemangku Adat" or Gorontalo Sultanate Officials
A group of men from Gorontalo in a prahu, circa 1895-1905.
A circumcision event of the Gorontalo people during the Dutch East Indies.