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  The Makassarese of Indonesia
The Makassarese comprise 72% of Ujungpandang's population and are the second largest ethnic group in southern Sulawesi.
Division of labor among the Makassarese is strict because of the rigid separation of the sexes.
The Makassarese are rather independent in their religious views and are fascinated with spiritual realities, even to the point of possession.
www.prayway.com /unreached/peoplegroups/801.html   (834 words)

  
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The Makassarese comprise 72% of Ujungpandang's population and are the second largest ethnic group in southern Sulawesi.
Division of labor among the Makassarese is strict because of the rigid separation of the sexes.
The Makassarese are rather independent in their religious views and are fascinated with spiritual realities, even to the point of possession.
kcm.co.kr /bethany/remains/p_code/801-1.html   (772 words)

  
  Sumbawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Because of Sumbawa's natural resources it was regularly invaded by outside forces - Javanese, Dutch, Makassarese.
The Dutch first arrived in 1605, but did not effectively rule Sumbawa until the early 20th century.
Islam was introduced via the Makassarese of Sulawesi.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Sumbawa   (285 words)

  
 Makassar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beginning in the sixteenth century, Makassar was the dominant trading center of eastern Indonesia, and soon became one of the largest cities in island Southeast Asia.
The Makassarese kings maintained a strict policy of free trade, insisting on the right of any visitor to do business in the city, and rejecting the attempts of the Dutch to establish a monopoly over the city.
Further, tolerant religious attitudes meant that even as Islam became the dominant faith in the region, Christians and others were still able to trade in the city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Makassar   (357 words)

  
 The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Makassarese comprise 72% of Ujungpandang's population and are the second largest ethnic group in southern Sulawesi.
Division of labor among the Makassarese is strict because of the rigid separation of the sexes.
The Makassarese are rather independent in their religious views and are fascinated with spiritual realities, even to the point of possession.
www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code/801.html   (816 words)

  
 Makassarese - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Valence-altering mechanisms in Makassarese Anthony Jukes (ELAP SOAS) Makassarese is an Austronesian language from South Sulawesi with about 2 million speakers.
He then began research on Makassarese, a language with about 2 million speakers located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Southern Sulawesi is home to four major ethnic groups, the Bugis, Makassarese, the Torajans and the Mandarese, and several minor ones.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Makassarese.html   (127 words)

  
 indahnesia.com - Sulawesi - Wealth of idiom and ideology - Discover Indonesia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At least two writings - deprecessors of the modern South-Sulawesi writind and the old Makassarese one - were in use until the end of the 17th century.
The Makassarese and Buginese literature are very varied, but can be put in two categories: metric and non-metric.
The Makassarese as well as the Buginese are known for their tradition of written history.
indahnesia.com /indonesia.php?page=SULLAN   (772 words)

  
 indahnesia.com - Sulawesi - Wealth of idiom and ideology - Discover Indonesia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At least two writings - deprecessors of the modern South-Sulawesi writind and the old Makassarese one - were in use until the end of the 17th century.
The Makassarese and Buginese literature are very varied, but can be put in two categories: metric and non-metric.
The Makassarese as well as the Buginese are known for their tradition of written history.
www.indahnesia.com /indonesia.php?page=SULLAN   (772 words)

  
 tallo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bone, Bima, Sumbawa and a number of smaller states either fell to their stronger arms, or peacefully submitted to Islam, during a series of expeditions between 1611 and 1620.
Ever since their arrival, the Dutch had sought to control the spice trade by enforcing exclusive contracts with the local rulers, which forbade trade with traders from other nations.
This was eventually achieved after the Makassarese federation was defeated in a series of naval and military engagements with the VOC.
4dw.net /royalark/Indonesia/tallo.htm   (617 words)

  
 Jakarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The fiercely Islamic Buginese and Makassarese inhabiting the south-western peninsula, are well known as traders and seafarers.
The seafaring Bugis and Makassarese dominate the southern tip and along the coast, they are famous for being seafarers.
The schooners of the Bugis and Makassarese ply the seas, trading between the islands; the vessels are still built as they have been for centuries - without any nails and with wooden hulls that ride high over the waves.
www.ewas.or.id /travel/sulawesi.asp   (1591 words)

  
 tallo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bone, Bima, Sumbawa and a number of smaller states either fell to their stronger arms, or peacefully submitted to Islam, during a series of expeditions between 1611 and 1620.
Ever since their arrival, the Dutch had sought to control the spice trade by enforcing exclusive contracts with the local rulers, which forbade trade with traders from other nations.
This was eventually achieved after the Makassarese federation was defeated in a series of naval and military engagements with the VOC.
www.4dw.net /royalark/Indonesia/tallo.htm   (617 words)

