Page "Minahasa people" Paragraph 61

Headhunting helped the warrior gain a religious concept called ' Keter ', which is similar to the Malay term ' Semangat ' and means Soul / spirit substance.

This spiritual and physical force is expressed as courage, eloquence, virility and fertility.

Even without the actual practice of headhunting and other old traditions and customs these core elements of original Minahasa culture are still held in high regard.

To this day the deployment of wealth, bravery, obstinacy and the eloquence of verbal resistance are important to social mobility in the Minahasa.