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Solorese, tribe inhabiting the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, specifically Solor, Adonara, Lomblen, and eastern Flores. The Solorese speak three Malayo-Polynesian dialects in the Ambon-Timor language group. They are divided into two opposing groups, the Demon and the Padzi, who have different political and religious beliefs. Solorese villages of 100–500 people are structured around clan lineages. A clan may be confined to one village or scattered among many. Inheritance is patrilineal. Agricultural land is clan-owned and used for slash-and-burn cultivation of corn (maize) and dry rice. Although most Solorese originally inhabited mountain areas, the influx of Dutch drove some to ...(100 of 174 words)

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