Gorontalo is known for having a strong sense of community, to the point that there is almost no disagreement within the group. The Gorontalo community has traditionally maintained a tightly connected kinship structure, as evidenced by the Pohala'a family tie system, which is a good example. Mutual collaboration, also known as the huyula tradition, is practiced in the daily live image of the community, and every issue is resolved via conversation rather than confrontation.

In Gorontalo, there are many popular categories of costume. Among them, the traditional batik shirt or dress is multicolored, with each hue representing a different symbolic part of the culture. The Gorontalo people are also well-known for having a well-developed musical culture.

For a long time, agriculture has been the primary traditional activity of the Gorontalo people. Among the several industries in which Gorontaloans are involved are forestry, agriculture, and fishing. Crafting and animal farming are used as supplemental sources of revenue.

It used to be possible to labor together as a large extended family to farm in a hilly terrain, requiring much soil-cultivating effort. Nowadays, this is not possible. Traditionally, the aged father and mother have been considered the primary hosts, as expressed in the Gorontalo language. A citation is required. The government has yet to accept several personal techniques for addressing parents and older relatives to keep the national images.

Gorontaloan Batik is a type of dyeing in which patterned sections are coated with wax so that they do not absorb the color. Traditionally, cotton fabrics in the traditional colors of blue, brown, and red have been dyed using this procedure. Achieving multicolored and blended results requires repeatedly repeating the dyeing process with the wax pattern boiling off and another design added before re-dyeing the fabric multiple times.

Although the technique's origins remain a mystery, it has been extensively performed across Southeast Asia, with regional variations such as those found on Celebes Island, where the wax was applied with bamboo strips.

By the mid-18th century, a small copper crucible with a handle and a narrow applicator spout for applying the wax had been developed in Java, resulting in a cloth with much more intricately patterned patterns; a further Javanese innovation was the wood-block wax applicator, which was developed in the late nineteenth century.

The cloth, as well as the method, was brought to Europe by the Dutch. Modern machines for applying wax in traditional Javanese patterns can recreate some of the features of the hand technique, such as discoloration caused by cracks in the wax. However, these machines are less accurate than the hand method. See also the term "resist printing."

More than 2,000 years ago, evidence of early instances of Gorontalo Batik was discovered in the Far East, the Middle East, Central Asia, and India, indicating that the art form originated there. If these places formed independently, without the impact of commerce or cultural interactions, it is possible that they could become extinct. Rather than spreading from Asia to the islands of the Malay Archipelago and west to the Middle East, it is more likely that the vessels expanded along the caravan commerce route to the Middle East.

According to historical records, Gorontaloan Batik was practiced in China as early as the Sui Dynasty. Silk batiks in the shape of screens have also been unearthed in Nara, Japan, and are believed to date back to the Nara era of Japanese history. These are thought to have been made by Chinese artists. They have images of trees, animals, flute players, hunting scenes, and stylized mountains, among other things.

Although no evidence of extremely old cotton batiks has been discovered, frescoes at the Ajanta caves in Maharashtra State, India, portray head coverings and clothing that might have been made of batiks in their original form. In temples in Java, for example, you might see people dressed in attire with long sleeve designs and patterns that look like Indonesian batik and other places.

In Egypt, linen burial cloths from the 4th century BC have been discovered, with white patterns on an indigo blue backdrop, which may have been created by scratching designs into wax, according to archaeologists. In Africa, resist dyeing has been used for millennia by the Yoruba tribes of southern Nigeria and Senegal, who use cassava and rice paste as coloring agents.

Indonesia, particularly the island of Java, is where the art of batik has become popular. Chinese, Arab, Indian, and European traders came to this port to buy and sell textiles, and it was here that the term "batik" was first used on a cargo bill in the mid-17th century. Using copper rollers and a resin resist, textile makers in Holland began experimenting with mechanizing batik manufacturing around 1835. The results were mixed. When the Javanese refused to purchase this fabric, it made its way to West Africa, where it established a life and a culture of its own, which is being practiced today under the name "wax print."

Textile merchants in Java responded to the danger by devising a means of speeding up the time-consuming process of manually sketching the design images on the fabric. Wooden block printing was transformed into batik by creating copper stamps (tjaps) to apply hot wax to the fabric.

