Bungku people
Bungku people are an ethnic group who mostly resides in North Bungku, South Bungku, Central Bungku, and Menui Islands districts di Morowali Regency, in Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia. This ethnic group is divided into several sub-groups, namely Lambatu, Epe, Ro'tua, Reta, and Wowoni. Bungku people have their own language, called Bungku language, which is one of their characteristic and serves as a means of communication between themselves.
History
Bungku people used to have their own small kingdom, the Bungku Kingdom, which was also called Tambuku or Tombuku ''Kingdom'' in Dutch report. The kingdom, along with other small kingdom in the eastern shore of Central Sulawesi, fell under the Dutch Colonial Empire since the middle of 19th century.Culture
Most of the Bungku are farmers that cultivate crops such as rice, coconuts, corn, yams, sago and cloves.Most Bungku people embrace Islam while a minority practice Christianity.