Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi, known as Sam Ratulangi, was a Minahasan teacher, journalist, politician, and national hero from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. He was part of the committee that ratified the Constitution of Indonesia and served as the first Governor of Sulawesi.
Sam Ratulangi
Ratulangi (right) with his cousin in 1910
Ratulangi with Sukarno in 1948
Ratulangi with others in front of the Minahasa Raad building
The Minahasans or Minahassa are an indigenous ethnic group from the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the Minahasan pre-Christian creation myth entails some form of ethnic unification, before the nineteenth century the Minahasa region was in no way unified. Instead, a number of politically independent groups (walak) existed together, often in a permanent state of conflict.
Minahasan person wearing traditional attire in a parade in Surabaya, East Java.
Kabasaran Minahasa
Minahasa warriors
Minahasa wedding