The Ayamaru is an

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who inhabits

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, precisely in the west and south of Lake Ayamaru. The total population is around 25,000 people spread across around 40 villages. They use Ayamaru which is a dialect of the

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in everyday life.

Social condition

This ethnic group lives from

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, and

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wild animals around Lake Ayamaru. Hunted products such as

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are usually used as merchandise in exchange for cloth brought by traders from other ethnic groups. The main kinship group is the nuclear family, in which the new couple creates their own home immediately after mating. The principle of kinship is bilateral. At present many Ayamaru people have embraced

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. The settlement of the Ayamaru people has developed since the

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. One of the proofs is that there are clean water facilities that are well managed. According to local residents,

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once visited the Ayamaru residential area and settled in a house which was later used as a

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. Even the elderly residents still remember the glory of this lake as one of the entrance gates for similar amphibious air transportation facilities

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Notable peoples

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References

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