The Alune (sometimes Sapalewa or Sapolewa) people are one of the more ancient ethnic groups of Seram Island, Indonesia. They number about 21,300 and live in 27 villages of the western-central area of the island. Like the Wemale, they originated in a common group called Patasiwa. The Alune speak a language of Malayo-Polynesian origin. It is also kn...