Buru people

Buru people
Gebfuka / Gebemliar
Buru people in folk costume, early 1900s.
Total population
35,000
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia (Buru): 33,000
Languages
Sula–Buru languages (Buru language), Indonesian language
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Animism
Related ethnic groups
Lisela, Kayeli, Ambelay

Buru people (Indonesian: Suku Buru) is an ethnic group mostly living on Indonesian island Buru, as well as on some other Maluku Islands. They also call themselves Gebfuka or Gebemliar, which literally means "people of the world" or "people of the land". Buru people are related to the eastern Indonesian anthropological group and from an ethnographic point of view are similar to other indigenous peoples of the island Buru. They speak the Buru language.[1][2]

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