Lisela people

Lisela people
Rana people
Buru people in folk costume, early 1900s.
Total population
13,000
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia (Buru): more than 11,000
Languages
Lisela language, Indonesian language
Religion
Islam (predominantly), Animism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Buru people, Kayeli people

Lisela (Indonesian: Suku Lisela) or Rana people is an ethnic group mostly living on Indonesian island Buru, as well as on some other Maluku Islands. They belong to the eastern Indonesian anthropological group and are sometimes referred to as northern Buru people. From an ethnographic point of view, Lisela are similar to other indigenous peoples of Buru island. They speak the Lisela language.[1]

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