A Preliminary Study to Recognise Loloda Nomads’ Identity: A Description of Loloda Community Folklore

Abstract

The glory of the Loloda kingdom was lost after it was annexed by the Sultanate of Ternate. This situation also impacts on the lack of attention of writers and researchers who study Loloda in general, and the ethnic culture of Loloda Overseas (OLP) in particular, though they have a noble cultural identity that needs to be preserved and passed down. This initial study of OLP cultural identity aims to reproduce and describe the folklore that is the treasure of OLP ethnic identity. The findings of this study are in the form of descriptions of 6 (six) story units of folklore. The 6 folktales are titled; The Ori Eating Tradition (Turtle), The Origin of the Kora-Kora Place Name, The Origin of the Aermadidi Place Name (Loloda Version), The Origins of the Tradition of Serving Loloda, the Tradition of Tooth Brutting, and the Foot washing Tradition.