Glimpse of Makassar
Sulawesi is one of the islands in the archipelago of Indonesia, is the most unique in how the world is like the petals of orchids caused geological work of two ancient continents, Laurasia and Gondawana land that unifies the other over millions of years ago.
Sulawesi was known as Celebes, derived from the Portuguese language means pirates because of the inhabitants of the southern part of the island attacked the Portuguese spice traders when it passes through the sea of the island of Maluku.
Sulawesi today is divided into six segments, each segment is a province with its own capital and their own government led by a sub-chairman. There are from 23 ethnic groups living on the island have their own culture and beliefs.
Highlights:
Tana Toraja is a fertile region of South Sulawesi province. It is the most popular tourist destination visited by tourists in the south. Tana Toraja literally means land of which the district mountaineers by the height / montana. People are still single and semi-primitive and still a traditional village architecture and culture full of fasciadora.
For her, death is not separate from life. So, their lifetime should be exploited to get treasure as he can to bring it to the afterlife.
The buffalo, the sacred animals are sacrificed at funerals. The more buffalo were killed, easier to reach beyond the spirits of the dead.
The celebration of funerals is normally the dry season after rice harvest labriosa.
Bunaken is a small group of islands in the Bay of Manado, which is the capital of North Sulawesi province. Its natural marine national park is known throughout the world, good place to snorkel and dive, because biodiversity is still the best in the world.
About twenty thousand people of the islands here live off fishing and exploring around the park cause conflicts with conservatives and diving resorts owners. Fortunately, the national government in cooperation and coordination with local government has an agreement between them. Therefore, Bunaken is now a model of how Indonesia has to keep his treasure.