Maybrat people
Ra ro Meibrat | |
|---|---|
Maybrat people near Ayamaru Lakes, 1930s | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia (Southwest Papua) | |
| Languages | |
| Maybrat, Papuan Malay, and Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Moi • Arfak • Abun |
The Maybrat people (Mai Brat: Ra ro Meibrat) are an ethnic group originating from the province of Southwest Papua, Indonesia. They generally inhabit Maybrat Regency and South Sorong Regency, and speak the Maybrat language. Its distribution is mainly in the central part of the Bird's Head Peninsula, bordering the Abun and Biak Karon in the north, the Inanwatan and Kais in the south, the Moi in the west, and the Arfak in the east.
Around the 1920s to 1930s, it was recorded that two Maybrat people from the Ayamaru region were appointed by the envoy of the Tidore Sultanate as subordinate rulers (rajas), namely Flebroe Solossa as King Framu (Ayamaru) and Hwaintake Abraham Kambuaya as King Kambuaya. The inauguration took place in Wersar village, near the Kaibus River (now Teminabuan), they were given medals, a royal stick, and a songkok. The appointment letter was written in Malay and Dutch.