Tanatang and Palandro are muslim fishing village on west Sulawesi. Most of the people are Bugis, descendants from Malay pirate. The are very famous for their skills to build wooden fishing boats.

Ba' Ba is a small village where we were invited to a house-warming. When the householder has finished to build his house and save enough money, he organises a great ceremony and invites all the village people. He arranges bamboo houses to welcome his guests. They kill a number of pigs to celebrate this event then eat pork cooked in bamboo sticks with vegetable, rice and palm wine.
It is also the opportunity to see traditional dance and songs.

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