Editing Manado (section)

==Demographics==
===Ethnicity and languages===
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van drie vrouwen uit Manado geposteerd voor een idyllische achtergrond TMnr 10005908.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Minahasa women, circa 1940s]]
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Currently, the majority of Manado [[City status in Indonesia|city]] residents are from the [[Minahasa people|Minahasa]] ethnic group. The indigenous people of Manado are from the Tombulu sub-tribe. The [[Tombulu language]] is considered one of the Minahasa languages and is spoken widely in several urban villages within Manado, for example: Wenang (Wenang / Mahawenang - [[kolintang]]), Tumumpa (down), Mahakeret (yelling), Tikala Ares (Walak Ares Tombulu, where the word 'ares' means punishable), Ranotana (ground water), Winangun (built), Wawonasa (wawoinasa - sharpened above), Pinaesaan (unity place), Pakowa (Tree of Treasure), Teling (fur / bamboo to make equipment), Titiwungen (excavated), Tuminting (from the word Ting-Ting: a bell, the inserted syllable -um- changing the noun to a verb, so Tuminting: ringing bell), Pondol (Edge), Wanea (from the word Wanua: meaning the country), etc.  While the Malalayang area has residents mainly from the Bantik people, other indigenous groups in Manado today are from the Sangir, Gorontalo, Mongondow, Babontehu, Talaud, Tionudese, Siau, and Borgo peoples. There are also Arabian [[Jawi Peranakan|peranakan]] communities, mainly in the ''Kampung Arab'' area which is near Pasar '45 and has become a destination for religious tourism. Other ethnicities represented include [[Javanese people|Javanese]], [[Chinese Indonesian|Chinese]], [[Batak people|Batak]], [[Makassar people|Makassar]], and [[Moluccans]].  A small [[History of the Jews in Indonesia|Jewish]] community also exists.

[[Manado Malay]] is the main language spoken in Manado. It is a Malay-based creole. Some of the loan words in the Minahasan vernacular are derived from [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and other foreign languages. There are many words in Manado Malay comes from foreign language.

===Religion===
[[Protestant Christianity]] is the major religion in Manado, constituting around 60.78 per cent of all residents, [[Islam]] comes second forming about 33.33 per cent, [[Catholicism]] comes in third forming around 5.05 per cent, and the rest follow [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], and [[Confucianism]], each coming in at less than 1 per cent each, according to the 2020 national census.<ref name="DUKCAPIL">{{cite web|url=https://gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id/peta/|title=Visualisasi Data Kependuduakan - Kementerian Dalam Negeri 2020|website=www.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id|accessdate=16 February 2021|format=visual}}</ref> In addition, about 20 [[Indonesian Jews]] live in Manado.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brieger |first1=Peter |last2=Buol |first2=Ronny |title=On remote island in Muslim-majority Indonesia, Jewish community lives in shadows |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-live-in-the-shadows-in-muslim-majority-indonesia/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The people of Manado identify as tolerant, harmonious, open and dynamic. Therefore, the city of Manado has a relatively conducive social environment, and is known as one of the safest cities in Indonesia. When [[Indonesia]] was vulnerable to political upheaval around 1999, and there were riots in other Indonesian cities, Manado was little affected. This is shown through the slogan of the people of Manado: ''Torang samua basudara'', which means ''We are all family''. And also through the words of Dr. [[Sam Ratulangi]]: "Sitou, Timou, Tumou, Tou", which roughly translates to 'Man lives to educate others'.

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File:Gereja Pantekosta di Indonesia (GPdI) Manado - panoramio.jpg|Indonesia Pentecostal Church in Manado 
File:Cathedral Church Manado - panoramio.jpg|St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Parish Cathredal, Manado
File:Masjid Raya Ahmad Yani Manado.jpg|Manado Great Mosque
File:Ban Hin Kiong.JPG|[[Ban Hin Kiong Temple]]
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