Mante is one of the earliest ethnic touted in the folk legend ever inhabiting Aceh.
They estimated to belong to the Proto Malay family, originally settling in the area around Aceh Besar and living in the interior of the forest.
The indigenous tribes are thought to emigrate to Aceh through the Malay Peninsula.
In the legend of Aceh, the Mante and Batak are touted as the fore runner of Kawom Lhèë Reutōïh (tribe of three hundred), which is one of the indigenous groups of Aceh.
CurrentlyThe mante already extinct or disappeared because it was mixed with the tribe of other immigrants who came later.
nowaday, there is still no strong scientific evidence for the existence of this tribe.
In March 2017 there was a recording of a group of impoverished Acehnese who accidentally saw and recorded someone suspected of the Mante
An alleged mante was shocked and ran very fast and this agedan was recorded by one of the impurity in the group. The tape was published on Youtube and quickly became a conversation in cyberspace in Indonesia, and became news material.
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