Museum La Galigo

Last week, I visited La Galigo museum at Fort Rotterdam. When I arrived there, I reported to the guard and paid maintenance fee contribution fort. Fort Rotterdam open from 08.00-17.30 WITA. At first, this fort is called JumPandang Fort or Panyyua Fort. After the defeat of the Kingdom of Gowa-Tallo against the Netherlands and entered into an agreement Bongaya, Fort Rotterdam fell to the Dutch.  

Governor-General Speelman then ordered his subordinates to build a wall that had been destroyed by the Dutch architectural models. Form of a fort which was originally surrounded by a rectangle with five bastions, then added one more bastion on the west side. Name of the fort was later renamed Fort Rotterdam, which is the birthplace name of the Speelman. Since then, the fort serves as a center of trade and the Dutch East Indies government in the eastern region, especially South Sulawesi region.

The fort is visited by many tourist, and is used for performing arts. In addition to the fort was also built parks, usually in the afternoon a lot of visitors.

Firstly, I went to the D  building. There, I bought a ticket, for adult is Rp 5.000 and for children is Rp 3.000 and for the foreign the ticket price is Rp. 10.000. In the first floor, there is the painting of the Cornelis Speelman and also the painting of our governors. Then, I went to the second floor, in that room storing weapons and war equipment.

Then I went to the M building. The first is the growth and city development room. There is an explanation and the trademark of each city or ethnic, such as Makassar city there is explanation about Makassar city in the past and there are spices as the main commodities in the past.

Makassar City

Pare-Pare City

Palopo City

                     

                                                                                                                Lontarak Kerajaan Bone

Watampone City

And also in this room there are the vehicles used in earlier times such as Hansom and Bicycle.

          

                            Hansom                                                                               Bicycle

Then, in the Coastal Culture room, there are fishermen equipment used for fishing ,boats that can be used as transportation between the nearest island and also the equipment to make a boat. It can be seen in the picture below.

  

Phinisi Boat                                        Bagang Tancap                                       Traditional equipment (net)

 

Fishing equipment                                                                 Lepa-Lepa Batangeng

    

The Making Boat Equipment                                 The Materials to Make a Boat Equipment

The first room in the second floor is Culture Agrarian Hinterland Room. There are a lot of farm equipment, such as The Equipment for Making Copra, Copra is one of the major commodities because it is the raw material for the manufacture of butter and soap, The Long Dimples, the long dimples is only used by the noble lady. Usually used on ceremonial rice harvest. They pound rice Pakarena singing. And usually this event is also used as a venue to find a mate. And there is Balla Assung for storing agricultural products like rice, corn, and farm equipment. This house is usually built behind the main house (the residence) and also the types of dimples that used ordinary communities.

The Equipment for Making Copra

              

                Kopra                                    Basket

The Long Dimples                                                Plowing Equipment     

                  

Fields Equipment                                                                Balla Assung

Lapia Patteke                                                                     The Type Of Dimples

The next room is culture inland settlements room.  There is wedding equipment, traditional house miniature, ceramics, 6 layers of Baju Bodo with different colors, fabrics, and Toraja's death rituals equipment(Rambu Solo).

According to my last assignment, the wedding procession in makassar Korontigi particular, I observe the equipment where the wedding procession of red shades. I saw Lamming (bride seats) Supplies Korontigi, Bosara', Umbrella, and fabric. The following is an explanation of Mappaccing or Korontigi.

The phase of Mappaccing/Korontigi

The event Mappaccing/Korontigi was preceded by the reading of the book albarazanji. Afterwards, the bride is given crushed henna leaves (leaves of henna) on the palm of his hand by the guests who were invited or requested the willingness by parents’ bride and groom. The event is done the day before the day before the wedding day; either by the prospective groom and bride is conducted in their homes.

The Marriage Ceremony Equipment the phase of Mappaccing/Korontigi

1.       The leaves of Pacci

The henna leaves are crushed into powder, it symbolises the  readiness of the prosprective bride and groom entering the household lives in a clean condition.

2.       The Cushion

It supports the both hands of the bride and groom when the Mappaccing/Korontigi ceremony is held, it symbolises the dignity, honor, and the glory of households.

3.       The 7 Pieces of the silk sarongs

The sarong is symbolises the self-esteem and the number 7 is a symbol of prayer and hope the success.

4.       The Bananas leaves shoots

It symbolises the hope that household life is constantly growing and evolving.

5.       The Jackfruit leaves

It symbolises the desires, ideals and hopes to achieve the happiness.

6.       The Taibani (red wax)

It symbolises the husband and wife as a torch of lights for their household life.

7.       The Benno Ase

It symbolises hope and prayer so that always experience growth and progress in the future.

Traditional House Miniatures

Ceramics

                                          Baju Bodo                                                                                 Fabrics

Toraja's death rituals equipment (Rambu Solo)

 

And the last is the storage objects of archaeological heritage.

The Meghalitic Tradition

       

The Farming ages (Neolithic)

       Kerajaan Gowa-Tallo                                                    Kerajaan Bone

               

                                                                                        Kerajaan Luwu

                                                                                                              

                                                                Kerajaan Bone                  The Polinesia Arca

  

According to my observations, in the past time, the difference in the level of community or caste is very prominent. For example, we can see the model home. For the manor house, the head of his house, the triangle, there are four lines, while for ordinary people's homes, the head of his house does not have 4 lines. And also the equipment for the manor people is better than ordinary people, such as the dimples.