Keo people
ʼAta Kéo | |
|---|---|
Raja Roga Ngole (front left) of the Nage-Keo with a water buffalo to be sacrificed at the harvest ceremony in Boawae, Nagekeo Regency, around the 1920s. | |
| Total population | |
| 40,000 (2001) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia (Nagekeo, Flores Island) | |
| Languages | |
| Keo, Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism (majority), Islam, Protestantism, and indigenous beliefs (minority) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ngada • Nage • Lio |
The Keo people (Ke'o: ʼAta Kéo; Indonesian: Orang Keo) are an Austronesian ethnic group inhabiting the central–southern region of Flores Island, Indonesia. They occupy the area along the southern slopes of Mount Ebulobo, covering parts of Boawae, Mauponggo, and Mount Koto in Keo Tengah and Kedi Diru in Nangaroro, Nagekeo Regency. The Keo people have kinship ties with the Nage people to their north.