Marriage and Family Formation in the Contemporary Manggaraian Culture (Flores, Indonesia)

Indonesia, although it is developing rapidly, still offers many traditional circumstances that could be the subject of research. An example Manggarai, a region in western part Flores Island. When founding family, inhabitants Manggarai practice way (adat).This procedure based on local concept family not only has classical meaning as nuclear called kilo, ca kilo or mbaru kilo), but also includes much wider circle. This why every path process marriage becomes so urgent, which potentially creates new relationship two larger families (woe nelu). These play an important role social and political life Manggaraians, even when they live apart from their homeland.