  
 1670 to 1800: Court Intrigues and the Dutch
Makassarese unhappy with Arung Palakka settle in East Java.
Makassarese exiles attack ports on north coast of Java.
December 9 Nine Makassarese chiefs who had been fighting for Trunojoyo as mercenaries surrender to the VOC, and are allowed to return to Sulawesi.
www.gimonca.com /sejarah/sejarah03.shtml   (3663 words)

  
 Indo-Aryan Haplogroups in Malay Populations - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
Are you a Bugis or ethnic Makassarese ?
Makassarese galleons violated the Dutch spice monopoly right under their noses and the Dutch were not able to do anything but complain.
I still think Makassarese who belonged to high and middle castes are more Indo Aryan than anything else.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=22947&st=30   (2939 words)

  
 Makassarese - Search Results - MSN Encarta
The Javanese, who live mainly in central and eastern Java, are the largest ethnic group, constituting 45 percent of Indonesia’s population.
Because of Sumbawa's natural resources it was regularly invaded by outside forces - Japanese, Dutch, Makassarese.
In the south live the Makassarese and Bugis groups and in the north the Minahassans...
encarta.msn.com /Makassarese.html   (180 words)

  
 The Unreached Peoples - Condensed Version - Day 3
Makassarese families live on small rice farms on Sulawesi Island.
When the Javanese and Malay merchants preached Islam to the Makassarese 300 years ago, they accepted it because their own religion was based on the principle of tauhid, belief in one God.
Jesus, work among Makassarese students, challenging their hearts with Christ's claims as Son of the one true God.
www.ad2000.org /ptw3cond/day3.htm   (522 words)

  
 Open Writing: Indonesian Adventures - Chapter Six
Some readers may remember the name “anti-Makassar”, which is a cloth or nowadays often a paper cover on the back of an armchair or aircraft seat, to prevent the once-famous Makassar hair oil from staining the fabric.
One of these turned out to be well-versed in the Makassarese and their contacts with Australia.
What I soon discovered, to my shame for never having learned this at school, was that the Makassarese had been coming to Australia for hundreds of years, trading with the aboriginal clans along the coast of the Northern Territory.
www.openwriting.com /archives/2005/08/indonesian_adve_4.php   (1304 words)

  
 Lombok Hotels Travel Guide - History of Lombok
Little is known of the ancient history of Lombok, which was largely a province of small, localized rulers, although it is known that the small kingdom of Selaparang controlled an area in the east of the island for a period.
Lombok came under a combination of influences from the Balinese and the Makassarese of Sulawesi.
At roughly the same time, the Makassarese, who had conquered Sumbawa in 1618, invaded the east of the island.
www.hoteltravel.com /indonesia/lombok/guides/history.htm   (905 words)

  
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While they are mostly Moslem, Buginese, Makassarese, and Mandarese; still cling on to some older, pre-Islamic habits.
The largest ethnic group is the Makassarese-Bugis, who are renowned as seafaring traders. Buginese (or Bugis) live mostly in the central area of the peninsula, among that the remote and fertile plain between Pinrang and Watampone.
The Bugis still uphold what is arguably the largest and most vital commercial sailing tradition in the world. The ships of the Buginese, Makassarese, and Mandarese, the largest sailing populations of Indonesia, are remarkably good.
zahraalifa.spymac.com /front/front-add-people.doc   (1012 words)

  
 Bali-Travel-Online.Com - Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Gili Islands
At the same time, the roving Makassarese crosed the strait from their colonies in west Sumbawa and established settlements in east Lombok.
This conflict of interests ended with the war of 1677-8, in which the Makassarese were booted off the island and east Lombok temporarily reverted to the rule of the Sasak princes.
Balinese control was soon reasserted and by 1740 or 1750 the whole island was in their hands.
www.bali-travel-online.com /lombok/general_informations.htm   (961 words)

  
 :: Explore The Secret of Lombok ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Only a few archaeological relics remain from the old animist kingdoms, but animism has left its mark on the culture, although the majority of Sasak people today are Muslim.
During the seventeenth century, Lombok came under a combination of influences from the Balinese and the Makassarese of Sulawesi.
At the same time, the Makassarese, invaded the east of the island.
www.bubuawards.com /peserta/febru/about/aboutus.htm   (536 words)

  
 Sulawesi
The seafaring Bugis and Makassarese sailed the spice islands for centuries, and reached as far as the northern coast of Australia.
The rival groups - Bugis, Makassarese and Toraja - were driven to settle in different areas: the Toraja in the mountains, the Bugis and Makassarese along the the coastal areas.
Until the beginning of the twentieth century uprisings of Makassarese and Bugis against the Dutch were still occurring; the last was suppressed in 1906.
www.trijaya-travel.com /htm1/sulawesi2.php   (791 words)

