The Manggarai are an ethnic group found in western Flores in the East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia.

[3] There are also native speakers of the Rongga language (there are about 5,000 of them) living in three settlements in the southern part of the East Manggarai Regency.

[10] Some living in the coastal west profess Sunnism (their number is approximately 33,898 people), the spread of Islam on the island of Flores most likely through trading sea-route.

[6] Traditional beliefs of settlements in the central part of the island include the cult of the supreme creator god, Mori Karaeng, a form of ancestral worship.

[13] Massive celebrations are held by the priest to sacrifice buffalos (ata Mbeki), which are accompanied by ritual dances and battles between the two parties of men in military garb.

[22] Most monogamous family are formed by Christians, and small groups among Muslims and adherents of traditional beliefs allows Polygyny.

The Manggarai people to this day are divided into three social groups namely, aristocrats (karaeng),[23] community members (ata-leke) and descendants of slaves.

In the center of the settlement is a round public space on which is a large tree; usually of the Ficus genus and megalithic structures are found.

[26] In modern settlements, beo usually has from 5 to 20 homes of round or oval shape on stilts, with a high (about 9 meters) conical roof descending to the ground.

[10] The main food is corn porridge with vegetables and pork (which are only consumed by non-Muslim Manggarai people), as well as palm wine (tuak).