Imitation batik fabric was created by various European textile printing enterprises during the twentieth century, most notably in the United Kingdom and Holland, and is now produced by Vlisco in Helmond, the Netherlands, as a reminder of the country's former colonial presence.

These unusual fabrics generated a flood of innovation across Europe as a result. In the 1890s, a group of young painters in Amsterdam popularized the batik process, which was eventually used for interior decorating, furniture, and fashion. This proved highly successful, and by the beginning of the twentieth century, hundreds of European and American artists and crafters were engaged in the illustrations of batik. Its popularity peaked between 1918 and 1925 when it was popular in countries such as: 

• Holland
• Germany
• France
• Poland
• United Kingdom

The art of batik had declined in the Western world until the 1960s, when it was revived, studied, and altered by artists such as Noel Dyrenforth in London, who founded the Batik Guild. From its humble beginnings as a small group of Noel's pupils in 1986, the Batik Circle has grown into an international community of batik enthusiasts, instructors, and artists. Gorontaloan Batik artists throughout Asia, too, began to see the potential of their grandmother's trade, and now batik flourishes both as a traditional art form and as an inventive, entirely contemporary art form that batik artists all over the world search, enjoy, and practice.

A customary ritual known as Molontalo or Tontalo (Seventh Month Ceremony) is held after a pregnant woman has reached the seventh month of her pregnancy as a sign of appreciation. The unborn child's parents must wear traditional Gorontalo clothes to participate in this customary rite. During the Tontalo ritual, seven meals are served on seven trays. The guests who were invited to participate then got to try the food.

There are just a few norms and procedures that both the bride and the groom must follow in the Gorontalo people's ancient wedding customs. The Gorontalo people have maintained their generational traditions as part of their customs and cultural image.

It is customary for the wedding ceremony to take place alternately in the bride's and the bridegroom's homes.

1. The wedding ceremony gets a license to run over several days, even several weeks.
2. The bride's family will collaboratively prepare for the wedding ceremony a few days before.
3. The bride and the groom will wear traditional Bili'u clothing for their wedding.
4. When people marry in Gorontalo, the bridal bedroom is used to make room for all their guests.

Many traditional practices of the Gorontalo people, many of which are influenced by Islamic traditions, may be found. Only a tiny fraction of Gorontalo people adhere to other religions, such as Protestantism Christianity and Catholicism Christianity, and they are a minority within that religion.

Customs is seen as an honor, a set of rules, and even a guideline for the Gorontalo community when enacting government. 'Adat Bersendi Sara' and 'Sara Bersendi Kitabullah' are two expressions that are credited to this. These sayings imply that customs (adat) are enforced following rules (sara) and that these regulations must be founded on the Islamic holy book, the Quran, to be effective. As a result, it may be assumed that the Gorontalo people's lives are rich in religious and noble ideals and other virtues.

Towards the close of Ramadan, the people celebrated Tombbilotohe, a cultural ceremony that involves lighting oil lamps near mosques and villages.

Gorontaloan Villages

Villages constitute the most common kind of Gorontalo settlement. The traditional home, Dulohupa, is a frame building erected on stilts that houses a family of four. It is constructed of high-quality wood, and its roof is covered with straw. After that, the home is divided into various rooms. There are two stairwells at the entryway. The royal monarchs traditionally used Dulohupa to have conversations and conduct negotiations. Dulohupa houses can still be found in many Gorontalo sub-districts and are considered critical architectural works.

Aside from Dulohupa, another classic Gorontalo home named Bandayo Poboide is in the same neighborhood. The Bandayo Poboide, on the other hand, is nearly extinct in the whole region of Gorontalo, indicating that the species has become extinct. One of the last remaining Bandayo Po Boide may be seen in front of the Gorontalo Regent's office on Jenderal Sudirman Road, Limboto, Gorontalo, in front of the Gorontalo Regent's office.

Gorontaloan Literature

Lumadu is a type of native Gorontalo oral literature that uses brain teasers, metaphors, and parables that are told in rhyme.

Youngsters in games frequently use Lumadu, and it is also used metaphorically. Lumadu is commonly used in adult conversations to demonstrate civility to others, broadening the topic with others and adding value to the subject of the discussion.

Gorontaloan Dances

The Polopalo dance is a traditional Gorontalo art form that the Gorontalo people perform. This ancient dance is quite famous among the Gorontalo people and can be found throughout North Sulawesi.