  
 Reviews - Inside Indonesia 85
He argues that with these competing models, Makassarese history ‘cannot be reduced to a single grand narrative’.
In a study of the ‘symbolic knowledge’ of a South Sulawesi community this is a significant omission.
Another obvious criticism is that Gibson does not seem to have learnt Makassarese or Konjo himself, relying on informants for translation of manuscripts or ritual speech into Indonesian, which was then translated into English.
www.serve.com /~inside/edit85/p31_revs.html   (859 words)

  
 NSM KnowledgeBase - #14021 - Global People Profiles
There are almost 3 million Makassarese people living in Indonesia on south Sulawesi, on the southwest corner of the peninsula, throughout most of Pangkep, Maros, Gowa, Bulukumba, Jeneponto, Takalar, and Bantaeng districts.
Since Makassarese is the lingua franca of this region, it has been in vigorous use.
Prestige accompanies wealth in rural coastal Makassarese society and is normally to be found among old established village families.
www.strategicnetwork.org /index.php?loc=kb&view=v&id=14021&fto=3115&   (1162 words)

  
 Background - South Sulawesi
Southern Sulawesi is home to four major ethnic groups, the Bugis, Makassarese, the Torajans and the Mandarese, and several minor ones.
The Muslim Bugis and Makassarese, who live in the south and along the coasts, are known for their hand crafted wooden schooners and seamanship.
The Dutch enlisted the assistance of a Bugis prince and together defeated the Makassarese in 1667.
www.deliveri.org /Deliveri/bckgrnd/southsl.htm   (502 words)

  
 Shari`a court, tarekat and pesantren: religious institutions in the sultanate of Banten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Shaikh Yusuf apparently arrived in Banten in the wake of the Makassarese warriors and sailors who left Celebes after their kingdom of Goa was conquered by the combined forces of the VOC and the rival Bugis kingdom of Bone in 1669, and who temporarily settled in Banten.
After Sultan Ageng's capture, the shaikh led a small guerilla band of (mostly Makassarese) followers across West Java until finally he too was captured by the Dutch.
The Makassarese, from the royal family down, held Shaikh Yusuf in great veneration, and those in Banten became his followers in politics as well as religion.
www.let.uu.nl /~martin.vanbruinessen/personal/publications/Banten_religious_institutions.htm   (13115 words)

  
 spiceblog: Pickled Daikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In Makassarese a reduplicated verb X means 'do X for fun', and a reduplicated noun Y means 'a toy (or model) Y, a Y-like thing'.
Well, that wouldn't work in Makassarese, because RDP doesn't denote plurality, unlike in Indonesian, where it unfortunately doesn't have the 'toy' meaning.
Also, in Makassarese there is a problem because "plane" is kappala'-anri'ba' "ship fly" and you can't reduplicate compounds.
spiceblog.blogspot.com /2004/09/pickled-daikon.html   (1887 words)

  
 Legacy of conflict - Inside Indonesia 82
Both Bugis and Makassarese are known to migrate, but it is the Bugis who do so in higher numbers.
Further to the east, Bugis and Makassarese intensified their role in the spice trade from Maluku.
In response to demand from China, Bugis and Makassarese led convoys to various parts of eastern Indonesia to trade for trepang (sea cucumber).
www.insideindonesia.org /edit82/edit82_p4-5.html   (1472 words)

  
 gowa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Although the kingdom of Gowa was the senior of the two, the ruler of Tallo also served as Viceroy, or Deputy Ruler, of Gowa.The heyday of this dual kingdom lasted from 1590 until the Dutch conquest in 1669.
The dual kingdom converted to Islam 1605, "inviting" the other principalities and kingdoms in the vicinity to do the same.
Boni, Bima, Sumbawa and a number of smaller states fell to stronger arms, or peacefully submitted to Islam, during a series of expeditions between 1611 and 1620.
www.4dw.net /royalark/Indonesia/gowa.htm   (945 words)

  
 Top End Arts - What's On in Darwin & the Top End: Arts & Entertainment
A remarkable and mesmerising performance, developed at this year's Garma Festival in Arnhem Land.
The strong historical connections between the Yolgnu people in Arnhem Land and the Makassarese from Indonesia have been revived in an historical and overwhelming reunion of the two cultures at the Garma Festival, resulting in a powerful performance brought to the stage at the Darwin Festival.
The Makassarese people are well known for their pakarena dance and music, a tradition associated with the royal courts of Makassar.
www.topendarts.com.au /whatson_details.php?id=1045   (235 words)

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