Kulur, Indonesia

Kulur
Town
Kulur Location in Seram Island
Kulur Location in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Coordinates: 3°23′30″S 127°58′50″E / 3.39167°S 127.98056°E / -3.39167; 127.98056Coordinates: 3°23′30″S 127°58′50″E / 3.39167°S 127.98056°E / -3.39167; 127.98056
Country	Indonesia
Province	Maluku
Regency	West Seram
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)

Kulur is a small town on the southwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Seram. It is believed that the people of Kulur moved from Saparua to Piru Bay during the Dutch rule of the 17th century to avoid having to change religion, and returned at the time of the Pattimura rebellion in 1817. Many locals today still speak the Saparua language, particularly a dialect known as Iha-Kulur.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Culture. Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1989. pp. 9, 40.
↑ Collins, James T. (1983). Pacific Linguistics: Special publications. Australian National University. p. 103.

Seram Island, Indonesia

Settlements	Amahai Ariate Atiahu Bemu Bengoi Bula Geser Hote Japutih Kairatu Kamar Kamarian Kisalaut Kobi Kulur Laha Laala Latuhalu Luhu Loki Masohi Opin Piru Saweli Taniwel Tehoru Tihulale Tum Urung Wahai Wailissa Wari Werinama

Geography	Ambon Island Boano Island Haruku Island Manipa Island Saparua Island Manusela National Park Eti River Kawa River Masiwang River Sapalewa River Salawai River Tala River Boano Strait El-Paputih Bay Piru Bay Taluti Bay Waru Bay

Endemic fauna	Graphium stresemanni Rufescent darkeye Seram bandicoot Seram crow Seram friarbird Seram honeyeater Seram masked owl Seram small tree-nymph Seram thrush Seram white-eye

Native people and languages	Alfur Alune Hainuwele Manusela Nuaulu Nunusaku languages Piru Bay languages Wemale

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