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Bugis People: History and Culture in Sabah

The document provides information about the origins and culture of the Bugis people in Sabah, Malaysia. It states that the Bugis probably arrived in Sabah in the 16th century as merchants and fishermen, and were later acknowledged in 1840. By the 20th century, many Bugis had migrated from Sulawesi to Sabah for work on plantations, and there are now over 500,000 Bugis people in Sabah. The Bugis language belongs to the Austronesian language family and is written using the Lontara script. Traditional Bugis foods mentioned include burasak, rendang, and lepat loi.

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Bugis People: History and Culture in Sabah

The document provides information about the origins and culture of the Bugis people in Sabah, Malaysia. It states that the Bugis probably arrived in Sabah in the 16th century as merchants and fishermen, and were later acknowledged in 1840. By the 20th century, many Bugis had migrated from Sulawesi to Sabah for work on plantations, and there are now over 500,000 Bugis people in Sabah. The Bugis language belongs to the Austronesian language family and is written using the Lontara script. Traditional Bugis foods mentioned include burasak, rendang, and lepat loi.

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ORIGIN

The Bugis people probably arrived in Sabah during the 16th Century as merchants and fisherman, but there is no strong evidence to support that. Only in 1840 was their arrival in Sabah acknowledged. Ranggu (an area in Tawau) is said to be the first place they resided. They mainly work as merchants but some are also paid to fight against the pirates of the Sulu Sea by the Sultanate of Sulu.

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the modern day, the Bugis people are considered non-native ethnics of Sabah due to the high number of Indonesian immigrants of which many are Bugis. Since 1970, several groups of Indonesian Bugis have been invited to Tawau in Sabah to work as contract workers for British Rubber and Abaka (BAL) Plantation at Table Estates, Imam Estate, Tiger Estate, Burut Estate and Merotai Estate. At that time, all of them decided to work in Sabah temporarily. But soon, they changed their plan and stayed in Malaysia until they become Malaysian citizens.

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There are a lot of Bugis in Indonesia who came from Sulawesi to find jobs in Sabah, especially at Tawau, as construction workers, plantation workers, transportation workers and market sellers. Now there are more than 500,000 of them around Sabah. There was also a very large number of non-

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of all Bugis in Sabah are Indonesian from South Sulawesi places such as Watampone, Enrekang, Pinrang, Rappang, Sinjai, Bulukumba and Pare Pare. expansion of the Bugis influence to Sabah began in the 20th century when members of the tribe migrated from Sulawesi to Java, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Some Bugis men left their origin's place forever, came to Tawau and make a new family by

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one can try to tell by their demeanour. It is said the Bugis are garang (fierce) and competitive can also be known by their dialects house are usually 5-9 feet above the ground as they live mostly near the sea.

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LANGUAGE AND ETC.


Bugis

language (also known as Bugis , Basa Ugi or Ugi ) spoken by ethnic Bugis is about 4 million in Indonesia (especially South Sulawesi ) and Malaysia . Bugis language belongs to the family of Austronesian languages . Bugis language written using consonants Lontara , based on the consonants Brahmi and today, it is also written in Rumi .

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In

Sabah, bugis people can easily be known by their dialects and words they add in a sentence(especially in Tawau) such as [Link] : kenapa pal?

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FOODS
Burasak,rendang Burasak

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kerisik, bahulu pecak, barongkoh and titi aji. is a staple dish made from nasi lemak. Rice cooked in coconut milk is wrapped in young and pliable banana leaves and shaped in a rectangular rice patty. Then, a stack of about six patties are bound together in a larger piece of banana leaf and boiled for another six hours. another Bugis favourite, lepat loi, made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, is shaped into triangular bars (closely resembling Toblerone chocolate bars!) and wrapped in young banana leaves. long cooking time is a traditional method used

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