What is the Minahasa Style?

• The Minahasa­ (alternative spelling­: Minahassa or Mina hasa) are an ethnic group located in the North Sulawesi province of Ind­onesia (in past called by Spanish as North Celebes).
  
• The Minahasa speak Minahasan languages and Manado Malay (also known as Minahasa Malay), a language closely related to the Malay language.
  
• Minahasa Raya is the area covering Bitung City, Manado City and Minahasa Regency, which are three of the seven regional administrations in the province of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  
• Originally inhabited by Malay-speaking peoples, the region was colonized in the 16th century by the Spanish, then the Dutch.
  
• The Minahasa identify strongly with the Dutch language and the Protestant faith so strongly, in fact, that when Indonesia became independent in 1945 factions of political elites of the region pleaded with the Dutch to let it become a province of the Netherlands. People from the Minahasa living in the Netherlands, as part of the Indo community. (source: www.wikipedia.com).
  
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