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Off The Beaten Path: Famous Rice-Paddy Scene
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We donot know exactly when rice came into human origins because of its antiquity. That the origins of its domestication ranks as the upmost importance in human history, is a true fact.
It's supposed the rice-culture originated in China, and got to Celebes/Sulawesi from India. Still you can watch the famous "rice-paddy" scenes in Sulawesi, included around Makassar/Ujung Pandang ... just keep your eyes awakenin' when whizzing along the road.
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Off The Beaten Path: Rice - Paddy - Padi
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Rice is growing all over and can be planted to 2 crops of rice a year (irrigated lowland). When jungle is burned off to enrich the soil in preparation for planting, you'll find the "ladang". The better known wet rice is grown on a "sawah". Its history behind the terraces is of a rich beauty, rather complex in production, and a lot of hard work.
The origin of rice has been attributed to a truly Goddess in Asia. Usually the grain got out of her body and is regarded as sacred. It is obvious some details have different origins from culture to culture, though the Rice Goddess generally manifests in the spirit of rice. In Indonesia she is named Dewi Sri and, supported by some beautiful legends.
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Off The Beaten Path: Bad Weather
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We knew bad weather was coming up. Still we sailed for the Samalona Island. Funny, at those times I had never heard about "Lampor", the foreboding of the Javanese Ratu Kidul. The complete silence, some bad, strongly sudden winds and dancing waves when "Lampor" ...
It started at the Samalona Island. The sailor warned to go back earlier. We payed attention, ofcourse, though we walked over the island watching the horrible whirlpools in the ocean-water ... the same we had to cross at the moment the sky turned into a black mass. There were the complete silence, some bad, strongly sudden winds. The sailing-home trip took about one hour more! Still we had a great experience dancing on the waves in front of Ujung Pandang. A little later I got involved with the myths about the legendary Javanese Ratu Kidul ...
Dramatic Clouds At Beach
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brs1234 Wed Aug 6, 2008 00:10 UTC
I went to Makassar last week. I stayed at Horison Hotel - OK about 3 stars. The transfer from Airport is about Rs 100, 000 only. dont pay more. Rental of car with driver petrol and for about 12 hrs is ONLY Rs 500,000 DONT PAY MORE | cleomedes Fri May 11, 2007 14:58 UTC
Hi Roy, thanks for the great tips and pictures! | victorwkf Tue Mar 7, 2006 09:14 UTC
Very good information & photos! Thanks for sharing :) | hunwagner Tue Feb 15, 2005 15:10 UTC
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