Kapitel 120: The Bugis

The Bugis (Lontara: ; Jawi: اورڠ ) are an indigenous ethnic group originating from the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Since 1605 many Bugis people have embraced Islam from Animism. So that Islam is the main religion adopted by the Bugis, but there are also other minority groups who adhere to Christianity or the original pre-Islamic belief called Tolotang.

Despite a population of only about six million, the Bugis are influential in politics in modern Indonesia, and have historically been influential in Peninsular Malaysia and other parts of the archipelago to which they migrated, beginning in the late seventeenth century. The former Vice President of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, is Bugis. In Malaysia, the sixth Prime Minister, Najib Razak, and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin have Bugis heritage.