Tabukan

Tabukan was one of the kingdoms of the Sangihe Islands, between Sulawesi and Mindanao. Its traditions form part of the islanders' stories of Gumansalangi, an ancestral figure whose descendants are associated with the ruling houses of Sangir. The sea linked Tabukan with neighbouring island communities, while the steep volcanic land offered fertile ground near the coast. Its history belongs to a chain of small island polities whose relationships reached across the waters to the north and south.